Mine detail: North Pittsford Quarries

Previously called 'N.P.H. Q.3 and 22 and 3Includes N To S: N.P.H. Prospects 1N.P. Pros. 4 and N.P.Q. 1.'

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Location: Rutland County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.7322, -73.07062
dep_id: 10106308
mrds_id: W044214
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: Shelburne Formation, Columbian Member
hrock_type: Marble
Year first produced: 1825
yr_lst_prd: 1950
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH), P. 34.
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1914, THE COMMERCIAL MARBLES OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT (1913-1914), PP. 127-129.
  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR, VT.
  • 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., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).Dale, T.N., 1914, The Commercial Marbles Of Western Vermont; 9th Annual Report, Vermont State Geologist (1913-1914).
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