Mine detail: Newmont Slate Co., Inc. Quarry

Previously called 'Granville Slate Co. Quarries*rien Bros. Quarries'

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Location: Rutland County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.40693, -73.23718
dep_id: 10089866
mrds_id: W044019
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Slate
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Fred Beck, Inc., McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: St. Catherine Formation
hrock_type: Slate
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 49.
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1914, SLATE IN THE UNITED STATES; USGS BULLETIN 275, PP. 89-111.
  • Deposit:: SCHUMAKER, R. AND THOMPSON, J. JR., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE PAWLET QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN 30, PP. 14-22, PLATE 1.
  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED MAP: DELAWARE AND HUDSON RR MAP OF SLATE QUARRIES AND MILLS (1924).
  • 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  • Deposit:: Unpublished Company Records; Vermont Marble Co.; Proctor , Vt.
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