Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Ei-004

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone
Sections on this page
  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 10068170
MRDS ID W001114
Record type Site
Current site name Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Ei-004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.2476, 41.86055 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Torrington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(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. LIGHT BROWN, WELL FOLIATED, UNIFORM, MOSTLY QUARTZ OLIGOCLASE BIOTITE GNEISS, WITH LEPIDO BLASTIC TEXTURE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Kyanite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sillimanite Gangue
Staurolite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.2476, 41.86055

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Sedimentary Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WARAMAUG INTERLAYERED AND INTERGRADATIONAL ARGILLACEOUS SANDSTONES AND SILICEOUS SHALES METAMORPHOSED TO HIGH AMPHIBOLITE FACIES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goshen

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY SMALL PRODUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION STONE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS, BUT INFORMATION LACKING ON THE DIMENSIONS OF THE MORE SUITABLE ROCK LAYERS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GATES, R. M., 1965, "BEDROCK GEOL. WEST TORRINGTON QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD REPORT NO. 17, MAP, TEXT

  • Production

    COLTON, 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLTON'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. GATES' MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT LOCATE QUARRY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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