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Brownstone Sandstone Rock Quarries No. Dj-037

Past Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105503
MRDS ID W000943
Record type Site
Current site name Brownstone Sandstone Rock Quarries No. Dj-037
Related records 10167826

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.88981, 41.52166 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Southington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(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, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. THICK, INTERBEDDED GRAYISH ORANGE PINK TO VERY PALE ORANGE CONGLOMERITIC ARKOSE AND GRAYISH RED TO DARK REDDISH BROWN SILTSTONE. AN ADDITIONAL QUARRY WAS LOCATED 500 FEET TO SW.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.88981, 41.52166
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Sandstone Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NEAR WEST WALL OF CONN. TRIASSIC BASIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cheshire

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF BUILDING STONE PRODUCED FROM EACH QUARRY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS BUT NORTH SITE NEAR LARGE BUILDING, SOUTH SITE HOUSING AREA.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRITTS, C. E., 1963, "BEDROCK GEOL. SOUTHINGTON QUAD.", USGS, GQ 200

  • Production

    LA SALA, 1961.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LA SALA'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRIES BY SYMBOL. FRITTS' MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT LOCATE QUARRIES. ; 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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