Mine detail: Ely Slate Quarry

Previously called 'Howard Slate Co. Quarry'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.8639, -72.1892

Resource(N)

Primary: Stone, Dimension
Ore: Slate
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1825
Last production ended: 1875

Geology

Host rock:Gile Mountain Formation, Meetinghouse Slate Member
Host type:Slate

References

MRDSW033933
DEP10081664
Reference{Deposit:: HADLEY, J.B., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE BRADFORD-THETFORD AREA ORANGE COUNTY, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 1, P. 35.}{Deposit:: ADAMS, C.B., 1846, SECOND ANNUAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT: CHAUNCEY GOODRICH; (BURLINGTON, VT), PP. 240-241.}{Deposit:: HITCHCOCK, E., ET AL, 1861, THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: CLAREMONT MFG. CO.; (CLAREMONT, NH). P. 793.}{Deposit:: Hadley, J.G., 1950, Geology Of The Bradford-Thetford Area, Orange County, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 1.Hadley, J.G., 1950, Geology Of The Bradford-Thetford Area, Orange County, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 1.}{Deposit:: Adams, C.B., 1846, Second Annual Report On The Geology Of The State Of Vermont: Chancey Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont 217 P.Adams, C.B., 1846, Second Annual Report On The Geology Of The State Of Vermont: Chancey Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont 217 P.}{Deposit:: Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.}
ReporterMcBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff