Lantern Hill Quarry

Producer in New London county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073526
MRDS ID W019630
Record type Site
Current site name Lantern Hill Quarry
Related records 10192269

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.94478, 41.45581 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New London(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Mystic(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Block Island(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Providence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thames(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut New London

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.94478, 41.45581

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ottawa Silica Co., Connecticut Div.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH & SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS AUG 20 1971 & JAN 10 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATION INCLUDES A PERMANENT MILL, WHICH PRODUCES GLASS SILICA. ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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