1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Basalt Rock Quarry No. Cj-071

Past Producer in Middlesex county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105485
MRDS ID W000646
Record type Site
Current site name Basalt Rock Quarry No. Cj-071
Related records 10240262

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.6873, 41.60221 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Middlesex(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middletown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Outlet Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Middlesex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHEET SHOWS QUARRY AS CUT ABOUT 300 FEET LONG EAST TO WEST, 75 FEET WIDE NORTH TO SOUTH, 30 FEET WORKING FACE. BASALT TOUGH, GRAY TO GREEN GRAY, FINE GRAINED; NEAR BASE AND NEAR UPPER 20 FEET OF FLOW, VESICULAR AND AMYGDALOIDAL. BASALT FLOW ABOUT 150 TO 160 FEET IN TOTAL THICKNESS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore
Calcite Gangue
Zeolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.6873, 41.60221
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 48.77M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mafic Extrusive Flow

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS FAULTS, VALLEY AREA NEAR EAST WALL OF CONNECTICUT VALLEY, WEST SIDE OF CONN. RIVER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cromwell

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; MODERATE AMOUNT OF ROCK FOR CRUSHED STONE PROBABLY PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEHMANN, E. P., 1959, "BEDROCK GEOL. MIDDLETOWN QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD. REPORT NO. 8, MAP, TEXT, P. 25

  • Production

    LEHMANN, 1959.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEHMANN'S MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT LOCATE QUARRY. USGS, TOPO, 1965, "MIDDLETOWN" AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY BY TOPOGRAPHY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site