Basalt Rock Quarries No. Ck-006

Past Producer in Middlesex county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. 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 10105504
MRDS ID W000950
Record type Site
Current site name Basalt Rock Quarries No. Ck-006
Related records 10142967

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.71758, 41.43832 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Middlesex(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(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. BASALT TOUGH, USUALLY GREENISH OR BLUISH GRAY, WITH VESICULAR AND AMYGDALOIDAL TOPS. ADDITIONAL SMALL QUARRY LOCATED 500 FEET TO NE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore
Augite Gangue
Labradorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Olivine 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) -72.71758, 41.43832

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mafic Extrusive Flows

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS FAULTS, FEW EXPOSURES; EASTERN 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 Durham

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL PRODUCTION OF CRUSHED STONE FROM EACH QUARRY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMPSON, H. E., 1968, "SURFICIAL GEOL. DURHAM QUAD.", USGS, GQ 756

  • Production

    SIMPSON, 1968.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIMPSON'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRIES BY SYMBOL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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