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Pittsford Italien Quarries

Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone
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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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081831
MRDS ID W044207
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsford Italien Quarries
Alternate or previous names Includes N To S: Florence #5 O'Brien, Baxter, Pitt. It. #2, Johnson #1 and #2, And Pitts. It.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.06063, 43.71029 (WGS84)
Elevation 145
Relative position 1.9 TO 1.7 MILES WEST, NORTHWEST OF PITTSFORD, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Proctor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Comments on the location information

  • THE PITTSFORD IT. #2 IS 0.1 MILE NORTH, NORTHWEST OF THE PITT. IT. AND THE BAXTER AND JOHNSON QUARRIES ARE 0.25 AND 0.1 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE PITT. IT RESPECTIVELY
  • Location Given Is For the Pittsford Italien Quarry.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Shelburne Formation, Columbian Member
    Rock description Shelburne Formation, Columbian Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.06063, 43.71029
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NNW
    Dip STEEPLY EAST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vermont Marble Co. Proctor, Vt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.762HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 QUARRIES DEVELOPED WITHIN THE AREA GIVEN ABOVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH.), P. 34.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE QUARRIES ARE VERMONT PIGMENT CO. AND LOVELAND FALLS QUARRIES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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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