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Basalt Rock Quarry No. El-003

Past Producer in Fairfield 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067817
MRDS ID W000663
Record type Site
Current site name Basalt Rock Quarry No. El-003

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.20315, 41.1886 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saugatuck(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Fairfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO MAP SHOWS QUARRY ABOUT 1000 FEET LONG NNE. TO SSW., 150 FEET WIDE NW. TO SE., AND ABOUT 80 FEET DEEP. QUARRY MAY HAVE BEEN ACTIVE ABOUT 1950 FOR AGGREGATE TO BUILD NEARBY SUPER HIGHWAY. MAFIC DIKE FORMS DISCONTINOUS, NARROW STEEP SIDED HILLS TRENDING NE. FOR DISTANCE OF NEARLY TWO MILES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diabase Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.20315, 41.1886
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Basic Intrusive Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years PROBABLY ABOUT 1950

Mining district

District name Bridgeport

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PRODUCTION OF CRUSHED STONE PROBABLY LARGE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS, BUT QUARRY SITES IN SEMIURBANIZED AREA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, TOPO, 1960, "BRIDGEPORT", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY AS LONG DEEP DEPRESSION

Reporter information

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

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