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Danielson Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067776
MRDS ID W000611
Record type Site
Current site name Danielson Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry
Related records 10216070

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.55258, 41.6722 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glastonbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Outlet Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Hartford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OPENED 1908, IN 1909 PIT WAS 60 FEET LONG, 35 FEET WIDE, 10 FEET DEEP. GNEISS FOLIATION WAS STRIKE N. 55 DEG. EAST, DIP 25 DEG. NORTH. SHEETS ONE TO TWO FEET THICK. PRODUCTION FOR CURBING AND STEPS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.55258, 41.6722
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 55 DEG. EAST
    Dip 25 DEG. NORTH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANITE MASSIF, CUT BY PEGMATITE DIKES, 3 TO 6 INCHES THICK, STRIKE N. 80 DEG. WEST, DIP VERTICAL; DATED ABOUT 260 M.Y.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Production years 1908 TO 1909

Mining district

District name Glastonbury

Comments on the production information

  • STILL ACTIVE IN 1909, FIGURES LACKING BUT PROBABLY SMALL PRODUCTION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 10.67M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKINS, D.G., 1970, "CONTRI. TO GEOCHRON. IN CONN.," CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, R.I. NO. 5, TEXT, P. 12,1

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BROOKINS, D.G. GIVES AGE OF ABOUT 260 M.Y. FOR GLASTONBURY PEGMATITES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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