Mine detail: Rutland Fire Clay Co. Quarry

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Location: Rutland County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.5972, -72.93641
dep_id: 10081645
mrds_id: W033911
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Residual
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Kaolin
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Cheshire Quartzite;Winooski Dolomite
hrock_type: Quartzite,Dolomite
Year first produced: 1883
yr_lst_prd: 1965
disc_yr: 1885
discr: Rufus Perkins.
References:
  • Deposit:: PERKINS, G.H., 1908, MINERAL RESOURCES: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 6TH REPORT (1907-1908), PP.49-52.
  • Deposit:: JACOBS, E.C., 1926, THE CLAY DEPOSITS AND CLAY INDUSTRIES OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 15TH REPORT (1925-1926) P.210
  • Deposit:: PERKINS, DONALD, 1985, RUTLAND PRODUCTS, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.
  • Deposit:: Jacobs, E.C., 1926, The Clay Deposits And Clay Industries Of Vermont., 15th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1925-1926).Jacobs, E.C., 1926, The Clay Deposits And Clay Industries Of Vermont., 15th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1925-1926).
  • Deposit:: Perkins, G.H., 1908, 6th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1907-1908).Perkins, G.H., 1908, 6th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1907-1908).
  • Deposit:: Perkins, D., 1985, Rutland Products, Personal Communication.
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