Readsboro Marble Quarry

Past Producer in Bennington county in Vermont, United States with commodity Calcium
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089873
MRDS ID W044111
Record type Site
Current site name Readsboro Marble Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.93783, 42.77111 (WGS84)
Elevation 373
Relative position 0.5 MILES EAST OF READSBORO, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bennington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Readsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deerfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Green Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Bennington

Comments on the location information

  • THE LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR AN OUTCROP OF MARBLE. NO ACTUAL QUARRY WORKINGS WERE FOUND. SKEHAN (1961) SHOWS A QUARRY ON HIS MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GROUND LIME WAS THE PRIMARY PRODUCT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Cavendish Formation
    Rock description Cavendish Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.93783, 42.77111

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SKEHAN CALLS THIS DEPOSIT THE SHERMAN MARBLE MEMBER OF THE READSBORO FORMATION.
  • Skehan Calls This Deposit the Sherman Marble Member of the Readsboro Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1825
Year of last production 1875

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • UNLOCATED AND THEREFORE UNSURE OF OWNERSHIP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P, AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 37.

  • Deposit

    SKEHAN, J.W., 1961, THE GREEN MOUNTAIN ANTICLINORIUM IN THE VICINITY OF WILMINGTON AND WOODFORD, VERMONT; VGS BULLETIN NO. 17, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    Skehan, J.W., 1961, The Green Mountain Anticlinorium In The Vicinity Of Wilmington And Woodford, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 17, P. 147.Skehan, J.W., 1961, The Green Mountain Anticlinorium In The Vicinity Of Wilmington And Woodford, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 17, P. 147.

  • 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.

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

Beyond USGS

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