Alaskite Or Quartz Monzonite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Aj-001

Producer in Tolland county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110287
MRDS ID W001032
Record type Site
Current site name Alaskite Or Quartz Monzonite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Aj-001
Related records 10118716

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.19367, 41.74915 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tolland(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willimantic(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shetucket River(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Corps of Engineers(Branch)

Branch USACE(Type of land area)

USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Tolland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. MAIN INTRUSIVE BODY, GNEISS FOLIATION STRIKES N. 55 DEG. WEST, DIP 15 DEG. NE. ROCK LIGHT COLORED, MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAINED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.19367, 41.74915

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 55 DEG. WEST
    Dip 15 DEG. NE.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Granitic Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mansfield

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PRODUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION STONE PROBABLY SMALL

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE BODY OF ROCK REMAINS

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SNYDER, G.L., 1964, "BEDROCK GEOL. WILLIMANTIC QUAD.," USGS, G Q 335

  • Production

    SNYDER, 1964

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.