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Past Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodity Slate, Dimension
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089850
MRDS ID W033979
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.30146, 43.70636 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position QUARRIES ARE 2.35 MILES NW, 2.8 MILES N AND 0.5 MILES E OF BENSON, VT., All Quarries Are Within 2.8 Miles Of Location Given

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benson(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

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR THE LAST ACTIVE QUARRY DESCRIBED BY DALE (1914). OTHER QUARRIES ARE 2.35 MILES NW AND 2.8 MILES NORTH OF THE LOCATION GIVEN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Slate, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Hortonville Formation
    Rock description Hortonville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.30146, 43.70636
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 7 E
    Dip 35 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1895

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 6.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1899, THE SLATE BELT OF EASTERN NY AND WESTERN VERMONT: USGS 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, PART III, PLATE XIII.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, SLATE IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULLETIN NO. 275, P. 110.

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, E.C., 1934, MINERAL RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 19TH REPORT (1933-1934), PP. 15-16.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP REPRESENTS THE ORIENTATION OF THE SLATY CLEAVAGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-85 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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