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Vulcan Havre De Grace Quarry
- When:
- July 31 2010 EDT 7:20 AM - 12:00 PM
- Category:
- Field Trips
Saturday July 31, 7:20am- (noon). Vulcan Havre De Grace Quarry. Meet at the office at 7:20 AM.
Minimum age for attending is 10. Minors under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent and both must be club members. Please notify me by July 27, email is (preferred) < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it > or phone 301-545-0808. In your notification, please confirm that you have read and agree to the waiver and rules below the quarry information. Please include "Havre De Grace" in the subject of your email message to make it easier for me to find.
The Havre De Grace Quarry mines Port Deposit gneiss, diabase, and mettagabbro. Among the minerals reported found are epidote, pyrite, zeolites, and quartz. Further info about the quarry and geology are below the directions.
Circumstances beyond our control -- weather or problems at the quarry can cause last minute cancellations so it is advisable to check email Friday evening for any changes. Jonathan will try to avoid such situations and give notice as soon as he learns of them. Please be on time. Late comers who miss the safety briefing cannot collect at the quarry.
Circumstances beyond our control -- weather or problems at the quarry can cause last minute cancellations so it is advisable to check email Friday evening for any changes. Jonathan will try to avoid such situations and give notice as soon as he learns of them. Please be on time. Late comers who miss the safety briefing cannot collect at the quarry.
Directions (from my home are below)
Summary: 78.2 miles (1 hour, 18 minutes)
SUMMARY
Driving distance: 78.2 miles
Trip duration: 1 hour, 18 minutes
Driving time: 1 hour, 18 minutes
Cost: $5.80
| Time |
Mile |
Instruction |
For |
Toward |
| 9:00 AM |
0.0 |
Depart 11932 Goya Dr, Potomac, MD 20854 on Goya Dr (North-West) |
174 yds |
|
| 9:00 AM |
0.1 |
Turn RIGHT (North) onto Seven Locks Rd |
0.1 mi |
|
| 9:00 AM |
0.2 |
Turn RIGHT (East) onto Montrose Rd |
0.2 mi |
|
| 9:01 AM |
0.4 |
Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-270 Local [Dwight D Eisenhower Hwy] |
0.7 mi |
I-270 / Washington |
| 9:02 AM |
1.2 |
Merge onto I-270 [Dwight D Eisenhower Hwy] |
3.6 mi |
|
| 9:06 AM |
4.8 |
Merge onto I-495 [I-495 Innerloop] |
8.4 mi |
|
| 9:14 AM |
13.2 |
At exit 27, turn RIGHT onto Ramp |
0.4 mi |
I-95 / Baltimore |
| 9:15 AM |
13.6 |
Take Ramp (LEFT) onto I-95 |
19.4 mi |
I-95 / Baltimore / New York |
| 9:32 AM |
33.0 |
Keep RIGHT onto I-895 [Harbor Tunnel Throughway] |
14.8 mi |
I-895 / Harbor Tun. |
| 9:47 AM |
47.8 |
Merge onto I-95 [John F Kennedy Memorial Hwy] |
27.8 mi |
|
| 10:11 AM |
75.6 |
At exit 89, turn RIGHT onto Ramp |
0.2 mi |
MD-155 / Havre de Grace |
| 10:12 AM |
75.8 |
Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto SR-155 [Level Rd] |
1.4 mi |
MD-155 / US-40 / Havre de Grace |
| 10:14 AM |
77.2 |
Bear LEFT (East) onto SR-155 [Superior St] |
0.3 mi |
|
| 10:14 AM |
77.5 |
Turn LEFT (North-East) onto Graceview Dr |
0.1 mi |
|
| 10:15 AM |
77.7 |
Turn LEFT (North) onto Quarry Rd |
0.6 mi |
|
| 10:18 AM |
78.2 |
Arrive 938 Quarry Rd, Havre de Grace, MD 21078 |
SUMMARY
Driving distance: 78.2 miles
Trip duration: 1 hour, 18 minutes
Driving time: 1 hour, 18 minutes
Cost: $5.80
Jonathan G. Harris
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Location: 938 Quarry Road, Havre de Grace, MD 21078. The quarry sits on the west bank of the Susquehanna River.
Operation Start Date: Vulcan acquired the Havre de Grace site in 2007 as part of the Florida Rock acquisition. However, the quarry began operations as early as 1905.
Acreage: The overall tract includes approximately 670 acres of which approximately 300 acres are buffers
Number of Employees: 59
Type of Stone Mined: Igneous Rock consisting of three types: Port Deposit gneiss, diabase and mettagabbro. The quarry supplies a wide variety of crushed stone products for use in making concrete and asphalt, as well as for direct use in roads, bridges, and other public infrastructure projects not to mention commercial and residential construction.
Community Involvement: Through Vulcan Materials Foundation, financial assistance and support is provided to local charitable and community support agencies. Donations of stone are also made to assist local community organizations. Group tours of the quarry are available by calling in advance to schedule. The tour offers visitors a hands-on experience in natural resources, earth science, and ecology. Havre de Grace Quarry established a “community liaison committee (CLC)” with membership consisting of neighbors, local/state regulatory officials and quarry personnel. The CLC meets regularly to review and discuss activities at the quarry.
Adopt-A-School Partner: Meadowvale Elementary School
Environmental Stewardship: Havre de Grace Quarry has adopted Lapidum Road and performs quarterly clean-up efforts. The Quarry has an emergency response team and a Carolina Skiff boat with rapid deployment capability. Forest conversation plan that manages and monitors the buffer forest areas around the plant.
Interesting Facts: In 1994, stone from the Havre de Grace Quarry was used to make the base for the Maryland Monument at Gettysburg National Battlefield. The plant's dock loading facilities allow access to various markets along the Chesapeake Bay and beyond. Ocean City's jetties were created from the Havre de Grace Quarry's stone.
Vulcan Materials Company is a member of the S&P 500 index and is the nation’s foremost producer of construction aggregates and a major producer of other construction materials. In 2007, Vulcan was recognized as one of Fortune magazine’s most admired U.S. companies for the seventh time. The company was also named by Fortune as one of the top ten of all U.S. companies for social responsibility and long-term investment.
Website: www.vulcanmaterials.com
Please agree to the following waiver:
Field trip attendees are solely responsible for their own safety.
Neither the club or property owners provide any insurance or funds to treat injuries that occur during collecting. Attendees must rely on their own insurance and financial resources to handle such events.
The fact that the club or property owner may insist attendees follow safety or etiquette rules or warn that an area or an activity is unsafe does not imply a duty to forbid attendees from or warn them away from all unsafe spots or unsafe activities. Attendees should not assume an area is safe just because others let you work there or are working there themselves. Attendees must use their own judgment, accept the consequences, and hold all others harmless.
For the purpose of this waiver "field trip facilitators" include the Gem, Lapidary, and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, owners, operators, and managers of properties visited as part of the field trip, any third party facilitating, supporting, or managing the field trips, and any affiliates, agents, or officers of these entities. All attendees agree to indemnify and hold harmless the field trip facilitators from any and all liability, causes of action, claims, demands, costs, or debts of any kind incurred or arising from participation in a field-trip, even if such cause is an injury or property damage resulting from error, omission, or negligence by one or more of the field trip facilitators. Attendees agree that this waiver is binding on any heirs, insurers,or third parties that may bring a claim on their behalf. If the terms of this waiver are unreasonable or unacceptable, one must not participate in the field trip.
Rules
1) Required safety equipment.
The following equipment is required for everyone, including minors.
Hard Hat (ANSI Z89.1, certified for industrial head protection. These are
readily available at home centers and hardware stores. Bike helmets and
other sport helmets are NOT suitable).
Eye protection
Steel toed shoes
gloves
long pants
Fluorescent safety construction vest (some quarries will require these, we may not know ahead of time).
Collectors missing required safety equipment will be asked to leave.
2) Children: I will post the age limits with each trip. In quarries where children are permitted, parents are responsible and assume all risk. Parents should stay with their children, watch them, and leave with them when they become too restless to be safely monitored. Children must have the safety equipment above.
3) General rules: Collectors must RSVP at least a week in advance. Quarries are hurting from the recession and don't want to send their employees out to supervise only two or three collectors, so we need to give an accurate headcount ahead of time. I will have to be less lax about this going forward. If I find I don't have enough people the Thursday or Friday before the trip, we may have to cancel. DO NOT BE A NO-SHOW!!
Collectors who are late may miss the safety briefing and hence the privilege of collecting. Please be on time!
It is important to obey all instructions of the group leader and quarry employees. Failure to do so or unsafe behavior can lead to a collector being forbidden from future field-trips and other sanctions.
All trips will have a group leader, either the field-trip chair or his designee. Most quarries don't want groups entering without a leader.
If you find a spot and need to get a tool to work it or take a break, leave a tool by it to mark it as a spot. Honor other people's spots.
Don't "claim" any spot you are not currently working, unless you are merely getting equipment to help you work it or taking a break. Let others have the joy of discovery. If you claim more than one spot at a time, don't complain if someone starts working one of them.
4) Collecting equipment.
water--for drinking and rinsing potential specimens.
newspaper--for wrapping specimens
boxes
five gallon bucket (or something similar for schlepping things around)
3-5 pound blacksmith's hammer or hand held sledge. Do not use carpenter's hammers!
cold chisels or masonry chisels. Use wood chisels only if you enjoy ruining your tools and showering yourself and your friends with shrapnel.
long arm 8+ pound wrecking hammer--for breaking big boulders.
old pocket knife or small screw driver for prying apart small delicate specimens.
magnifying glass for examining smaller specimens.
camera
Location
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Venue:
Vulcan Havre De Grace Quarry
938 Quarry Rd, Havre de Grace 21078 , MD
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