1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Richards Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

Past Producer in New London county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067749
MRDS ID W000580
Record type Site
Current site name Richards Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry
Related records 10216415

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.11228, 41.39555 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New London(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Uncasville(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

  • IN 1911, OPERATOR N. A. RICHARDS. SMALL QUARRY WORKED BEFORE ABOUT 1905. SHEETS 1 TO 4 FEET THICK, DIP LOW EAST AND NE. FEW PEGMATITE DIKES AND QUARTZ VEINS. GNEISS FOLIATION STRIKES ABOUT N. 10 DEG. WEST AND N. 20 DEG. EAST, AND DIPS EASTWARD. GNEISS COLOR MEDIUM PINKISH PURPLE GRAY OF VERY FINE SLIGHTLY GNEISSOSE, IN PLACES BANDED, TEXTURE. USED FOR CURBS, STEPS, TRIM.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.11228, 41.39555
ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granitic Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA WITH MAJOR IGNEOUS ACTIVITY OF THE PRE PENNSYLVANIAN STERLING PLUTONIC GROUP. INTENSELY FOLDED AREA WITH FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years BEFORE ABOUT 1905

Mining district

District name Waterford

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner N. A. Richards
    First year 1911

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING; SMALL AMOUNT OF BUILDING STONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T. N., 1911, "GRANITES OF CONN.", USGS, BULL. 484, MAP, TEXT, PG. 106, 107

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

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-MAY-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site