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Carter Quarry

Past Producer in Washington county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100284
MRDS ID W044143
Record type Site
Current site name Carter Quarry
Alternate or previous names Nickols Ledge Quarry, Site Also Includes the Fischer Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.33281, 44.4614 (WGS84)
Elevation 402
Relative position 2.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH WALDEN, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cabot(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Washington

Comments on the location information

  • THE QUARRY IS SE OF THE FARM CALLED KAHAGON ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NICHOLS POND. QUARRY IS JUST NORTH OF THE SPRINGHOUSE.
  • Coordinates For Carter Quarry. Fisher Q. Is On N Side of Nichols Ledge.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED LOCALLY AS A BUILDING STONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Rock description New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.33281, 44.4614
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME

Comments on the geologic information

  • Biotite Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mc Leod, J. H.
    Home office Hardwick, Vt
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dr. Schlosser Kahagon
    Home office Hardwick, Vt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall length 3.05M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • FROM WHAT WAS OBSERVED IN THE FIELD, THE PROPRIETORS OF THIS QUARRY WORKED DETACHED PIECES OF STONE. AN ORGANIZED, DEVELOPMENT QUARRY WAS NOT FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEETS ARE UP TO 2 FEET THICK.

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

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

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