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Unnamed Limestone Quarry

Past Producer in Chittenden 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 10106300
MRDS ID W044090
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Limestone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.15842, 44.625 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Relative position 0.7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHECKERBERRY VILLAGE MILTON, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chittenden(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colchester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(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 IS JUST WEST OF I-89.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GEORGIA PLAINS (1972) 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore
Dolomite Ore
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Danby Formation
    Rock description Danby Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.15842, 44.625
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 20 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner State Of Vermont
    Home office Vermont
  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard Camell Jericho, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.709HA
    Overall length 198.12M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on development

  • USED FOR RIP-RAP DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF I-89.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STONE, S.W. AND DENNIS, J.G., 1948, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MILTON QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 26, PP. 43-45

  • Deposit

    Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 P.Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 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-MAY-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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