Mine detail: Merriam and Thayer Quarries

Previously called 'Goodell, Simonds, Royce ThayerMerrow Merriam'

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Location: Rutland County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.8033, -73.09622
dep_id: 10081845
mrds_id: W044224
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Marble, Calcite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: L. G. Woodruff, McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.)
hrock_unit: Shelburne Formation, Columbian Member
hrock_type: Marble
Year first produced: 1867
yr_lst_prd: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), PP. 8-9.
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1914, THE COMMERCIAL MARBLE OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST; 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), P. 133-134.
  • Deposit:: PERKINS, G.H., 1932, MARBLE INDUSTRY OF VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 18TH REPORT (1931-1932), P. 140.
  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE COMPANY; PROCTOR, VT.
  • Deposit:: Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.
  • Deposit:: Vergennes City Clerk, 1985, Personal Communication
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