Mine detail: Waterford Slate Quarry

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Location:	Caledonia County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long:	44.40529, -71.95309
dep_id:	10081784
mrds_id:	W044133
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Stone, Dimension
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Slate, Phyllite
gangue:	Biotite, Garnet, Staurolite, Pyrite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit:	Gile Mountain Formation, Meetinghouse Slate Member
hrock_type:	Slate,Phyllite
Year first produced:	1855
ylp_ba:	<
yr_lst_prd:	1865
References:	Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM, HANOVER, NH), P. 48. Deposit:: ERIC, J.H. AND DENNIS, J.G., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CONCORD-WATERFORD AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 11, PP 24, 62. Deposit:: RICHARDSON, C.H., 1906, AEREAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 5TH REPORT (1905-1906), PP.97-98. Deposit:: Richardson, C.H., 1906, Aereal And Economic Geology Of Northeastern Vermont: 5th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1905-1906), P. 97-98.Richardson, C.H., 1906, Aereal And Economic Geology Of Northeastern Vermont: 5th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1905-1906), P. 97-98. 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:: Eric, J.H., And Dennis, J.G., 1958, Geology Of The Concord-Waterford Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 11, 62 P.Eric, J.H., And Dennis, J.G., 1958, Geology Of The Concord-Waterford Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 11, 62 P.