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Torrington Borough Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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 10068175
MRDS ID W001120
Record type Site
Current site name Torrington Borough Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry
Related records 10216356

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.13592, 41.81777 (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, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OWNED AND OPERATED BY BOROUGH OF TORRINGTON. IN 1911, QUARRY 400 FEET LONG NE. TO SW. WITH WORKING FACE 65 FEET TO NW. GNEISS FOLIATION STRIKES N. 35 TO 40 DEG. EAST AND DIPS 45 TO 60 DEG. WEST. CUT BY VEINLETS OF QUARTZ MONZONITE AND SOME PEGMATITES. DARK GRAY COLOR AND FINELY BANDED WITH BLACK; VERY FINE TO FINE SCHISTOSE TEXTURE. TOPO SHEET SHOWS ADDITIONAL QUARRY 400 FEET TO SW.; QUARRY FLOOR ABOUT 100 FEET IN DIAMETER, QUARRY HEADING NW.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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) -73.13592, 41.81777
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 35 TO 40 DEG. EAST.
    Dip 45 TO 60 DEG. WEST.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Rocks Of Many Types

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 AROUND 1911

Mining district

District name Torrington

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Borough And Torrington

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, PRODUCTION OF CRUSHED STONE PROBABLY MODERATE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 121.92M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T. N., 1911, "GRANITES OF CONN.", USGS, BULL. 484, MAP, TEXT, PG. 74, 75

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

General comments

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