Mine detail: Smith Granite Quarries

Previously called 'Site Includes the Duffee QuarrySmith QuarryE.L Smith and Upper Smith Quarries.'

Location:	Washington County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long:	44.15309, -72.48229
dep_id:	10081718
mrds_id:	W044038
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Stone, Dimension
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Intrusive, Discordant
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Granite
orebody_fm:	DOME
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit:	Waits River Formation;Gile Mountain Formation
hrock_type:	Schist
arock_unit:	New Hampshire Plutonic Series
arock_type:	Granite
Year first produced:	1875
References:	Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 4. Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN NO. 104, 69-72. Deposit:: MURTHY, V.R., 1957, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE EAST BARRE AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 10, PP. 79-95, PLATE 1. Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1923, THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND: USGS BULLETIN NO. 738, PP. 135-137. Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED QUARRY SURVEY MAP: ROCK OF AGES; BARRE, VT. Deposit:: Murthy, V.R., 1957, Bedrock Geology Of The East Barre Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 10, 95 P.Murthy, V.R., 1957, Bedrock Geology Of The East Barre Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 10, 95 P. Deposit:: Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 P.Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 P. Deposit:: Dale, T.N., 1909, The Granites Of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 104, 138 P.Dale, T.N., 1909, The Granites Of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 104, 138 P. Deposit:: Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.