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South Wallingford Limestone Quarry

Producer in Rutland 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107424
MRDS ID W033901
Record type Site
Current site name South Wallingford Limestone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Adair Quarries, This Site Also Includes the Kelley and Hall Stafford, Genoral Hall Quarry.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.99519, 43.40713 (WGS84)
Elevation 204
Relative position 0.15 MILE SOUTHWEST OF SO. WALLINGFORD, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallingford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(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

  • THE KELLEY AND HALL QUARRIES ARE 0.6 AND 1.35 MILES NORTH OF THE ADAIR QUARRY RESPECTIVELY AND JUST WEST OF ROUTE 7.
  • +/-100m

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE WHITE LAYERS ARE USED FOR PIGMENT; IMPURE LAYERS FOR CRUSHED STONE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Dolomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.99519, 43.40713
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 15 E
    Dip 45W
    Thickness 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Dolomite Overlying High Calcium Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1840

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dennis Demers So. Wallingford Limestone
  • Type Owner
    Owner White Pigment Corp.
    Home office Florence, Vt (802) 483-2388

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.762HA
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE QUARRY IS OVER 300 FEET DEEP. THESE DIMENSIONS ARE FOR THE ACTIVE ADAIR QUARRIES. THE KELLEY AND GENERAL HALL QUARRIES ARE SMALL OPENINGS OF 5000 SQUARE FEET OR LESS.

Comments on development

  • ALL QUARRIES WERE OPENED FOR MARBLE BLOCKS IN THE MID 1800'S. THEY ALL WERE ABANDONED BY 1869. THE ADAIR QUARRIES WERE REOPENED FOR PIGMENT IN 1956.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 47.

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, PAUL, 1985, PLANT MANAGER; WHITE PIGMENT CORP. FLORENCE, VT, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E.,ETAL, 1861, THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: CLAREMONT MFG. CO.; (CLAVEMONT, NH), VOL. 2, P. 763.

  • Deposit

    Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N., 1915, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 589, 67 P.Dale, T.N., 1915, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 589, 67 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LAST YEAR MARBLE WAS QUARRIED FOR DIMENSION STONE IN WALLINGFORD WAS 1869 (PERKINS, 1932.) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM
Deposit Dale (1915) Describes the Kaolin Bed As Being On the North Bank of the Cold River Along Strike From the Foley Marble Prospect.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor ADJUSTED COORDINATES BASED ON GPS, CHANGED NAME AND SYNONYM FIELDS
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

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