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Costello Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068174
MRDS ID W001119
Record type Site
Current site name Costello Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry
Related records 10191763

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.16147, 41.8186 (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, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OPENED IN 1898. IN 1911, OPERATOR MARTIN B. COSTELLO. QUARRY SIZE IN 1911, 250 FEET LONG IN N. 60 DEG. EAST DIRECTION, 50 FEET WIDE, 25 FEET DEEP. FOLIATION STRIKES N. 50 DEG. EAST, DIPS 55 DEG. N. 35 DEG. WEST. SHEETS 8 TO 12 FEET THICK, EITHER HORIZONTAL OR INCLINED 30 DEG. NNW. SOME GARNETIFEROUS PEGMATITE DIKES TO TWO INCHES THICK. COLOR MEDIUM GRAY WITH VERY FINE GNEISSOSE TEXTURE. USED FOR BUILDING STONE, CURBS, TRIM.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.16147, 41.8186
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 50 DEG. EAST
    Dip 55 DEG. NORTH 35 DEG. WEST.
    Thickness 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Syntectonic Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COMPLEX GEOLOGY; GRANITE IN PRE CAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE GNEISSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1898
Production years 1898 TILL AT LEAST 1911

Mining district

District name Torrington

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Martin B. Costello
    First year 1911

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT MODERATE VOLUME OF ROCK REMOVED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 250M
    Overall width 15.24M

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, PG. 36

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1969, "WEST TORRINGTON", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY BY IRREGULAR TOPOGRAPHY GATES' MAP AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY BY SYMBOL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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