Mine detail: F.W. Whitcomb Stone Quarry

Previously called 'F.W. Whitcomb Quarry'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.5061, -73.18811

Resource(N)

Primary: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Ore: Quartzite, Dolomite, Limestone
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1957

Geology

Host rock:Monkton Formation;Winooski Formation
Host type:Quartzite

References

MRDSW044087
DEP10081759
Reference{Deposit:: RATTE, C.A., AND VANECEK, D.M., 1980, DIRECTORY OF VERMONT MINERAL INDUSTRIES: UNPUBLISHED. (AVAILABLE AT VERMONT STATE GEOLOGISTS OFFICE, MONTPELIER, VT).}{Deposit:: DOLL, C.G., ET AL, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT).}{Deposit:: REED, HARVEY, 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION: F.W. WHITCOMB; WINOOSKI, VT.}{Deposit:: STONE, S.W. AND DENNIS, J.G., 1964, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MILTON QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 26, PLATE 1.}{Deposit:: Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 P.Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 P.}{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.}
ReporterFred Beck, Inc., McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff