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Arnold Pegmatite Quarry

Producer in Middlesex county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Feldspar, Quartz
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068036
MRDS ID W000947
Record type Site
Current site name Arnold Pegmatite Quarry
Related records 10167800

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.50702, 41.47166 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Middlesex(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haddam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(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 Middlesex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHOWS QUARRY 1400 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 150 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST, AS MUCH AS 70 FEET DEEP CUTTING ACROSS HILL TOP; PART OF PIT WATER FILLED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Torbernite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Feldspar Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.50702, 41.47166
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 426.72M
    Width 150M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEGMATITE DIKE AT CONTACT OF MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN COLLINS HILL FORMATION AND PRE-ORDOVICIAN MIDDLETOWN GNEISS FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN; 1964 TO AT LEAST 1968

Mining district

District name Haddam

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. SIZE OF PIT INDICATES LARGE PRODUCTION OF FELDSPAR ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. SOME EASILY ACCESSIBLE FELDSPAR ORE PRESENT.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYERSON, K. H., 1968, "ROCK HOUND'S GUIDE TO CONN.", THE PEQUOT PRESS, TEXT, PG. 7

  • Production

    RYERSON, 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1961, "HADDAM", AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL AND OVERPRINT AND SHOWS SIZE BY TOPOGRAPHY ; 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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