Mine detail: Granite Hill Quarries

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Location: Rutland County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.4761, -72.89392
dep_id: 10081637
mrds_id: W033902
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Intrusive, Discordant
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Granite
orebody_fm: DOME
work_type: Surface
Reporter: L. G. Woodruff, McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.)
hrock_unit: Mt Holly Complex
hrock_type: Quartzite,Schist,Gneiss
arock_unit: White Mountain Plutonic-Volcanic Series
arock_type: Hornblendite
Year first produced: 1895
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 47.
  • Deposit:: EAGLESTON, J., 1918, THE ERUPTIVE ROCKS AT CUTTINGSVILLE, VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 11TH REPORT (1917-1918), PP. 178-181
  • Deposit:: Eggleston, J.W., 1918, 11th Report Of The Vermont State Geologist (1917-1918): P.G. Gobie Press, Bellows Falls, Vermont, P.167-193.Eggleston, J.W., 1918, 11th Report Of The Vermont State Geologist (1917-1918): P.G. Gobie Press, Bellows Falls, Vermont, P.167-193.
  • 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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