Mine detail: Swanton Limestone Co. Quarries

Previously called 'Rich Quarry'

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Location: Franklin County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.91029, -73.11732
dep_id: 10089885
mrds_id: W044148
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Limestone, General
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Limestone
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Beldons Formation;Weybridge Member, Beldons Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Year first produced: 1875
discr: J.P. Rich Jr.
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 44.
  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT.
  • Deposit:: EDSON, G.E., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE TOWN OF SWANTON: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST; 6TH REPORT (1907-1908), PP. 219-220.
  • Deposit:: EDSON, G.E., 1906, THE GEOLOGY OF ST. ALBANS AND VICINITY: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 6TH REPORT (1905-1906), PP. 139-142.
  • Deposit:: Edson, G.E., 1906, Geology Of St. Albans And Vicinity: 5th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist 1905-1906), P. 138.Edson, G.E., 1906, Geology Of St. Albans And Vicinity: 5th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist 1905-1906), P. 138.
  • 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:: Edson, G.E., 1908, Geology Of The Town Of Swanton: 6th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1907-1908).Edson, G.E., 1908, Geology Of The Town Of Swanton: 6th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1907-1908).
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