Mine detail: Benzie Quarry

Previously called 'Bonazzi Quarry'

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Location: Caledonia County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.19189, -72.20639
dep_id: 10081806
mrds_id: W044175
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
work_type: Surface
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Waits River Formation
hrock_type: Phyllite,Schist
arock_unit: New Hampshire Plutonic Series
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Year first produced: 1896
yr_lst_prd: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 21.
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN 104, P. 40-42.
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1923, THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND: USGS BULLETIN 738, P 115-117.
  • Deposit:: Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 P.Dale, T.N., 1923, The Commercial Granites Of New England: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 738, 488 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.
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