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Crushed Basalt Rock Quarry No. Dj-007

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067515
MRDS ID W000292
Record type Site
Current site name Crushed Basalt Rock Quarry No. Dj-007
Related records 10192137

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.79591, 41.5611 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(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 New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL ABANDONED QUARRY. NOT INDICATED TOPOGRAPHICALLY. HILLY AREA WITH HIGH, STEEP SLOPES.

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) -72.79591, 41.5611
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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, MUCH THICKNESS EXPOSED IN HILLY TERRAIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Meriden

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LACK OF TOPOGRAPHIC EXPRESSION INDICATES SMALL PRODUCTION. EXCELLENT CRUSHED STONE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT LARGE AMOUNTS OF SIMILAR STONE REMAIN.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 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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