Mine detail: Dorset Mountain Marble Co. Quarries

Previously called 'Continental and Edson Quarries.KlondikeMiddleLowerMillsKentIncludes Prince'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.24171, -73.06922

Resource(N)

Primary: Stone
Ore: Marble, Calcite
Orebody form: FOLDED TABULAR
Discovery year: 1866

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1866

Geology

Host rock:Shelburne Formation;Bascom Formation
Host type:Marble,Dolomite

References

MRDSW044130
DEP10111280
Reference{Deposit:: DALE, T.N., 1914, THE COMMERCIAL MARBLES OF WESTERN VERMONT: VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST, 9TH REPORT, PP1-160.}{Deposit:: MORRILL, P. AND CHAFFEE, R., 1964, VERMONT MINES AND MINERAL LOCALITIES: (MONTSHIRE MUSEUM; HANOVER, NH.) PP.16-17.}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR VT.}{Deposit:: HEWITT, PHILIP C., 1961, THE GEOLOGY OF THE EQUINOX QUADRANGLE AND VICINITY: VGS BULLETIN NO. 18, PLATE 1.}{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).}{Deposit:: Hewitt, P.C., 1961, The Geology Of The Equinox Quadrangle And Vicinity: Vermont Geological Bulletin 18.Hewitt, P.C., 1961, The Geology Of The Equinox Quadrangle And Vicinity: Vermont Geological Bulletin 18.}{Deposit:: Unpublished Company Records: Vermont Marble Co., Proctor, Vermont.}
ReporterMcBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff