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Marble Lime Rock Quarries No. Fk-009

Past Producer in Fairfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068098
MRDS ID W001023
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Lime Rock Quarries No. Fk-009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.41455, 41.35499 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Fairfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. MARBLE GENERALLY COARSE GRAINED, PARTLY CALCITIC, PARTLY DOLOMITIC. MANY LAYERS OF MICA SCHIST WHERE CALCITIC. TOPO SHOWS QUARRY WITH WORKING FACE TO EAST ABOUT 200 FEET LONG, 40 FEET HIGH; QUARRY ABOUT 50 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST. TWO ADDITIONAL QUARRIES, ONE 1200 FEET SW., OTHER 900 FEET NW. NW. QUARRY NO NOTICEABLE WORKINGS; SW. QUARRY SHOWS PIT 200 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 75 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST, WITH WALLS AS MUCH AS 40 FEET HIGH; PIT EXTENDS SOUTHWARD INTO SMALL HILL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.41455, 41.35499
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Limestone Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bethel

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. SIZE AND NUMBER OF PITS INDICATE MODERATE PRODUCTION OF MARBLE FOR AGRICULTURAL LIME

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK SUITABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION STONE REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, TOPO, 1959, "BETHEL", AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL AND TOPOGRAPHY

  • Production

    TOPO, 1959

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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