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West Danville Quarry

Past Producer in Caledonia county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089893
MRDS ID W044171
Record type Site
Current site name West Danville Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.19339, 44.4097 (WGS84)
Elevation 475
Relative position 0.1 MILE EAST OF THE JCT. OF RTS. 2 AND 15, W. DANVILLE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caledonia(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Joes Pond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Passumpsic River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Caledonia

Comments on the location information

  • THE QUARRY IS ADJACENT TO THE HIGHWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Schist Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EW
    Dip 15 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner State Of Vermont For Rip Rap
    Home office Vermont
  • Type Owner
    Owner Phil Astle / Walter Entriken

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.314HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE HIGHWALL IS 50 OR 60 FEET HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 15.

  • Deposit

    HALL, L.M., 1959, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ST. JOHNSBURY QUADRANGLE, VT AND NH: VGS BULLETIN NO. 13, PLATE 5.

  • Deposit

    Hall, L.M., 1959, The Geology Of The St. Johnsbury Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 13.Hall, L.M., 1959, The Geology Of The St. Johnsbury Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 13.

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

Beyond USGS

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

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