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Quartz Monzonite Rock Quarry No. Aj-016

Past Producer in New London 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068121
MRDS ID W001048
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Monzonite Rock Quarry No. Aj-016
Related records 10216193

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.11033, 41.55776 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New London(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norwich(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thames(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut New London

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. UNIFORM, WHITE TO GRAY, MEDIUM GRAINED BODY ABOUT 600 FEET LONG NE. TO SW., 100 FEET WIDE, THAT TRENDS N. 40 DEG. EAST. FOLIATION STRIKES N. 35 DEG. EAST, DIPS 45 DEG. NW. BODY PART OF A MONZONITE GNEISS CLUSTER; MOST BODIES MUCH LARGER IN SIZE

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.11033, 41.55776
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 35 DEG. EAST.
    Dip 45 DEG. NW.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Syntectonic Quartz Monzonite Gneiss

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ACCESSORY MINERALS ARE ALLANITE, SPHENE, ZIRCON, APATITE, MAGNETITE, ILMENITE, CALCITE, GARNET, SPECULAR HEMATITE, MONAZITE. THREE METAMORPHIC EVENTS IN AREA; QUARTZ MONZONITE GNEISS BODIES FORMED DURING FIRST DYNAMOTHERMAL METAMORPHISM EVENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Norwich

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PRODUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION STONE PROBABLY SMALL

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY MODERATE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION STONE AVAILABLE FROM BODY BUT LARGE AMOUNT FROM CLUSTER

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SNYDER, G.L., 1961, "BEDROCK GEOL. NORWICH QUAD.", USGS, GQ 144, SHORT TEXT

  • Production

    SNYDER, 1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SNYDER'S MAP 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

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