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Clay Pits No. Ci-007

Producer in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068061
MRDS ID W000985
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Pits No. Ci-007

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.59535, 41.84276 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manchester(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
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. LARGEST PIT ABOUT 1000 FEET LONG AND WIDE, MORE THAN 30 FEET DEEP AND FILLED WITH WATER. ADJACENT WATER FILLED PIT TO NORTH 600 FEET LONG NW TO SE AND 400 FEET WIDE NE TO SW, AND MORE THAN 20 FEET DEEP. ADJACENT ACTIVE PIT TO WEST, ABOUT 400 FEET IN DIAMETER AND MORE THAN 30 FEET DEEP. OVERBURDEN ABOUT 15 FEET THICK, LAKE DEPOSIT ABOUT 50 TO 150 FEET THICK. CLAY YELLOWISH GRAY IN UPPER PART, REDDISH BROWN IN LOWER PART

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Sand Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.59535, 41.84276
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Deposition

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CONN. TRIASSIC VALLEY LOWLANDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years ACTIVE 1968

Mining district

District name South Windsor

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. LARGE AMOUNT OF CLAY MINED FOR BRICK PRODUCTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. PROBABLY LARGE VOLUME OF BRICK CLAY REMAINS.

Workings at the site

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

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, TOPO, 1968, "MANCHESTER", AT 1:24000 SHOWS CLAY PITS BY OVERPRINT AND TOPOGRAPHY

  • Production

    TOPO, 1968

Reporter information

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

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