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Quartz Monzonite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Bj-009

Past Producer in New London county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067811
MRDS ID W000655
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Monzonite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Bj-009
Related records 10192335

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.31395, 41.63054 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New London(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(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 Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. UNIFORM, MEDIUM GRAINED, GLISTENING WHITE GRANITIC GNEISS. ADDITIONAL QUARRY 400 FEET TO SE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.31395, 41.63054
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Granitic Intrusive Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MUSCOVITE GARNET QUARTZ MONZONITE GNEISS OCCURS AS THIN INTRUSIVE CROSS CUTTING DIKE, USUALLY LESS THAN 400 FEET WIDE, MORE THAN 2 MILES LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lebanon

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PRODUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION STONE FROM EACH QUARRY PROBABLY SMALL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; LARGE QUANTITIES OF CONSTRUCTION STONE AVAILABLE FROM LONG THIN DIKE.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SNYDER, G., 1967, "BEDROCK GEOL. COLUMBIA QUAD.", USGS, GQ 592; SHOWS FENCE DIAGRAM

  • Production

    SNYDER, 1967.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SNYDER'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; 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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