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Limestone Quarry No. Dj-002

Past Producer in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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 10067512
MRDS ID W000289
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Quarry No. Dj-002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.83036, 41.61916 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meriden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(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 Hartford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOPO SHOWS DEPRESSION WITH DIAMETER ABOUT 50 FEET IN AREA WITH ABOUT 60 FEET OF MOSTLY GENTLE RELIEF.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.83036, 41.61916
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Calcareous Lenses In Sandstone, Siltstone, Shale Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL, MINOR LIMESTONE LENSES IN SEDIMENT BEDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Berlin

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT GEOLOGY AND SIZE OF PIT INDICATE SMALL PRODUCTION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PROBABLY MOST OF LIMESTONE LENSE MINED OUT.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANSHAW, P. M., 1968, "GEOL. MAP OF MERIDEN QUAD", USGS, GQ-738, SHORT TEXT

  • Production

    HANSHAW, 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1967, "MERIDEN", AT 1:24,000, SHOWS QUARRY AS DEPRESSION. HANSHAW MAP AT 1:24,000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOLS. ; 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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