Photograph (M. Kierstad): Towers at Belvidere Mtn.
Photograph (M. Kierstad): Towers at Belvidere Mtn.
Rock, mineral and sand and gravel resources in Vermont include granite, marble, slate, talc, verde antique, soapstone, schist, sand and gravel, crushed limestone, marble, dolomite, granite, quartzite and slate. Maps and information about these resources are available.
Mine Data Retrieval System (MSHA - includes abandoned, active and intermittent sittes)
USGS Mineral Information for Vermont
Mineral Education Coalition
Critical Minerals, USGS 2017
VTRANS Approved Aggregate Sources
Vermont bedrock and its potential for sequestration of carbon dioxide, VGS, 2011
National assessment of geologic carbon dioxide storage resources, USGS, 2013
CO2 Mineral Sequestration (ultramafic and carbonates), USGS
Act 250 application, Natural Resources Board
Guidance for VGS review of Act 250 applications for: 1) Sand and Gravel pit or 2) Rock Quarry
General Blasting Plan Guidance
Act 250 - Blasting Best Management Practices for Environmental Protection
Groundwater Monitoring Plan for Blasting Under Act 250 Criteria 9E
US DOI Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement: All Resources on Blasting
OSHA 1910.109 Explosives and blasting agents
FHA 1992, Rock Blasting and Overbreak Control (434 pages)