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Diabase Rock Quarry No. Di-003

Past Producer in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068069
MRDS ID W000993
Record type Site
Current site name Diabase Rock Quarry No. Di-003

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.79174, 41.96831 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tariffville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Farmington 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, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. DENSE DIABASE; MEDIUM TO DARK GRAY, MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAINED; COLUMNAR JOINTING PREVALENT. SILL ABOUT 200 FEET THICK; ABOUT 4500 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 2500 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diabase Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.79174, 41.96831
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mafic Intrusive Sill

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CONN. VALLEY BASIN AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Granby

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF CRUSHED STONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS ON STEEP SIDED MOUNTAIN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 1371.6M
    Overall width 762M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHNABEL, R. W., 1965, "BEDROCK GEOL. TARIFFVILLE QUAD.", USGS, GQ 370

  • Production

    SCHNABEL, 1965.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHNABEL'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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