Trap Rock Quarry

Occurrence in Hampden county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10069177
MRDS ID W002624
Record type Site
Current site name Trap Rock Quarry
Related records 10305405

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.69452, 42.11581 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.8 MILES EAST OF WESTFIELD 0.75 MILES NORTH OF WESTFIELD RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampden(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Springfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westfield 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, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Hampden Basalt
    Rock description Hampden Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.69452, 42.11581

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Connecticut Valley, West Of Connecticut River

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLTON, R.B. HARTSHORN, J.H., 1966 "BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST SPRINGFIELD QUADRANGLE MASS. AND CONN.", USGS G.Q. 537 QUARRY LOCATION ONLY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONN. VALLEY ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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.