Mine detail: Kenfield Quarry

Previously called 'Site Includes Several Other Small Quarries Atherton and Dix Quarries'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long: 42.76031, -72.90564

Resource(N)

Primary: Marble, Dimension
Ore: Marble
Orebody form: LENSES AND SOME MORE EXTENSIVE TABULAR BODIES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1825
Last production ended: 1875

Geology

Host rock:Cavendish Formation
Host type:Marble

References

MRDSW044110
DEP10106301
Reference{Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH.), P. 52.}{Deposit:: SKEHAN, J.W., 1961, THE GREEN MOUNTAIN ANTICLINORIUM IN THE VICINITY OF WILMINGTON AND WOODFORD, VERMONT; VGS BULLETIN NO. 17, PLATE 1.}{Deposit:: HITCHCOCK, F. ET AL, 1861, THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: CLAREMONT MANUFACTURING CO.; (CLAREMONT, NH), P. 748.}{Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1914, THE CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, NINTH REPORT (1913-1914), PP. 260-261.}{Deposit:: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION: WHITINGHAM TOWN CLERK.}{Deposit:: Skehan, J.W., 1961, The Green Mountain Anticlinorium In The Vicinity Of Wilmington And Woodford, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 17, P. 147.Skehan, J.W., 1961, The Green Mountain Anticlinorium In The Vicinity Of Wilmington And Woodford, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 17, P. 147.}{Deposit:: Field, M.T. And Truesdell, D.B., 1982, National Uranium Resource Evaluation (Nure): Albany Quadrangle, Ma, Ny, Ct, Vt, And Nh: Bendix Field Engineering Corporation, Grand Junction Operations; Prepared For The U.S. Department Of Energy.Field, M.T. And Truesdell, D.B., 1982, National Uranium Resource Evaluation (Nure): Albany Quadrangle, Ma, Ny, Ct, Vt, And Nh: Bendix Field Engineering Corporation, Grand Junction Operations; Prepared For The U.S. Department Of Energy.}
ReporterMcBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff