Mine detail: Glebeland Quarry

Previously called 'Rising and Nelson 1, 2 and 3Jones and Griffith Quarry'

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Location: Rutland County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.35804, -73.24731
dep_id: 10081710
mrds_id: W044028
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Slate, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past 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. 33.
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1914, SLATE IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULLETIN NO. 275, PP 89-111.
  • Deposit:: SCHUMAKER, R. AND THOMPSON, J. JR., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE PAWLET QUADRANGLE, VERMONT, VGS BULLETIN NO. 30, PP. 14-22, PLATE 1.
  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED MAP: DELAWARE AND HUDSON RR. MAP OF THE SLATE QUARRIES AND MILLS (1924).
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