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Crushed Diabase Rock Quarry No. Dj-017

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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067520
MRDS ID W000298
Record type Site
Current site name Crushed Diabase Rock Quarry No. Dj-017
Related records 10167617

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.92481, 41.51693 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Southington(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

  • ON TOPO SHEET QUARRY PIT MEASURES 800 FEET LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 300 FEET WIDE EAST-WEST WITH QUARRY FACE IN HILL SIDE 120 FEET HIGH. QUARRY LOCATED NEAR CREST OF PECK MOUNTAIN DIABASE OUTCROP.

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) West Rock Dolerite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 243.84M
    Width 300M

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. DIABASE OUTCROP LOCATES WESTERN-MOST EXTENT OF SILL INTRUSIVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cheshire

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT SIZABLE PIT INDICATES LARGE PRODUCTION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRITTS, C. E., "GEOL. MAP OF SOUTHINGTON QUAD", USGS, GQ-200, SHORT TEXT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1968, "SOUTHINGTON", AT 1:24,000, SHOWS QUARRY AS SAME. FRITTS GEOL. 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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