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The Monkton Quartzite consists of red ferruginous quartzite interbedded with lesser buff and white quartzites. [1] Additionally, there are thick sections of dolomite containing algal laminations similar to the Winooski Dolostone. [1]
It is composed of beds of siliceous marble 4-10 inches thick that are interbedded with weathering mica schist and randomly distributed beds of dark, micaceous quartzite. [7] The distinguishing bed in the formation is a quartzose limestone that is white to blueish-grey. These beds range from 1 inch to 40 feet thick. [6]
The unit is a thick sequence of massive quartzite beds, white to reddish or tan in color, 2 to 7 feet (0.6 to 2 m) thick. There are also scattered beds of sericite schist that become more numerous in the uppermost part of the formation, where the quartzite beds thin to 1 to 2 feet (0.3 to 0.6 m) in thickness and the beds are reddened by hematite.
E. L. Smith Quarry, in or near Graniteville, Vermont and Barre, Vermont. This is the world's largest "deep hole" granite quarry. It produces Devonian Barre granite. Graniteville is home of its owner, the 1885-founded Rock of Ages Corporation, since 2016 part of Polycor, Inc., the largest producer of marble and granite in North America ...
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Barre granite /ˈbæri/ is a Devonian granite pluton near the town of Barre in Washington County, Vermont. Richardson described it as a "fine granite, composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica. The mica is both muscovite and biotite." [1] It intrudes into the Waits River Formation. [2]
I went with a Vermont White Spruce (with pre-strung lights) in a 7.5-foot size ($1,249; $949), and I tested it for one full season, setting it up, decorating it and breaking it down when the time ...
It is exposed within the western parts of Mendon and Shrewsbury, Vermont. The type locality of the Wilcox Formation lies on the slopes south of Cold River of the eponymous Wilcox Hill and on northwest slope of Mendon Peak. [1] [2] The Wilcox Formation consists primarily of dark-gray to brownish-gray, muscovite rich, chlorite-quartz schist.