Southford Pegmatite Quarry

Past Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica, Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240066
MRDS ID W001162
MAS/MILS ID 0090090021
Record type Site
Current site name Southford Pegmatite Quarry
Related records 10110301

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.17564, 41.44829 (WGS84)
Elevation 180
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Southbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(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 New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.17564, 41.44829

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, E.N., LARRABEE, D.M., MCNAIR, A.H. AND OTHERS, 1954

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 255.

  • Deposit

    ACCESSORY MINERALS-MUSCOVITE, GARNET, TOURMALINE, PALE GREEN

  • Deposit

    CRYSTALS & MILKY TO SMOKY QUARTZ.

  • Deposit

    BASTIN (1910) REPORTED CHALCOPYRITE & SULFIPMENT GUIDE-BOOK

  • Deposit

    CO.RRE, NANCY C., 1957, USGS MIN INV RES MAP MR7.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, CHARLES, MAP OF MINES & QUARRIES OF CONN, JUNE, 1972.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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