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Crushed Trap Rock Quarry No. Dk-007

Past Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067480
MRDS ID W000255
Record type Site
Current site name Crushed Trap Rock Quarry No. Dk-007
Related records 10289054

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.90231, 41.42499 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Carmel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Quinnipiac(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARRY PIT 400 FEET LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 200 FEET WIDE EAST-WEST; QUARRY FACE 270 FEET HIGH IN HILL SLOPE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diabase Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.90231, 41.42499
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Diabase Sill About 500 Feet Thick

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WEST ROCK INTRUDES UPPER TRIASSIC NEW HAVEN ARKOSE. THE SILL FORMS AN ARCH TO CAUSE MOUNT CARMEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN

Mining district

District name Hamden

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME QUARRIED AND CRUSHED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT ENTIRE MOUNTAIN AREA WELL SUITED FOR QUARRY SITES WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF ROCK PRESENT. HOWEVER, AREA WITHIN BOUNDRY OF SLEEPING GIANT STATE PARK.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRITTS, C. E., 1963, "GEOL. MAP OF MOUNT CARMEL QUAD.", USGS, GQ-199, MAP, SHORT TEXT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1967, "MOUNT CARMEL", AT 1:24,000, SHOWS QUARRY AS PIT AND BY SYMBOL. FRITTS GEOL. MAP AT 1:24,000, SHOWS QUARRY AS PIT AND 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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