Mine detail: Glebeland Quarry

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

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Location

Lat / long:

43.35804, -73.24731

Resource(N)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	St. Catherine Formation
Host type:	Slate
Tectonic:	Taconic Klippen, Foreland Of The Green Mountain Anticlinorium

References

MRDS	W044028
DEP	10081710
Reference	{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J. JR., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE PAWLET QUADRANGLE, VERMONT, VGS BULLETIN NO. 30, PP. 14-22, PLATE 1.}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED MAP: DELAWARE AND HUDSON RR.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).}
Reporter	McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.)