Mine detail: True Blue Quarries

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

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Location

Lat / long: 43.6369, -73.05893

Resource(N)

Primary: Stone, Dimension
Ore: Marble, Calcite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1807
Last production ended: 1925

Geology

Host rock:Bascom Formation
Host type:Marble

References

MRDSW044195
DEP10106306
Reference{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THE COMMERCIAL MARBLES OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), PP 119-120.}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE COMPANY, PROCTOR, VT.}{Deposit:: Dale, T.N., 1914, The Calcite Marble And Dolomite Of Eastern Vermont: 9th Annual Report,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And Chaffee, R., 1964, Vermont Mines And Mineral Locations: Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, 50 P.}{Deposit:: Unpublished Company Records: Vermont Marble Co.; Proctor , Vt.}
ReporterMcBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff