Mine detail: Pelkay Slate Quarry

Previously called 'Includes W.H. Pelky QuarryCapron Quarry'

Location:	Rutland County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long:	43.58822, -73.25765
dep_id:	10106293
mrds_id:	W033998
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Stone, Dimension
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Slate
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
Reporter:	Fred Beck, Inc., L. G. Woodruff, McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.)
hrock_unit:	St. Catherine Formation
hrock_type:	Slate
References:	Deposit:: DOLL, C.G., ET AL, 1961, CENTENNIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT: STATE OF VERMONT; (MONTPELIER, VT). Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 19. Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1914, SLATE IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULLETIN NO. 275, PP. 89-111. Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED MAP: DELAWARE AND HUDSON RR MAP OF QUARRIES AND MILLS (1924).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:: Dale, T.N., Hillebrand, W.F., Eckel, E.C., And Coons, T.A., 1914, Slate In The United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 586, 220 P.Dale, T.N., Hillebrand, W.F., Eckel, E.C., And Coons, T.A., 1914, Slate In The United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 586, 220 P. Deposit:: Fowler, P., 1950, Stratigraphy And Structure Of The Castleton Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 2.Fowler, P., 1950, Stratigraphy And Structure Of The Castleton Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 2.