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Roxbury Falls Garnet Quarry No. Fj-015

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Garnet
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067426
MRDS ID W000173
Record type Site
Current site name Roxbury Falls Garnet Quarry No. Fj-015

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.29982, 41.51277 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roxbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING ON OPEN PIT MINING OPERATIONS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.29982, 41.51277
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Garnetiferous Rich Layers In Mica Quartz Schist

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HARTLAND FORMATION HAS INTERLAYERS OF MICA QUARTZITE, MUSCOVITE SCHIST, GRAPHITIC SCHIST, LIMESTONE, CALC-SILICATE; ALSO HORNBLENDE GNEISS, DIORITIC GNEISS, GRANITIC GNEISS, GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years NOT KNOWN

Mining district

District name Southeast Berkshire Highlands

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES LACKING. PRODUCED GARNET CONCENTRATES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES ON GARNET ORE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL LACKING.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GATES, R. M., 1959, "GEOL. MAP ROXBURY QUAD.", 1:24,000, USGS, GQ121, SHORT TEXT

  • Production

    GATES, 1959

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GATES' MAP LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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