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Past Producer in Lamoille county in Vermont, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106303
MRDS ID W044156
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.6964, 44.67859 (WGS84)
Elevation 351
Relative position 1.15 MILES NORTH OF THE HILLSIDE SCHOOL, JOHNSON, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lamoille(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(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 Lamoille

Comments on the location information

  • Quarries Are 1000 Feet Ne and Sw of Location Given
  • LOCATED JUST WEST OF FOOT BROOK ON THE SE SPUR OF A MOUNTAIN. TWO QUARRIES ARE PRESENT; ONE ON THE NE AND ONE ON THE SE SIDE OF THE RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BURNED THE MARBLE FOR LIME (CHEMICAL AND AGRICULTURAL)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Foot Brook Member Of The Pinnacle Formation
    Rock description Foot Brook Member Of The Pinnacle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.6964, 44.67859

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 27 E
    Dip 50 SE
    Thickness 21.34M
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALBEE (1957) MAPPED THIS AS STONE FORMATION BUT DOLL (1961) MAPS IT AS PINNACLE FORMATION.
  • Albee (1957) Mapped This As Stone Formation But Doll (1961) Maps It As Pinnacle Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1850

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Susan Bradford Johnson, Vt. (Owns Ne Quarry)

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO QUARRIES WERE DEVELOPED IN THE MARBLE BEDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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-NOV-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.