Mine detail: True Blue Quarries

Previously called 'White Birch and South True Blue Quarries2 and 3Includes True Blue 1'

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Location: Rutland County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.6369, -73.05893
dep_id: 10106306
mrds_id: W044195
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Marble, Calcite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Bascom Formation
hrock_type: Marble
Year first produced: 1807
yr_lst_prd: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P., AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 51.
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1914, THE COMMERCIAL MARBLES OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), PP 119-120.
  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE COMPANY, PROCTOR, VT.
  • Deposit:: Dale, T.N., 1914, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).Dale, T.N., 1914, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).
  • 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  • Deposit:: Unpublished Company Records: Vermont Marble Co.; Proctor , Vt.
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