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Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Ei-001

Past Producer in Litchfield 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068168
MRDS ID W001111
Record type Site
Current site name Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Ei-001
Related records 10288836

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.06397, 41.93109 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winsted(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Farmington River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphene Gangue
Zircon 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) -73.06397, 41.93109
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Rocks Of Many Types; Sedimentary And Igneous

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COMPLEX GEOLOGY; GRANITIC GNEISS, BIOTITIC QUARTZO FELDSPATHIC GNEISS, AND AMPHIBOLITE AND MAFIC 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 Winsted

Comments on the production information

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS; SITE NEAR NORTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF WINSTED.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARREN, C. R., 1970, "SURFICIAL GEOL. WINSTEAD QUAD.", USGS, GQ 871

  • Production

    WARREN, 1970.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WARREN'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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