Bugbee, Alexander and Packer Quarry

Past Producer in Caledonia county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081788
MRDS ID W044139
Record type Site
Current site name Bugbee, Alexander and Packer Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.90977, 44.70969 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 1.4 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWARK HOLLOW, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caledonia(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Burke(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Groveton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Passumpsic River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Caledonia

Comments on the location information

  • THE QUARRY IS JUST NORTH OF A PROMINANT SAG IN PACKER MOUNTAIN RIDGE, DUE EAST OF THE SOUTH END OF CENTER POND.
  • Location From Dale (1909)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE STONE HAS A PINKISH HUE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Rock description New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.90977, 44.70969

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME

Comments on the geologic information

  • Biotite Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • EXACT LOCATION IS UNKNOWN AND THEREFORE OWNERSHIP OF THE SITE IS UNCERTAIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 30.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN 104, PP.33-34.

  • Deposit

    WOODLAND, B.G., 1965, THE GEOLOGY OF THE BURKE QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VSG BULLETIN NO. 28, P. 146.

  • Deposit

    Woodland, B.G., 1965, The Geology Of The Burke Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 28. 98 P.Woodland, B.G., 1965, The Geology Of The Burke Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 28. 98 P.

  • Deposit

    Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1909, The Granites Of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 104, 138 P.Dale, T.N., 1909, The Granites Of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 104, 138 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

Beyond USGS

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