Amsden Lime Quarries

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081813
MRDS ID W044185
Record type Site
Current site name Amsden Lime Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.50642, 43.4017 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.1 MILE EAST OF AMSDEN, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windsor(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cavendish(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

  • ALL BUT ONE QUARRY ARE LOCATED EAST OF THE BLACK RIVER. THE LAST IS SOUTH OF THE OLD AMSDEN SCHOOLHOUSE, 0.1 MILE WEST OF AMSDEN VILLAGE.
  • Location Is For the Largest of the Quarries

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BURNED FOR PLASTER AND CEMENT IN LOCAL KILNS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Dolomite Ore
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.50642, 43.4017

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N40W
    Dip VARIABLE
    Thickness 13.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLL (1961) QUESTIONS THE STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION ASSIGNED TO THE ROCKS AT THIS LOCATION. HE PLACES A QUESTION MARK NEXT TO THE MAP SYMBOL.
  • Doll (1961) Questions the Stratigraphic Position Assigned To the Rocks At This Location. He Places A Question Mark Next To the Map Symbol.

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
Year of last production 1934

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Amsden Lime Co.
    Home office Amsden, Vt
  • Type Owner
    Owner Galen Crandall Amsden, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.219HA
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA GIVEN CORRESPONDS TO THE LARGEST QUARRY. THE QUARRY HAS 50 FOOT HIGHWALLS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 49.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, THE CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT 1913-1914, PP. 246-248.

  • Deposit

    DOLL, C.G. ET AL, 1961. CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT)

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1985, LOCAL RESIDENT, AMSDEN, VT

  • Deposit

    Perry, E.L., 1929, Geology Of Bridgewater And Plymouth Townships, Vermont: 16th Annual Report Vermont State Geologist (1927-1928).Perry, E.L., 1929, Geology Of Bridgewater And Plymouth Townships, Vermont: 16th Annual Report Vermont State Geologist (1927-1928).

  • 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

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

Beyond USGS

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