White Rock Pegmatite Quarry

Past Producer in Middlesex county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica
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 10289066
MRDS ID W000393
MAS/MILS ID 0090070048
Record type Site
Current site name White Rock Pegmatite Quarry
Alternate or previous names White Rock Quarry
Related records 10067603

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.59732, 41.55469 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
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
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.59732, 41.55469

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., & OTHERS,

  • Deposit

    USGS PP# 255, 1954.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, CHARLES, MAP OF MINES & QUARRIES OF CONNECTICUT,

  • Deposit

    JUNE, 1972.

  • Deposit

    USGS GSC ID#, LIST AS OF JULY 95.

  • Deposit

    FOR ATTACHMENT SEE MAS SEQ# 009-001-00013.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1995 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.