Rock of Ages Quarry

Producer in Washington county in Vermont, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, 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 10107425
MRDS ID W044039
Record type Site
Current site name Rock of Ages Quarry
Alternate or previous names Site Includes the Bailey Quarry See General Comments

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.4806, 44.14249 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 2.0 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROUTE 302 IN EAST BARRE, VT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barre East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(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 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • THE QUARRY IS JUST SOUTH OF MAIN STREET, GRANITEVILLE, VT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Rock description New Hampshire Plutonic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Waits River Formation;Gile Mountain Formation
    Rock description Waits River Formation;Gile Mountain Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.4806, 44.14249

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DOME

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rock Of Ages Granite Co.
    Home office Upper Graniteville, Vt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 9.463HA
    Overall length 548.64M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE QUARRY IS APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P.4.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN NO. 104, PP 57-62.

  • Deposit

    MURTHY, V.R., 1957, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE EAST BARRE AREA, VERMONT: V.G.S. BULLETIN NO. 10., PP 79-95, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.W., 1923, THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND: USGS BULLETIN NO. 738, PP 128-132.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED QUARRY SURVEY MAP: ROCK OF AGES; BARRE, VT.

  • 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

    Unpublished File: Vermont Marble Co.; Proctor, Vt.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ROCK OF AGES QUARRY IS A CONSOLIDATION OF THE BOUTWELL, MILNE AND WYLIE, BRUCE, BARRE GRANITE CO., EMPIRE AND MARR AND GORDON QUARRIES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

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
Updater 01-DEC-1997 Fred Beck, Inc. Contractor STN ADDED TO COMMOD

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.