Mine detail: Bemis Limestone Quarry

Previously called 'Holland Quarry'

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Location: Windham County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.1064, -72.62093
dep_id: 10081778
mrds_id: W044120
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Limestone, General
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Marble, Dolomite, Calcite
gangue: Quartz, Mica, Actinolite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Mount Holly Complex
hrock_type: Schist,Gneiss
Year first produced: 1875
yr_lst_prd: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1915, THE CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN NO. 589, 67 P.
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 3.
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1914, CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT; 9TH REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST (1913-1914), P. 249.
  • Deposit:: Dale, T.N., 1915, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 589, 67 P.Dale, T.N., 1915, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 589, 67 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.
  • Deposit:: Dale, T.N., 1914, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).Dale, T.N., 1914, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).
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