Mine detail: Blissville Slate Quarry

Previously called 'Green Mountain Slate Co. Quarries'

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Location: Rutland County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.5916, -73.22559
dep_id: 10081628
mrds_id: W033889
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Slate
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Fred Beck, Inc., L. G. Woodruff, McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.)
hrock_unit: St. Catherine Formation
hrock_type: Slate
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 11.
  • Deposit:: DOLL, C.G., ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT).
  • Deposit:: Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.
  • 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.
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