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Harmonyville Quarry

Producer in Windham county in Vermont, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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  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 10089877
MRDS ID W044122
Record type Site
Current site name Harmonyville Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.65033, 43.0417 (WGS84)
Elevation 308
Relative position 0.75 MILES NORTHEAST OF HARMONYVILLE, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Townshend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Windham

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF TWO ROADS AND SOUTH OF THE LESS TRAVELED, EASTERLY FORK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CALC-SILICATE HORIZON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Dolomite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Mica Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Actinolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Mount Holly Complex
    Rock description Mount Holly Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.65033, 43.0417
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N25E
    Dip VARIABLE, STEEP
    Width 25.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1865

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Stan Holts
    Home office Townshend, VT

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS REPORTED BY DALE (1914). MOST HAVE BEEN BACKFILLED AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

Comments on development

  • ROASTED IN LOCAL KILNS FOR PLASTER, CEMENT AND AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS. SUPPLIED LOCAL DEMAND ONLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) P. 45.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1915, THE CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN 589, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT; 9TH REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST (1913-1914), P. 250.

  • 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

    Dale, T.N., 1915, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 589, 67 P.Dale, T.N., 1915, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 589, 67 P.

  • 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).

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

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