Mine detail: Drenan and Webber Quarries

Previously called 'Includes Vermont White Quarry and Several Unnamed Quarries.'

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Location: Washington County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.45394, -72.39452
dep_id: 10081758
mrds_id: W044086
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Intrusive, Discordant
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Granite
orebody_fm: DOME
Reporter: Fred Beck, Inc., McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Waits River Formation, Barton River Member
hrock_type: Schist
arock_unit: New Hampshire Plutonic Series
arock_type: Granite
Year first produced: 1875
yr_lst_prd: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 53.
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN 104, PP 101-104.
  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS; JOHN SWENSON GRANITE CO.; CONCORD, NH.
  • 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.
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