A colonial-era "lime quarry" started ca. 1700, located about 1/2 mile from the better-known
Devil's Den. There are several pits in the immediate area.
Later (1877) owned by Richard S. Spofford, lawyer, and husband of Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835-1921) of Newburyport, noted author and poet. The fireplace in their Deer Island home was made from green precious-serpentine rich rock from the quarry.
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References
Stoddard, Richard Henry (1877): Poets' Homes. (Boston: D. Lothrop & Co.), p. 207.
Crosby, William O. (1880): Contributions to the Geology of Eastern Massachusetts. (Occasional papers of the Boston Society of Natural History, Volume 3)
Essex Institute (1885): Report of the Annual Meeting Held Monday, May 18, 1885. [Description of field trip of Oct 13, 1884]
Crosby, W. O. and Greely, James T. (1888): Vesuvianite From Newbury, Mass. MIT Technology Quarterly, Vol. 1, pp. 407-408.
Sears, John Henry (1905): The Physical Geography, Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology of Essex County
Clapp, C. H. and W. G. Ball (1909): The Lead-Silver Deposits at Newburyport, Massachusetts and Their Accompanying Contact-Zones (Economic Geology, 4(3):239-250).
Sinkankas, John (1959). Gemstones of North America, Vol. 1, p.544.
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