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Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Ak-029

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067735
MRDS ID W000561
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Ak-029
Related records 10289127

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.22034, 41.33666 (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. TOPO SHEET SHOWS DEPRESSION ABOUT 1000 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 400 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST, AND MORE THAN 40 FEET DEEP. GNEISS FOLIATION STRIKES NORTH TO SOUTH WITH DIP 24 DEG. EAST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Microcline Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.22034, 41.33666
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SOUTHEAST LIMB OF LYME DOME

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name East Lyme

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. LARGE PIT INDICATES LARGE PRODUCTION OF EXCAVATED MATERIAL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 121.92M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, TOPO, 1970, "NIANTIC", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY BY DEPRESSION, SYMBOL AND OVERPRINT

Reporter information

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

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