Mine detail: Kirby Mountain Granite Quarries

Previously called 'Kearney Hill and Burke Quarries.Site Includes the Grout'

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Location: Caledonia County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.49858, -71.89028
dep_id: 10089880
mrds_id: W044134
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
orebody_fm: DOME
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: New Hampshire Plutonic Series
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Year first produced: 1899
yr_lst_prd: 1945
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH) P. 25.
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN 104, PP. 29-33.
  • Deposit:: WOOD, DONALD, 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIRBY, VT.
  • Deposit:: RICHARDSON, C.H., 1906, AERIAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 5TH REPORT (1905-1906), PP. 105-106.
  • Deposit:: Richardson, C.H., 1906, Aereal And Economic Geology Of Northeastern Vermont: 5th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1905-1906), P. 97-98.Richardson, C.H., 1906, Aereal And Economic Geology Of Northeastern Vermont: 5th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1905-1906), P. 97-98.
  • 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:: 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:: Wood, Donald, 1985, Personal Communication; Kirby, Vt.
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