Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Ak-021

Past Producer in New London county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  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 10067741
MRDS ID W000569
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Ak-021
Related records 10215849

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.1395, 41.37416 (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. GNEISS FOLIATION STRIKES ABOUT N. 80 WEST, DIP VERTICAL. GRANITE COLOR GRAY; OF MEDIUM GRAIN, EQUIGRANULAR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) Plainfield Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 80 WEST
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granitic Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AS MUCH AS 3 PERCENT AEGERINE AUGITE, ONE TO TWO PERCENT MAGNETITE, HEMATITE, ILMENITE AND RARE EARTH BEARING SPHENE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Waterford

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING, PROBABLY ONLY SMALL PRODUCTION OF BUILDING STONE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOLDSMITH, R., 1967, "BEDROCK GEOL. MAP NIANTIC QUAD.", USGS, GQ 575

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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