Mine detail: Dorset Mountain Marble Co. Quarries

Previously called 'Continental and Edson Quarries.KlondikeMiddleLowerMillsKentIncludes Prince'

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Location: Bennington County, Vermont, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.24171, -73.06922
dep_id: 10111280
mrds_id: W044130
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Marble, Calcite
orebody_fm: FOLDED TABULAR
Reporter: McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff
hrock_unit: Shelburne Formation;Bascom Formation
hrock_type: Marble,Dolomite
Year first produced: 1866
disc_yr: 1866
discr: D.L. Kent (Opened Prince Quarry)
References:
  • 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  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED COMPANY RECORDS: VERMONT MARBLE CO.; PROCTOR VT.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  • Deposit:: Unpublished Company Records: Vermont Marble Co., Proctor, Vermont.
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