Mine detail: Jones Bros. Quarries

Previously called 'Sunnyside and Gerard QuarriesStandardBoulderIncludes Acme'

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Location: Washington County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.1478, -72.4734
dep_id: 10111274
mrds_id: W033994
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Intrusive, Discordant
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Granite
orebody_fm: DOME
work_type: Surface
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Gile Mountain Formation
hrock_type: Schist
arock_unit: New Hampshire Plutonic Series
arock_type: Granite
Year first produced: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1909, THE GRANITES OF VERMONT: USGS BULLETIN 404, PP 63-68.
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; (HANOVER, NH), P. 4.
  • Deposit:: MURTHY, V.R., 1957, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE EAST BARRE AREA, VERMONT: VGS BULLETIN NO. 10, PLATE 1.
  • Deposit:: Dale, T.N., 1909, The Granites Of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 104, 138 P.Dale, T.N., 1909, The Granites Of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 104, 138 P.
  • 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:: Murthy, V.R., 1957, Bedrock Geology Of The East Barre Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 10, 95 P.Murthy, V.R., 1957, Bedrock Geology Of The East Barre Area, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 10, 95 P.
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