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Sandstone Rock Quarry No. Ci-006

Past Producer in Hartford 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. 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068060
MRDS ID W000984
Record type Site
Current site name Sandstone Rock Quarry No. Ci-006
Related records 10119120

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.60508, 41.88748 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Broad Brook(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(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 Hartford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. TOPO SHOWS QUARRY TO BE ABOUT 200 FEET LONG AND WIDE, 20 FEET DEEP. BEDROCK REDDISH BROWN AND GRAY ARKOSIC SILTSTONE, SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE. CONN. VALLEY AREA NOTED AS SOURCE OF BROWNSTONE FOR HOUSES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.60508, 41.88748
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VERY FEW BEDROCK OUTCROPS OF PORTLAND ARKOSE IN QUAD. OF QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS IN CONN. VALLEY BASIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name East Windsor

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; MODERATE AMOUNT OF BUILDING STONE PROBABLY PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS. SITE POOR FOR QUARRY DEVELOPMENT; IN TRIBUTARY STREAM BED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLTON, R. B., 1965, "BEDROCK AND SURFICIAL GEOL. BROAD BROOK QUAD.", USGS, GQ 434

  • Production

    COLTON, 1965.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLTON'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. USGS, TOPO, 1964, "BROAD BROOK", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY AS SMALL POND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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