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Sandstone Rock Quarry No. Ci-010

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. 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 10068064
MRDS ID W000988
Record type Site
Current site name Sandstone Rock Quarry No. Ci-010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.53673, 41.80887 (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
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. REDDISH BROWN AND GRAY ARKOSIC SEDIMENTARY BEDS MORE THAN 500 FEET THICK. FEW EXPOSURES OF BEDROCK BECAUSE OF GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSITS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Conglomerate Ore
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) -72.53673, 41.80887
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Sandstone Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CONN. TRIASSIC 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 Manchester

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL PRODUCTION OF BUILDING STONE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLTON, R. B., 1965, "GEOL. MANCHESTER QUAD.", USGS, GQ 433

  • Production

    COLTON, 1965.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLTON'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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