Sutherland Falls Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106307
MRDS ID W044203
Record type Site
Current site name Sutherland Falls Quarry
Alternate or previous names Proctor Quarry, Site Also Includes Pocohabajac Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.04172, 43.6639 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
Relative position 0.45 MILES NW OF THE BRIDGE IN PROCTOR VILLAGE, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Proctor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Rutland

Comments on the location information

  • Location Given Is For the Sutherland Falls
  • POCOHABAJAC QUARRY IS 0.1 MILES NORTH OF THE SUTHERLAND FALLS QUARRY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED EXTENSIVELY IN CONSTRUCTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Shelburne Formation, Sutherland Falls Member
    Rock description Shelburne Formation, Sutherland Falls Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.04172, 43.6639

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N5W
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Thickness 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discoverer Willard And Moses Humphrey
Year of first production 1838
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vermont Marble Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.789HA
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL DEPTH IS UNKNOWN SINCE QUARRY IS WATER FILLED. 80 TO 100 FOOT HIGHWALLS ARE EXPOSED AND PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW QUARRY WAS AT LEAST 100 FEET DEEPER THAN PRESENT EXPOSURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964 VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 36.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1914, THE COMMERCIAL MARBLES OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), P. 122.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).

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

Beyond USGS

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