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Basalt Rock Quarry No. Cj-064

Past Producer in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067800
MRDS ID W000639
Record type Site
Current site name Basalt Rock Quarry No. Cj-064
Related records 10167285

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.71202, 41.71805 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hartford South(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, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHOWS QUARRY 2000 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 800 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST, WORKING FACE TO SOUTH AND NORTH, 110 TO 240 FEET HIGH. BASALT TOUGH, GRAY TO GRAYISH GREEN OR GRAYISH BLUE WITH VESICULAR AND AMYGDALOIDAL TOP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) East Berlin Formation
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mafic Extrusive Flows

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS FAULTS, FEW EXPOSURES, CENTRAL CONN. TRIASSIC BASIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Newington

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF STONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS BUT SITE NEAR URBAN AREA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 243.84M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEANE, R. E., 1967, "SURFICIAL GEOL. HARTFORD SOUTH QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD. REPORT NO. 20, MAP, TEXT

  • Production

    DEANE, 1967.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEANE'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. USGS, TOPO, 1964, "HARTFORD SOUTH", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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