Flaggy Quartzite Rock Quarry No. Bi-010

Producer in Tolland county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068087
MRDS ID W001012
Record type Site
Current site name Flaggy Quartzite Rock Quarry No. Bi-010
Related records 10143174

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.45895, 41.80859 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tolland(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockville(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

  • QUARRY OPENED ABOUT 1945, SCHISTOSITY TRENDS NNE, DIP MODERATE TO NW. INFORMATION LACKING. INTERBEDDED MEDIUM TO FINE GRAINED MICACEOUS QUARTZITES AND VERY FINE GRAINED ALMOST PURE QUARTZITES; BEDS INTERFINGER AND INTERGRADE INTO SCHISTS AND MARBLES IN SHORT DISTANCES. QUARTZITES LIGHT GRAY IN COLOR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.45895, 41.80859

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Sandstone Sediments

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LOWER PALEOZOIC GLASTONBURY GNEISS IS A METASEDIMENT WITH SOME GRANITE DIKES AND ZONES THAT ARE ALSO FOLDED; TWO PERIODS OF METAMORPHISM. BOLTON OVERLIES HEBRON METASEDIMENTARY GNEISS AS A GRADATIONAL ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1945
Production years 1945 TILL ABOUT 1970

Mining district

District name Vernon

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING. PROBABLY 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

    AITKEN, J. M., 1955, "BEDROCK GEOL. ROCKVILLE QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD. REPORT NO. 6, MAP, TEXT, PG. 32

  • Production

    AITKEN, 1955

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AITKEN'S MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT LOCATE QUARRY. USGS, TOPO, 1967, "ROCKVILLE", AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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