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Joyal Marble Quarry

Past Producer in Franklin county in Vermont, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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  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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081801
MRDS ID W044165
Record type Site
Current site name Joyal Marble Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.73201, 44.8269 (WGS84)
Elevation 354
Relative position 2.4 MILES SOUTH OF EAST ENOSBURG, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cold Hollow Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Franklin

Comments on the location information

  • FROM THE TOP OF THE FIELD NE OF LEVI JOYAL'S BARNS, AN OLD ROAD CONTINUES NE TO QUARRY AND KILN REMAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BURNED IN SMALL KILNS FOR PLASTER, CEMENT AND AGRICULTURAL LIME.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Underhill Formation
    Rock description Underhill Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.73201, 44.8269
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND ELONGATED LENSES
    Strike N 10-20 E
    Dip 50-60 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • DENNIS (1964) SPECULATES THAT THE MARBLE LENSES WITHIN THE UNDERHILL FM. MAY BE TAKING THE PLACE OF THE PEAKED MTN. GREENSTONE BAND.
  • Dennis (1964) Speculates That the Marble Lenses Within the Underhill Fm. May Be Taking the Place of the Peaked Mtn. Greenstone Band.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1825

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Levi Joyal
    Home office Bakersfield, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.018HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE REMAINS OF A KILN HEARTH WITH GRATES CAN BE SEEN JUST NORTH OF THE QUARRIED AREA. MARBLE LENSES 2.1 AND 2.8 (DENNIS, 1964, PLATE 1) WERE ALSO WORKED FAR LIME AT ONE TIME. THESE SITES WERE NOT VISITED.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL HOUSES BUILT WITH LIME PRODUCTS IN THE AREA DATE TO THE EARLY 1800'S. THE LIME ALLEGEDLY CAME FROM THIS SITE (JOYAL, 1985).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 3.

  • Deposit

    JOYAL, L., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    DENNIS, J.G., 1964, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ENOSBURG AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 23., PLATE 1, PP. 24-25, 53

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1915, THE CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN NO. 589, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Enosburg Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 23, 56 P.Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Enosburg Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 23, 56 P.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1915, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 589, 67 P.Dale, T.N., 1915, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 589, 67 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.

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-JUL-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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