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Sandstone Rock Quarry No. Di-012

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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068078
MRDS ID W001002
Record type Site
Current site name Sandstone Rock Quarry No. Di-012
Related records 10264822

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.83785, 41.77999 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avon(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, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. FINE TO MEDIUM GRAINED ARKOSE; PINK TO DARK REDDISH BROWN. THICKNESS OF FORMATION ESTIMATED ABOUT 5000 FEET. TOPO SHOWS QUARRY SITE AS SMALL POND, 200 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 100 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST; ESTIMATED 30 FEET DEEP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) New Haven Arkose
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1524M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sandstone Bed

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LOCATED IN FAULTED 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 Avon

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; SIZE OF POND INDICATES MODERATE AMOUNT OF BUILDING STONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHNABEL, R. W., 1960, "BEDROCK GEOL. AVON QUAD.", USGS, GQ 134, SHORT TEXT

  • Production

    SCHNABEL, 1960

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHNABEL'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. USGS, TOPO, 1968, "AVON", 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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