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Unnamed Lime Quarry

Past Producer in Windsor county in Vermont, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081810
MRDS ID W044182
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Lime Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.72143, 43.3664 (WGS84)
Elevation 469

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Andover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black 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 Windsor

Comments on the location information

  • DALES (1914) DESCRIPTION OF THE LOCATION SAYS QUARRY IS EAST OF THE ROAD. SINCE RT. 100 WAS REROUTED, THE QUARRY IS NOW WEST OF RT 100 AND WEST OF JEWEL BROOK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BURNED A DOLOMITIC MARBLE FOR LIME.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hoosic Formation, Plymouth Member
    Rock description Hoosic Formation, Plymouth Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.72143, 43.3664
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABLULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • DALE DESCRIBES AN OPENING IN DOLOMITE AND THE REMAINS OF A KILN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINE AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 27.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, THE CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST 9TH REPORT, 1913-1914, P. 243.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1914, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).Dale, T.N., 1914, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).

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

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