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Basalt Rock Quarry No. Dk-013

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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067681
MRDS ID W000481
Record type Site
Current site name Basalt Rock Quarry No. Dk-013
Related records 10143577

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.87397, 41.32805 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Branford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(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

  • TOPO SHEET SHOWS CIRCULAR QUARRY ABOUT 300 FEET IN DIAMETER AND ABOUT 30 FEET DEEP.

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) -72.87397, 41.32805
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mafic Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ONE OF THE SMALLER LOCAL MAFIC INTRUSIVES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years AT LEAST 1964 TO 1967

Mining district

District name New Haven

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, PROBABLY MODERATE AMOUNT OF CRUSHED STONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT ONLY MODERATE AMOUNTS OF ROCK AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF ADJACENT URBAN AREA.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FLINT, R. F., 1964, "SURFICIAL GEOL. BRANFORD QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD. RPT. NO. 14, MAP, TEXT

  • Production

    FLINT, 1964, TOPO, 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLINT'S GEOL. MAP AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY BY ACTIVE PIT 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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