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North Branford Quarry

Unknown 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067682
MRDS ID W000482
Record type Site
Current site name North Branford Quarry
Alternate or previous names Basalt Rock Quarry No. Dk-012

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.79183, 41.33289 (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 QUARRY PIT 4900 FEET LONG NW. TO SE., 1600 FEET WIDE NE. TO SW., WITH WALLS MORE THAN 130 FEET HIGH AND ACTIVE IN 1964.

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) -72.79183, 41.33289
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Mafic Intrusive
  • GEOL.DESC: ONE OF THE LARGER EXTENSIVE INTRUSIVES IN AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years ACTIVE IN 1964

Mining district

District name North Branford

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner OLDCASTLE, INC.
    Year 2003

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT PRODUCTION OF CRUSHED STONE VERY LARGE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF MAFIC DIKE REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 1493.52M
    Overall width 487.68M

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

  • Deposit

    Tepordei, V.V., 2001, Aggregates Industry Atlas Of The United States: Washington, D.C., National Stone, Sand And Gravel Association, One Cd-Disk.Tepordei, V.V., 2001, Aggregates Industry Atlas Of The United States: Washington, D.C., National Stone, Sand And Gravel Association, One Cd-Disk.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMIS
Deposit FLINT'S GEOL. MAP AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY SITE BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 17-MAR-2003 Kapo, K.E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 03/11/1994
MSHA mine ID0600012
Mine name (MSHA)North Branford Quarry
Current operatorTilcon Connecticut Inc
Current controller (parent)CRH PLC
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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