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Soapstone Rock Quarry No. Ei-012

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068176
MRDS ID W001122
Record type Site
Current site name Soapstone Rock Quarry No. Ei-012
Related records 10216216

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.17647, 41.80666 (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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soapstone Ore
Talc Ore
Tremolite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.17647, 41.80666
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphism Of Mafic Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: INTRUSIVE IN CAMBRIAN ORDOVICIAN HARTLAND FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Torrington

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MODERATE AMOUNT OF SOAPSTONE PRODUCED FROM MINED OUT BODY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONLY REMNANT AMOUNT OF SOAPSTONE AVAILABLE FROM MINED OUT SOAPSTONE BODY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 30.48M

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. 24, 36

  • Production

    GATES, 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GATES' 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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