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Strickland-Cramer Quarry

Past Producer in Middlesex county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264493
MRDS ID W000338
MAS/MILS ID 0090070003
Record type Site
Current site name Strickland-Cramer Quarry
Alternate or previous names Strickland-Cramer, Strickland Quarry, Strickland-Cramer Mine, Strickland-Cramer Feld./Mica Quarry
Related records 10067554

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.59172, 41.59219 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Middlesex(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Haddam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(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
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Beryl Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Cleavelandite Unknown
Columbite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Lepidolite Unknown
Lithiophilite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Spodumene Unknown
Tantalite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.59172, 41.59219
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 50W
    Thickness 9M
    Length 229M
    Width 73M
    Area 4.8HA
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N00S:50W
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4.8
    Date of Last Modification 950713

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. E. Strickland
    Interest 100
    Home office Connecticut
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Eureka Mining And Milling Co. (Lessees)
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED WAR MIN.REPT., REG. FILE NOS. E-816

  • Deposit

    STRICKLAND MICA-FELDSPAR MINE, MIDDLESEX CO., CONN., 1944,19

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, EUGENE N., ET.AL., USGS PRO. PAPER 255, 1954, PP 33

  • Deposit

    STERRETT, DOUGLAS B., USGS BUL 740, 1923, PP 65-67

  • Deposit

    KILLEEN, P.L., AND NEWMAN, W.L., USGS MR-44, 1965, P 3, - TI

  • Deposit

    USGS GSC ID # LIST, JULY 95.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS 800-829 OF 1975 ENTRY REC 700, GEN. INFO FOR ALL RECORDS, ESPECIALLY 040 REC 702. GEN. INFO FOR ALL RECS. ESPECIALLY 050-080 REC 703, REC 070 REC 030, ELEVATION AGREES WITH USGS TOPO.MAP AND LATER REPOR EARLIER WMR AND MINE MAPS CITE ELEVATIONS OF 400 FT OR MORE. REC 040, WATER AND ELECTRIC SUPPLY CAN BE BOUGHT FROM ROAD 1 BELOW MINE. MAX SUR. AREA DIST. WAS MEASURED FROM A MAP OF STRICKLAND MINE AND VACINITY (WMR FILE,CAMERON, OCT 1942) REC 050, METH 1 2 FROM 1907-1914, METH 3,4 5, 1914-1934, MET 1942-45, REC 051-METH 1 2 3 1942-45, METH 4 5 6 -CAMERON ET. MINED AND MAPPED PROPERTY. REC 052-BU MINES DDH. REC 060, PEG INTRUDES BOLTON SCHIST ( RK TYPE 2 3 4) AND MON GNEIS ( RK TYPE 5) BUT ONLY THOSEIN BOLTON (NOTABLY STRICKLA WERE MINED. REC 070, MINERALOGY OF PEG. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE PERTHITE I DEPOSIT REC 080, CASSITERITE IS MENTIONED AS OCCURRING IN PEG BUT IN CERNING ITS CHARACTER IS UNAVAILABLE. UNCOMMON MIN ARE OFTEN IN CAVITIES UP TO 4X1X1 FT (REC 703) IRREGULARLY DIST.BUT MO MON IN EASTERN PART. PEG CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF SUBPARALLEL, N-S TRENDING LENTIC BODIES ORIENTED ALONG THE FOLIATION OF THE SCHISTS. CONTACT BUT EXHIBITS ROLLS AND KEELS. WALL RK HAS BEEN TOURMALINI LOCALLY SILICIFIED AND FELDSPATHISED. THERE IS A THIN COVERING OF TILL. THE STRICKLAND PEG STRIKES N 20 E TO N 20 W AND DIPS 30-75 D IT IS KNOWN TO BE OVER 750 FT LG, 240 FT WIDE, 8-60 FT THICK FT OF ITS LENGTH WAS WORKED IN THE STRICKLAND MINE. PEG. IS ZONED ALSO LISTED AS USGS GSC ID# D001837 AND W100271, (JULY 95). PROPERTY WAS LISTED UNDER MAS SEQ# 0090070028 AS WELL, SEQ # WAS DELETED JULY 95.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-95 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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