Halpin Quarries

Past Producer in Addison county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081852
MRDS ID W044236
Record type Site
Current site name Halpin Quarries
Alternate or previous names Spaulding, Phelps, Old Middlebury, And Cutter Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.13924, 44.0483 (WGS84)
Elevation 99
Relative position 2.7 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE ROTARY IN MIDDLEBURY, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Addison(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middlebury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(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

  • QUARRIES ARE LOCATED JUST WEST OF MARBLE LEDGE AND EAST OF THE MUDDY BRANCH OF THE NEW HAVEN RIVER.
  • Quarries Are 1000 Feet North and South of Location Given

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR DIMENSION STONE

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
    Rock description Shelburne Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.13924, 44.0483

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NS
    Dip 50 E
    Thickness 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO MAIN AREAS WERE DEVELOPED AND ARE 2000 FEET APART.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 28.

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, G.H., 1932, MARBLE INDUSTRY OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 18TH REPORT (1931-1932), P. 142.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, THE COMMERCIAL MARBLES OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), P. 136.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS; VERMONT MARBLE CO.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

  • 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

    Perkins, G.H., 1932, Marble Industry Of Vermont: Vermont State Geologists 18th Annual Report (1931-1932), 132 P.Perkins, G.H., 1932, Marble Industry Of Vermont: Vermont State Geologists 18th Annual Report (1931-1932), 132 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.

  • Deposit

    Unpublished Company Records: Vermont Marble Co.; Proctor, Vt.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS MEASUREMENT REPRESENTS EXPOSURE AT THE SURFACE.
Deposit An Old Road Leads Ne Up Stone Bridge Brook From Eagle Mountain Camp To the Quarry. The Quarry Is North of the Road.

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

Beyond USGS

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