Newmont Slate Co., Inc. Quarry

Producer in Rutland 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089866
MRDS ID W044019
Record type Site
Current site name Newmont Slate Co., Inc. Quarry
Alternate or previous names O'Brien Bros. Quarries, Granville Slate Co. Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.23718, 43.40693 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Relative position 1.85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLS, VERMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wells(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(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

  • QUARRIES ARE NORTH OF ROUTE 149 0.6 MILE WEST OF BLOSSOMS CORNER. AN ABANDONED QUARRY IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF RT 149, 1000 FEET SW OF LOCATION GIVEN.
  • +/-100m For Largest of Four Holes.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name St. Catherine Formation
    Rock description St. Catherine Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.23718, 43.40693

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Vermont-New York Slate District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Granville Slate (Jack Williams)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.628HA
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE LARGE AND SEVERAL SMALLER QUARRIES WERE DEVELOPED IN 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. 49.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, SLATE IN THE UNITED STATES; USGS BULLETIN 275, PP. 89-111.

  • Deposit

    SCHUMAKER, R. AND THOMPSON, J. JR., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE PAWLET QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN 30, PP. 14-22, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED MAP: DELAWARE AND HUDSON RR MAP OF SLATE QUARRIES AND MILLS (1924).

  • 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.

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
Updater 01-DEC-1997 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor RENAMED AND RESTRICTED TO PRESENT (NEWMONT) OWNERSHIP, State of Vermont Act 30 files.

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 02/15/1995
MSHA mine ID4300011
Mine name (MSHA)NEWMONT SLATE CO., INC.
Current operatorNEWMONT SLATE COMPANY INC
Current controller (parent)John M Williams
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (422 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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