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Feldspar Pegmatite Prospects No. Cj-054

Occurrence 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 10067610
MRDS ID W000402
Record type Site
Current site name Feldspar Pegmatite Prospects No. Cj-054

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.53091, 41.5186 (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 Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOTAL OF TEN FELDSPAR PROSPECTS, 8 OF WHICH ON DIFFERENT DIKE OUTCROPS. DIKES MOSTLY NORTHWARD; LENGTH ABOUT 400 FEET TO MAXIMUM SIZE SHOWN OF 2000 FEET. WIDTH VARIES FROM 25 TO 50 FEET, TO 200 FEET.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.53091, 41.5186
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 609.6M
    Width 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DIKE SWARM ONE OF NUMEROUS DIKE SWARMS PRESENT IN NARROW NORTH-SOUTH ZONE AND LOCATED MOSTLY IN THE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN COLLINS HILL SCHIST FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Hampton

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTS IN PEGMATITE DIKES

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF FELDSPAR AVAILABLE FROM SMALL PEGMATITE DIKES.WESTERNMOST PROSPECTS LOCATED IN HURD STATE PARK.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUGARD, JR., F., 1958, "PEGMATITES OF MIDDLETOWN, CONN.," USGS BULL. 1042-Q, MAP TEXT

  • Production

    STUGARD, 1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STUGARD'S GEOL. MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES PROSPECTS BY SYMBOL. ; 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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