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Waterford Quartz Monzonite Rock Quarry

Past Producer in New London 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. 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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067724
MRDS ID W000547
Record type Site
Current site name Waterford Quartz Monzonite Rock Quarry
Related records 10167273

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.12783, 41.31193 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New London(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Niantic(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thames(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut New London

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OPENED 1878. IN 1911, OPERATOR BOOTH BROS. AND HURRICANE ISLE GRANITE CO.. QUARRY ON TOPO SHEET ABOUT 800 FEET LONG EAST TO WEST, ABOUT 300 FEET WIDE NORTH TO SOUTH, AND FROM 75 TO 125 FEET DEEP. GRANITE OF MEDIUM BUFF GRAY COLOR, OF EVEN GRAINED GRANITIC FINE TEXTURE. GRANITE DIKE, ABOUT 1.45 MILES LONG, TRENDS EAST TO WEST. DIKE COMPOSED OF TWO SHEETS EACH ABOUT 40 FEET THICK, INTERCONNECTED, WITH STRIKE N. 80 DEG. EAST, DIP 30 TO 40 DEG SOUTH 10 DEG. EAST. MANY USES FOR STONE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andesine Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rutile Gangue

Analytical data

Result OLIGOCLASE ANDESINE 33.63
Result MICROCLINE AND LITTLE ORTHOCLASE 32.29, QUARTZ 29.92
Result BIOTITE 3.65
Result MAGNETITE 0.51. ANALYSIS IN PERCENT ARE SI02 68.11
Result AL203 14.28
Result FE0 2.63
Result C90 1.86
Result MG0 0.68
Result K20 5.46
Result NA20 6.57
Result S 0.34.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.12783, 41.31193
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 80 DEG. EAST
    Dip 30 TO 40 DEG SOUTH 10 DEG EAST.
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 2333.49M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Granite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NO PYRITE DETECTED. ESTIMATED MINERALS IN WATERFORD QUARTZ MONZONITE IN PERCENT ARE OLIGOCLASE ANDESINE 33.63; MICROCLINE AND LITTLE ORTHOCLASE 32.29; QUARTZ 29.92; BIOTITE 3.65; MAGNETITE 0.51 ANALYSIS IN PERCENT ARE S1O2 68.11; AL2O3 14.28; FEO 2.63; CAO 1.86; MGO 0.68; K2O 5.46; NA2O 6.57; S 0.34. POUND PER SQUARE INCH STRENGTH TEST IS 24000.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1878
Production years 1878 TO PAST 1911

Mining district

District name Waterford

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Booth Brothers And Hurricane Isle Granite Co.

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, PRODUCTION PROBABLY LARGE OF MONUMENT STONE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOLDSMITH, R., 1967, "BEDROCK GEOL. NIANTIC QUAD.", USGS, G Q 575

  • Production

    DALE, 1911.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLDSMITH'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. USGS, TOPO, 1970, "NIANTIC", AT 1:24000, SHOWS QUARRY SHAPE BY PURPLE OVERPRINT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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