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Brooklyn Granite Gneiss Quarry

Past Producer in New Haven 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105483
MRDS ID W000637
Record type Site
Current site name Brooklyn Granite Gneiss Quarry
Related records 10216009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.75814, 41.2686 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Branford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Quinnipiac(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WORKED BEFORE 1900. SERIES OF PITS 750 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH PARALLEL TO SEASHORE. GRANITE DARK REDDISH GRAY IN COLOR; OF EVEN GRAINED MEDIUM TEXTURE WITH SOME FELDSPARS BEING 3 INCHES IN SIZE. NUMEROUS GNEISS INCLUSIONS UP TO 36 FEET LONG AND 12 FEET WIDE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.75814, 41.2686
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granitic Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years BEFORE 1900

Mining district

District name Branford

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT PRODUCTION PROBABLY SMALL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, LARGE VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION STONE REMAINS BUT SITE NEAR POPULATED AREA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 228.6M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T. N., 1911, "GRANITES OF CONN.", USGS, BULL. 484, MAP, TEXT, PG. 84, 85

  • Production

    DALE 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1967, "BRANFORD", AT 1:24000 SHOWS SITE NEAR POPULATED AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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