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Granite Rock Quarry No. Ak-033

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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067732
MRDS ID W000557
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Rock Quarry No. Ak-033
Related records 10240505

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.22423, 41.32693 (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

  • INFORMATION LACKING. QUARRY WAS ACTIVE IN 1967. ON GRANITE DIKE 0.8 MILE LONG (THE SAME DIKE WITH QUARRIES AK-032), ABOUT 25 TO 50 FEET WIDE AND TRENDS N. 35 DEG. EAST. GRANITE GRAY IN COLOR, FINE TO MEDIUM GRAINED, AND EQUIGRANULAR. SITE NOW AT INTERSECTION OF STREETS IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Westerly Granite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1287.44M
    Width 50M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Granite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANITE HAS ABOUT 3 PERCENT BIOTITE AND ONE PERCENT MUSCOVITE AND ACCESSORY MINERALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1967

Mining district

District name East Lyme

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL PRODUCTION FROM THIN DIKE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. PROBABLY LARGE VOLUME OF BUILDING STONE AVAILABLE FROM LONG BUT THIN DIKE. SITE AND ABOUT 0.5 MILE OF SOUTHERN PART OF DIKE WITHIN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    GOLDSMITH, 1967

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 SITE AS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. ; 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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