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Schistose Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Fk-014

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 10068103
MRDS ID W001028
Record type Site
Current site name Schistose Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Fk-014

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.47122, 41.32943 (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)

Saugatuck(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. USUALLY EVENLY BANDED LIGHT AND DARK GRAY GNEISS; INCLUDES LAYERS OF MICA SCHIST AND MARBLE. TOPO SHOWS QUARRY AS TRIANGULAR AREA ABOUT 600 FEET LONG SE.TO NW.,AND 400 FEET LONG EAST TO WEST AND NORTH TO SOUTH WITH WORKING FACE TO NE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.47122, 41.32943
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Sedimentary Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARRY NEAR CONTACT WITH CAMBRIAN ORDOVICIAN MANHATTEN FORMATION OF COARSE SCHIST OR SCHISTOSE GNEISS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ridgefield

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNT OF FAIR TO GOOD CONSTRUCTION STONE PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF FAIR TO GOOD CONSTRUCTION ROCK REMAINS; QUALITY DEPENDS ON VARIETY OF ROCK LAYERS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 121.92M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    TOPO, 1969

Reporter information

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

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