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

Curtis Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

Past Producer in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067777
MRDS ID W000612
Record type Site
Current site name Curtis Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.56341, 41.68526 (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 BEFORE 1901; IN 1909 PIT WAS 200 FEET LONG NORTH-SOUTH, 40 FEET WIDE EAST-WEST AND HAD WORKING FACE 40 FEET HIGH. GNEISS FOLIATION DIP 10 TO 15 DEG. WEST. SHEETS ONE TO 8 FEET THICK. PRODUCTION FOR CURBING AND SMALL DIMENSION STONE

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) -72.56341, 41.68526
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 10 TO 15 DEG. WEST
    Thickness 2.44M

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 VERTICALLY; 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 1901
Production years BEFORE 1901 TO 1909

Mining district

District name Glastonbury

Comments on the production information

  • QUARRY STILL ACTIVE IN 1909, BUT PROBABLY SMALL PRODUCTION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS;AREA NOW POORLY SUITED FOR PRODUCTION AS IS NOW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 12.19M

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 USGS TOPO, 1964, "GLASTONBURY" AT 1:24000, SHOWS AREA WITH URBAN HOUSING. BROOKINS 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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site