Mine detail: Sheldon Slate Co. Rupert Quarry

Location:	Bennington County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long:	43.29561, -73.25453
dep_id:	10081711
mrds_id:	W044030
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Stone, Dimension
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Slate
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit:	St. Catherine Formation;Mount Hamilton Formation (Poultney Slate)
hrock_type:	Slate
References:	Deposit:: SCHUMAKER, R. AND THOMPSON, J. JR., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE PAWLET QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 30, PP 14-27, PLATE 1 Deposit:: DOLL, C.G., ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT). Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED MAP: DELAWARE AND HUDSON RR MAP OF THE SLATE QUARRIES AND MILLS (1924). Deposit:: Schumaker, R. And Thompson, J.Jr., 1967, The Bedrock Geology Of The Pawlet Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 30, Pp 14-22.Schumaker, R. And Thompson, J.Jr., 1967, The Bedrock Geology Of The Pawlet Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 30, Pp 14-22. Deposit:: Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.