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Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Fi-012

Past 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 10068182
MRDS ID W001129
Record type Site
Current site name Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Fi-012

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.29732, 41.84332 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornwall(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

  • ON TOPO SHEET QUARRY 400 FEET LONG NW. TO SE., 200 FEET WIDE NE. TO SW., AND WITH WORKING FACE 70 FEET HIGH. PROBABLY USED LOCALLY AS AGGREGATE FOR NEARBY ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.29732, 41.84332
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed, And Granite Intruded, Sedimentary Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COMPLEX GEOLOGY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cornwall

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT ABOUT 100,000 CUBIC YARDS OF STONE REMOVED FROM SITE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT A 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, 1956, "CORNWALL", AT 1:24000, SHOWS QUARRY BY SYMBOL

  • Production

    TOPO, "CORNWALL", 1956

Reporter information

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

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