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Limestone Rock Quarries No. Fi-009

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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068180
MRDS ID W001126
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Rock Quarries No. Fi-009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.3551, 41.98888 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Canaan(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. TOPO SHOWS QUARRY TO BE ABOUT 400 FEET LONG EAST TO WEST, 200 FEET WIDE NORTH TO SOUTH WITH WORKING FACE TO NORTH AS MUCH AS 180 FEET HIGH. MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAINED MARBLE, PARTLY CALCITIC, PARTLY DOLOMITIC. MINOR LAYERS OF MICA SCHIST IN CALCITIC MARBLE. ANOTHER QUARRY, NOT NOTICABLY DEVELOPED AS SEEN ON TOPO SHEET, IS LOCATED 800 FEET TO SW.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.3551, 41.98888
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Sedimentary Limestone Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN; 1969

Mining district

District name Canaan

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING, BUT SIZE OF PIT INDICATES MODERATE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION STONE PRODUCED.

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
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, TOPO, 1969, "SOUTH CANAAN", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRIES BY TOPOGRAPHY AND SYMBOL

  • Production

    TOPO, 1969

Reporter information

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

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