Mine detail: Buffalo Hill Granite Quarry

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Location:	Caledonia County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long:	44.4944, -72.3951
dep_id:	10081789
mrds_id:	W044141
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Stone, Dimension
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Intrusive, Discordant
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Granite
orebody_fm:	DOME
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit:	Missisquoi Formation; Moretown Member
hrock_type:	Quartzite
arock_unit:	New Hampshire Plutonic Series
arock_type:	Monzonite
Year first produced:	1887
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. 27-29. Deposit:: KONIG, R.H., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE PLAINFIELD QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 16, PP. 83-84, PLATE 1. Deposit:: Konig, R.H., 1961, Geology Of The Plainfield Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 16.Konig, R.H., 1961, Geology Of The Plainfield Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 16. 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.