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East Village Monroe Feldspar Pegmatite Quarry

Past Producer in Fairfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Feldspar, Quartz
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068207
MRDS ID W001155
Record type Site
Current site name East Village Monroe Feldspar Pegmatite Quarry
Related records 10240140

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.18426, 41.36527 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(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 Fairfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Columbite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Garnet Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Uranophane Gangue
Biotite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.18426, 41.36527
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BULK OF COLLINSVILLE HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED TUFFS AND PYROCLASTICS WITH NUMEROUS THICK AMPHIBOLITE, MARBLE AND QUARTZITE LAYERS INTERBEDDED IN UPPERMOST PART OF SECTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Monroe

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF FELDSPAR PRODUCED. HIGH GRADE ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF FELDSPAR REMAINS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, W. P., 1968, "BEDROCK GEOL. LONG HILL QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD REPORT NO. 24, MAP, TEXT, PG. 73

  • Production

    CROWLEY, 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CROWLEY'S MAP AT 1:24000; QUARRY SYMBOL NOT USED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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