Mine detail: Sheldon Slate Co. Pawlet Quarries

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Location

Lat / long: 43.39331, -73.24064

Resource(N)

Primary: Slate, Dimension
Ore: Slate
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:St. Catherine Formation
Host type:Slate
Tectonic:Taconic Klipper, Foreland Of The Green Mountain Anticlinorium

References

MRDSW044022
DEP10089867
Reference{Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964. VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 36.}{Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1914, SLATE IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULLETIN NO. 275, PP 89-111.}{Deposit:: SCHUMAKER, R. AND THOMPSON, J. JR., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE PAWLET QUADRANGLE, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 30, PP 14-22, PLATE 1.}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED MAP: DELAWARE AND HUDSON RR MAP OF SLATE QUARRIES AND MILLS (1924).}{Deposit:: TATKO, J. JR., 1985, SHELDON SLATE CO., MIDDLE GRANVILLE, NY; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.}
ReporterMcBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.)