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Soapstone Rock Quarry No. Bi-004

Past Producer in Tolland 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 10068082
MRDS ID W001006
Record type Site
Current site name Soapstone Rock Quarry No. Bi-004
Related records 10118712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.41368, 41.95776 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tolland(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellington(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 Tolland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. QUARRY OPENED AND CLOSED BEFORE 1842, ALSO IN 1890'S. IRREGULAR MASS 50 FEET WIDE, SCHISTOSITY STRIKE N. 65 DEG. EAST, DIP 40 DEG. NW. LIGHT GREENISH GRAY NON FOLIATED SCHISTOSE SOAPSTONE IN HORNBLENDE SCHIST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soapstone Ore
Steatite Ore
Anthophyllite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.41368, 41.95776
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 65 DEG. EAST.
    Dip 40 DEG. NW.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metasomitized Gabbro

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GABBRO BODIES WITHIN GLASTONBURY GNEISS. SOAPSTONE CONTAINS HORNBLENDIC ASBESTOSE; POOR FOR SOAPSTONE USAGE. SOAPSTONE ANALYSES ON PG. 43, 44.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years BEFORE 1842; IN 1890'S

Mining district

District name Somers

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MODERATE QUANTITIES OF SOAPSTONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; PROBABLY MODERATE AMOUNT SOAPSTONE AVAILABLE FROM DEPOSIT. AREA WITHIN SHENIPSIT STATE FOREST.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERCIVAL, J. G., 1842, "GEOL. OF CONN.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MAP, TEXT, PG. 226

  • Production

    COLLINS, 1954.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLLINS MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT LOCATE QUARRY. ; 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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