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Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Aj-004

Past Producer in Windham 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068109
MRDS ID W001035
Record type Site
Current site name Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Aj-004
Related records 10142992

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.1995, 41.72387 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willimantic(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shetucket River(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Windham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHEET SHOWS QUARRY 200 FEET LONG NW. TO SE., 50 TO 100 FEET WIDE, PROBABLY LESS THAN 20 FEET DEEP. GNEISSIC SCHISTOSITY STRIKES N. 80 DEG. EAST, DIP 5 DEG. SOUTH. GNEISSES MEDIUM GRAINED AND BLACKISH IN COLOR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.1995, 41.72387
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 80 DEG. EAST
    Dip 5 DEG. SOUTH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphic Hornblende Gneiss And Related Rocks

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RELATED ROCKS INCLUDE MAFIC AMPHIBOLITE, BIOTITE SCHIST, AND FELSIC BIOTITE GNEISS. GNEISS QUARRY SITE ABOUT 100 FEET SOUTH OF YOUNGER PRE PENNSYLVANIAN WILLIMANTIC GNEISS BODY OF ALASKITE OR QUARTZ MONZONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Windham

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY MODERATE PRODUCTION OF GOOD CONSTRUCTION STONE FROM INTERLAYERED ROCKS, SOME OF WHICH FAIR TO POOR AS CONSTRUCTION STONE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF INTERLAYERED ROCKS REMAIN; SOME ROCK LAYERS FAIR TO POOR AS CONSTRUCTION STONE

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

    SNYDER, G.L., 1964, "BEDROCK GEOL. WILLIMANTIC QUAD.", USGS, GQ 335

  • Production

    SNYDER, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SNYDER'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. USGS, TOPO, 1953, "WILLIMANTIC", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY AS SMALL POND. WATER DEPOSITED BASALTIC TO DACITIC VOLCANICS ; 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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