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Feldspar Pegmatite Dike No. Cj-049

Past Producer in Middlesex county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Feldspar
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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 10067608
MRDS ID W000399
Record type Site
Current site name Feldspar Pegmatite Dike No. Cj-049

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.54285, 41.54777 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Middlesex(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Haddam(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 Middlesex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP AT 1:24000. DIKE TRENDS NORTH WITH LENGTH ABOUT 400 FEET, WIDTH ABOUT 25 TO 50 FEET.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.54285, 41.54777
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 121.92M
    Width 50M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DIKE PART OF DIKE SWARM; NUMEROUS SWARMS OF DIKES IN NARROW NORTH-SOUTH ZONE MOSTLY IN THE COLLINS HILL SCHIST FORMATION. INDIVIDUAL DIKES TREND MOSTLY NORTHWARD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name East Hampton

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PRODUCTION PROBABLY SMALL. PRODUCED FELDSPAR CONCENTRATES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT SMALL AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FROM SMALL PEGMATITES IN AREA.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODGERS, J., 1959, "EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR GEOL. MAP CONN.," CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 84, MAP, TEX

  • Production

    STUGARD, 1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STUGARD'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY. RODGERS' CITES GEOCHRON AGE DATE OF 260 M.Y. FOR PEGMATITES IN AREA. PAGE 27. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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