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Soapstone Quarry No. Ei-006

Past Producer in Litchfield 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. 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 10105508
MRDS ID W001116
Record type Site
Current site name Soapstone Quarry No. Ei-006
Related records 10119192

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.09259, 41.83249 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Torrington(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
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHOWS QUARRY ABOUT 200 FEET IN DIAMETER WITH WORKING FACE TO WEST MORE THAN 40 FEET HIGH. AMPHIBOLITE FINE TO MEDIUM GRAINED, DARK GREEN TO BLACK, AND SLABBY. AMPHIBOLITE BODY 3000 FEET LONG, ABOUT 200 FEET WIDE, AND TRENDS NE. SIMILIAR SIZE BODIES COMMON IN AREA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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 Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.09259, 41.83249
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphism Of Syntectonic Intrusive Basalt Or Volcanic Extrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Torrington

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. SIZE OF PIT INDICATES MODERATE AMOUNT OF SOAPSTONE PRODUCTION; SOAPSTONE IN AREA USED BY INDIANS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF AMPHIBOLITE FOR SOAPSTONE REMAINS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARTIN, C. W., 1970, "BEDROCK GEOL. TORRINGTON QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD REPORT NO. 25, MAP, TEXT, PG. 25, 4

  • Production

    MARTIN, 1971.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MARTIN'S MAP AT 1:24000; QUARRY LOCATED IN TEXT. USGS, TOPO, 1969, "TORRINGTON", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY BY TOPOGRAPH AND SMALL POND. ; 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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