Mine detail: Buffalo Hill Granite Quarry

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.4944, -72.3951

Resource(N)

Primary: Stone, Dimension
Ore: Granite
Orebody form: DOME

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Intrusive, Discordant
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1887
Last production ended: 1925

Geology

Host rock:Missisquoi Formation; Moretown Member
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:New Hampshire Plutonic Series
Associated type:Monzonite

References

MRDSW044141
DEP10081789
Reference{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.}
ReporterMcBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff