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Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Aj-013

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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068117
MRDS ID W001044
Record type Site
Current site name Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Aj-013

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.06172, 41.68776 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scotland(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. UNIFORM, MEDIUM GRAINED, GRAY GRANITIC GNEISS. TEXTURE PORPHYRITIC WITH PHENOCRYSTS OF OLIGOCLASE AND MICROCLINE AS MUCH AS ONE HALF INCH LONG. FOLIATION STRIKE N. 50 DEG. EAST, DIP 20 DEG. NW

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.06172, 41.68776
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 50 DEG. EAST.
    Dip 20 DEG. NW.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Granitic Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CANTERBURY MOSTLY GRANODIORITE, RANGES FROM QUARTZ DIORITE TO QUARTZ MONZONITE. FEW ROCK EXPOSURES IN GLACIAL AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Scotland

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION STONE PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIXON, H.R., 1965, " GEOL. SCOTLAND QUAD.", USGS, GQ 392, SHORT TEXT

  • Production

    DIXON, 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIXON'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY IN TEXT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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