Mine detail: Washington Limestone Quarries

Previously called 'Includes Warner and Richardson Quarries'

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Location: Orange County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.0922, -72.3873
dep_id: 10081675
mrds_id: W033957
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limestone
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Waits River Formation
hrock_type: Marble
Year first produced: 1893
yr_lst_prd: 1925
disc_yr: 1893
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 48.
  • Deposit:: RICHARDSON, C.H., 1902, THE TERRANES OF ORANGE CO., VT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 3RD REPORT (1901-1902), PP. 84-90.
  • Deposit:: RICHARDSON, C.H., 1906, AREAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 5TH REPORT (1905-1906), PP. 87-90.
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1914, THE CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), PP. 233-235.
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1932, MARBLE INDUSTRY OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 18TH REPORT (1931-1932), PP. 235-236.
  • Deposit:: MURTHY, V.R., 1957, BED ROCK GEOLOGY OF THE EAST BARRE AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 10, PLATE 1.
  • Deposit:: Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 P.Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 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.
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