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Basalt Rock Quarry No. Ej-012

Producer in New Haven 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068018
MRDS ID W000924
Record type Site
Current site name Basalt Rock Quarry No. Ej-012
Related records 10240127

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.22426, 41.50055 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. BASALT TOUGH, DARK GRAY TO BLACK; FLOWS DENSE AND LOCALLY PORPHYRITIC IN LOWER PORTIONS; MORE VESICULAR IN UPPER PORTIONS. FLOWS MASSIVE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Labradorite Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue

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) -73.22426, 41.50055
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Upper Triassic Mafic Extrusive Flows

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: INTERBEDDED MAFIC FLOWS AND SEDIMENTS IN EAST CENTRAL CONN. POMPERAUG VALLEY; NUMEROUS FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN; ACTIVE 1965

Mining district

District name Southbury

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF CRUSHED STONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS BUT FLAT TOPOGRAPHY POOR FOR QUARRY DEVELOPMENT.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PESSL, JR., F., 1970, "SURFICIAL GEOL. WOODBURY QUAD.", USGS, GQ 896

  • Production

    PESSL, 1970.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PESSL'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. USGS, TOPO, 1955, "WOODBURY" AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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