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Guyer Quarry

Past Producer in Caledonia county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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 10081804
MRDS ID W044172
Record type Site
Current site name Guyer Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.02449, 44.42719 (WGS84)
Elevation 271
Relative position 0.8 MILES NORTH OF THE JET OF RTS. 2 AND 5 SOUTH, ST. JOHNSBURY, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caledonia(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Johnsbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(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

  • ACCESS ROAD TURNS WEST OFF MT. PLEASANT ST. JUST BEFORE MT. PLEASANT CEMETARY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.02449, 44.42719
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NSE
    Dip 5 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Town Of St. Johnsbury

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 150M
    Overall width 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE QUARRY HAS A 50 FOOT HIGHWALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R. 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 40.

  • Deposit

    HALL, L.M., 1959, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ST. JOHNSBURY QUADRANGLE, VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE: VGS BULLETIN NO. 13.

  • Deposit

    Hall, L.M., 1959, The Geology Of The St. Johnsbury Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 13.Hall, L.M., 1959, The Geology Of The St. Johnsbury Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 13.

  • 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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