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Merriam and Thayer 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081845
MRDS ID W044224
Record type Site
Current site name Merriam and Thayer Quarries
Alternate or previous names Merrow Merriam, Goodell, Simonds, Royce Thayer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.09622, 43.8033 (WGS84)
Elevation 119
Relative position 0.6 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE BENCHMARK IN BRANDON VILLAGE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brandon(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 THAYER QUARRY SHOWS AS A QUARRY SYMBOL ON THE BRANDON MAP, JUST EAST OF ROUTE 7. THE MERRIAM QUARRY IS 300 FEET TO THE WEST.
  • Location Given Is For the Thayer 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) -73.09622, 43.8033
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N15-20N
    Dip STEEPLY E
    Thickness 21.34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1867
Year of last production 1875

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE TWO OPENINGS, ONE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

Comments on development

  • THE MERRIAM WAS OPENED IN 1867 AND THE THAYER IN 1881.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), PP. 8-9.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, THE COMMERCIAL MARBLE OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST; 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), P. 133-134.

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, G.H., 1932, MARBLE INDUSTRY OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 18TH REPORT (1931-1932), P. 140.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE COMPANY; PROCTOR, VT.

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Vergennes City Clerk, 1985, Personal Communication

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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