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Gibson Granite Quarry

Producer in Caledonia county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081805
MRDS ID W044173
Record type Site
Current site name Gibson Granite Quarry
Alternate or previous names Site Also Includes the Italien and Morrison Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.14759, 44.2336 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 3.1 MILES NORTH OF SO. RYEGATE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caledonia(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ammonoosuc River-Connecticut 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 ITALIEN QUARRY IS 400 FEET N60W OF THE GIBSON AND THE MORRISON QUARRY IS 700 FEET SE OF THE GIBSON QUARRY.
  • Location Is For the Active Centrally Located Gibson Quarry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DIMENSION STONE, MONUMENT BASES, SURFACE PLATES

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) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Gile Mountain Formation
    Rock description Gile Mountain Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.14759, 44.2336
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Quartz Monzonite, Biotite Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vermont Quarry Co.
    Home office Barre, VT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.876HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE MAIN OPENINGS. THE ACTIVE GIBSON QUARRY HAS 10 TO 30 FOOT HIGHWALLS. THE AREA IS GIVEN ABOVE FOR THE GIBSON QUARRY.

Comments on development

  • THE MORRISON QUARRY WAS THE FIRST TO OPEN IN 1900, FOLLED BY THE GIBSON IN 1906 AND THE ITALIEN IN 1907.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1923, THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND: USGS BULLETIN 738, PP. 114-116.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 P.Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 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-JUN-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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