Sandstone Quarry

Producer in Hampden county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069156
MRDS ID W002591
Record type Site
Current site name Sandstone Quarry
Related records 10291440

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.59673, 42.14804 (WGS84)
Relative position ON CHICOPEE RIVER NEAR CONN. RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampden(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Springfield North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chicopee River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Hampden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Chicopee Shale
    Rock description Chicopee Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.59673, 42.14804

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Triassic Conn. Valley

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMERSON, B.K., 1898 "DESCRIPTION OF THE HOLYOKE QUADRANGLE MASS. - CONN." USGS GEOL ATLAS, FOLIO 50, MAP SHOWS QUARRY LOCATION, SHORT PARAGRAPH

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAND, SILT, CLAY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.