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Limestone Rock Quarry No. El-002

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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10105489
MRDS ID W000662
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Rock Quarry No. El-002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.03203, 41.23943 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(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

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHOWS DEPRESSION ABOUT 400 FEET LONG, 100 FEET WIDE, ABOUT 25 FEET DEEP, TRENDING NE. LIMESTONE LENS ABOUT 2300 FEET LONG, AS MUCH AS 100 FEET WIDE, WITH STRIKE N. 45 DEG. EAST, DIP ABOUT 60 DEG. NW. LIMESTONE FINE GRAINED, LIGHT TO MEDIUM GRAY, CONTAINING SERPENTINE STREAKS AND BANDS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.03203, 41.23943
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 45 DEG. EAST
    Dip 60 DEG. NW.
    Length 701.04M
    Width 100M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Limestone Lens

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE CONTAINS MUCH SERPENTINE AND MAGNETITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Milford

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MODERATE AMOUNT OF LIMESTONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. MODERATE AMOUNT OF LIMESTONE PROBABLY AVAILABLE FROM LONG BUT THIN LENS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRITTS, C. E., 1965, "BEDROCK GEOL. MILFORD QUAD.", USGS, GQ 427

  • Production

    FRITTS, 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRITTS' MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. USGS, TOPO, 1960, "MILFORD", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY BY DEPRESSION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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