Mine detail: Taran Slate Co. Quarry

Location:	Rutland County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long:	43.5708, -73.23535
dep_id:	10081698
mrds_id:	W044006
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Slate, 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:	McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.)
hrock_unit:	St. Catherine Formation
hrock_type:	Slate
tectonic:	Taconic Klippen, Foreland Of The Green Mountain Anticlinorium.
References:	Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 36. Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1914, SLATE IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULLETIN NO. 275, PP. 89-111. Deposit:: FOWLER, P., 1950, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE CASTLETON AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 2, PLATE 1. Deposit:: DOLL, C.G., ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT).