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Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Cj-007

Past Producer in Hartford 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 10067696
MRDS ID W000497
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Cj-007
Related records 10167781

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.55396, 41.68554 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glastonbury(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 Hartford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL ABANDONED QUARRY; STONE IN IMMEDIATE AREA MOSTLY USED FOR CURBING UNTIL ABOUT 1940.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.55396, 41.68554
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LARGE GRANITIC MASSIF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years PROBABLY ABOUT 1900

Mining district

District name Glastonbury

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES LACKING BUT PROBABLY ONLY SMALL PRODUCTION FOR LOCAL USE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE AMOUNTS OF SIMILAR ROCK REMAINS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKINS, D. G., 1970, "CONTRI. TO GEOCHRON. IN CONN.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, R. I. NO. 5, TEXT PG. 12, 1

  • Production

    STUGARD, 1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STUGARD MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. BROOKINS, D. G., GIVES AGE OF ABOUT 260 M. Y. FOR GLASTONBURY PEGMATITES ; 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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