Mine detail: West River Granite Co.

Previously called 'Presby-Leland Quarry'

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Location: Windham County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.92498, -72.61011
dep_id: 10081767
mrds_id: W044098
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Discordant Intrusive
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Granite
orebody_fm: DOME
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Fred Beck, Inc., L. G. Woodruff, McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.)
hrock_unit: Waits River Formation
hrock_type: Mica Schist
arock_unit: New Hampshire Series Intrusives
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Year first produced: 1877
yr_lst_prd: 1939
References:
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1910, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 7TH REPORT (1909-1910), PP.78-197.
  • Deposit:: HEPBURN, J.C., TRASK, N.J., ROSENFELD, J.L. AND THOMPSON JR., J.B., 1984, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE BRATTLEBORO QUADRANGLE, VT-NH., VGS BULLETIN NO. 32.
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P 18.
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN 104, PP 105-109.
  • Deposit:: JACOBS, E.C., 1940, TWENTY-SECOND REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST OF VERMONT (1939-1940), P.18.
  • Deposit:: DUKE, J., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION (DUMMERSTON TOWN CLERK).
  • 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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