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Leete Island Granite Rock Quarry

Past Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068043
MRDS ID W000956
Record type Site
Current site name Leete Island Granite Rock Quarry
Related records 10240352

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.72369, 41.26638 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guilford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Quinnipiac(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, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN 1911 OWNED BY JOHN BEATTIE, WORKED BY HIS SONS ABOUT 1900. QUARRY 650 FEET LONG SE. TO NW., 50 TO 150 FEET WIDE, AND WORKING FACE ON NORTHEAST SIDE 60 FEET HIGH. SHEETS ONE TO 6 FEET THICK AND ARCHED. ROCK HAS SOME PEGMATITIC STREAKS, AND SOME DIORITE GNEISS. COLOR OF GRANITE MEDIUM REDDISH GRAY WITH GRANITIC EVEN GRAINED MEDIUM TEXTURE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.72369, 41.26638
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granitic Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DIORITE GNEISS WITH OLIGOCLASE, QUARTZ, BIOTITE, MUCH MAGNETITE, SOME APATITE AND ZIRCON. THIS AREA OF MONSON GNEISS FORMERLY STONY CREEK GRANITIC GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years ABOUT 1900

Mining district

District name Guilford

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Beattie
    First year 1900

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, PRODUCTION OF BUILDING STONE PROBABLY LARGE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 198.12M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T. N., 1911, "GRANITES OF CONN.", USGS, BULL. 484, MAPS, TEXT, PG. 87, 88

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1968, "GUILFORD", AT 1:24000 SHOWS SMALL POND AT QUARRY SITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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