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Arkose Rock Quarry No. Cj-037

Past Producer in Middlesex county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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 10067688
MRDS ID W000489
Record type Site
Current site name Arkose Rock Quarry No. Cj-037
Related records 10215796

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.61452, 41.55527 (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
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. STRIKE OF BED EAST-WEST, DIP 37 DEG. SOUTH. NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP "MIDDLE HADDAM", 1961, 1:24000.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.61452, 41.55527
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Arkose Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WELL-BEDDED BROWN SANDSTONE GOOD AS BUILDING STONE WHERE FINE GRAINED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Middletown

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT PRODUCTION PROBABLY SMALL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF SANDSTONE REMAINS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUGARD, JR., F., 1958, "PEGMATITES OF MIDDLETOWN, CONN.", USGS BULL., 1042-Q, MAP, TEXT, PG. 674

  • Production

    STUGARD, 1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STUGARD'S GEOL. MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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