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Woodbury Pegmatite Quarry

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Feldspar, Quartz
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105499
MRDS ID W000916
Record type Site
Current site name Woodbury Pegmatite Quarry
Related records 10288928

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.20398, 41.57888 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHOWS SMALL DEPRESSION, PROBABLY LESS THAN 50 FEET IN DIAMETER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Albite Gangue
Bertrandite Gangue
Beryl Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Columbite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Quartz Unknown

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.20398, 41.57888
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEGMATITE DIKE NEAR CONTACT OF HARTLAND FORMATION AND NONEWAUG GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Woodbury

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL PRODUCTION OF FELDSPAR ORE. PRODUCED FELDSPAR CONCENTRATES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF FELDSPAR ORE EASILY AVAILABLE FROM PEGMATITE DIKE.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYERSON, K. H., 1968, "ROCK HOUND'S GUIDE TO CONN.", THE PEQUOT PRESS, TEXT, PG. 41

  • Production

    JANUZZI, 1959.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1955, "BETHEL", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY AS SMALL DEPRESSION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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