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Claypits No. Ci-008

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 10068062
MRDS ID W000986
Record type Site
Current site name Claypits No. Ci-008

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.6073, 41.81498 (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. PIT ABOUT 900 FEET LONG NW. TO SE., 600 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST, ABOUT 30 FEET DEEP. CLAY YELLOWISH GRAY IN UPPER PART, REDDISH BROWN IN LOWER PART. THREE ADDITIONAL CLAY PITS LOCATED 1000 FEET TO SSE., 1800 FEET SOUTH, AND 4000 FEET TO SSW. OVERBURDEN 21 FEET THICK, LAKE DEPOSIT 96 FEET THICK.

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) -72.6073, 41.81498
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 29.26M

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 CLAY REMAINS BUT PART OF AREA URBANIZED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 182.88M

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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