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Crushed Basalt Rock Quarry No. Dj-005

Producer in Hartford 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067513
MRDS ID W000290
Record type Site
Current site name Crushed Basalt Rock Quarry No. Dj-005
Related records 10119128

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.79396, 41.61777 (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)

Outlet Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Hartford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOPO SHOWS DEPRESSION 300 FEET LONG EAST-WEST, 100 FEET WIDE NORTH-SOUTH, ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP. LOCATED IN AREA OF LOW HILLS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt 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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.79396, 41.61777
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Basalt Flow 350 To 500 Feet Thick

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CLOSELY FAULTED AREA; LOCAL RELIEF ABOUT 50 FEET IN AREA OF LOW HILLS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1960'S

Mining district

District name Berlin

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT SIZE OF PIT INDICATE MODERATE PRODUCTION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LOW HILLS LARGE POTENTIAL SOURCE OF EXCELLENT CRUSHED ROCK.

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 BY SYMBOL. HANSHAW MAP AT 1:24,000 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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