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Past Producer in Chittenden county in Vermont, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. 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 10106298
MRDS ID W044073
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.18701, 44.46669 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Relative position 0.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ROUTE 2 AND INTERSTATE 89 JUNCTION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chittenden(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burlington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain South(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 Chittenden

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY HILL TENNIS CLUB IS CONSTRUCTED ON QUARRY FLOOR. ENTRANCE TO CLUB IS FROM SPEAR STREET, SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Winooski Formation
    Rock description Winooski Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.18701, 44.46669

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N15W
    Dip 15NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner City Of Burlington
  • Type Owner
    Owner Roland Delorea

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.051HA
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE QUARRY HAS A 40 TO 50 FOOT HIGHWALL.

Comments on development

  • USED FOR ROAD METAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DELOREA, MRS. ROLAND, 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    Delorea, Mrs. R., 1985, Personal Communication.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDDING RANGES FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES 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-MAY-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.