Mine detail: North Dorset Quarries

Previously called 'Norcross and Scotchman Quarries.Site Includes the Texas'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.2672, -73.02593

Resource(N)

Primary: Stone
Ore: Marble, Dolomite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1910
Last production ended: 1925

Geology

Host rock:Shelburne Formation, Columbian Member
Host type:Dolomite

References

MRDSW044052
DEP10081729
Reference{Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1914, THE COMMERCIAL MARBLES OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), PP 1-160.}{Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH.) PP 16-17.}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT.}{Deposit:: Morrill, P. And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover,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.}{Deposit:: Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).}{Deposit:: Unpublished Company Records: Vermont Marble Co.; Proctor, Vt}
ReporterMcBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff