Taran Brothers Slate Quarry

Producer in Rutland county in Vermont, United States with commodity Slate, Dimension

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10155270
MRDS ID	W023050
MAS/MILS ID	0500210012
Record type	Site
Current site name	Taran Brothers Slate Quarry
Alternate or previous names	Taran Brothers, Inc.
Related records	10076127

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-73.23702, 43.57277 (WGS84)
Elevation	152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutland(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poultney(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

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Slate, Dimension	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-73.23702, 43.57277	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0500210012
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W023050	MAS references MRDS

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	25-FEB-1982	Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

Status	Intermittent since 03/04/2026
MSHA mine ID	4300031
Mine name (MSHA)	TARAN BROTHERS SLATE QUARRY AND MILL
Current operator	TARAN BROTHERS INC
Current controller (parent)	Stephen M Taran; Joseph M Taran
Mine type	Surface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (83 m, 0.89 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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