Unnamed Marble Prospect

Occurrence in Addison county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081849
MRDS ID W044230
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Marble Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed, Reynolds Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.12592, 43.92 (WGS84)
Elevation 128
Relative position 1.25 MILES EAST OF WEST SALISBURY, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Addison(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornwall(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 Addison

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED DUE EAST OF THE SALISBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL ON THE WEST SLOPE OF A LOW RIDGE.

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) -73.12592, 43.92

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vermont Marble Co. Proctor., Vt
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Kelley/Vermont Marble Co.

Comments on development

  • THE SITE HAS BEEN PROSPECTED BY VERMONT MARBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VERMONT MARBLE COMPANY RECORDS, UNPUBLISHED.

  • Deposit

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

Beyond USGS

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