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Sandstone Rock Quarries No. Bi-007

Past Producer in Tolland county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068085
MRDS ID W001009
Record type Site
Current site name Sandstone Rock Quarries No. Bi-007
Related records 10264455

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.49645, 41.87665 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tolland(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellington(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 Tolland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. QUARRIES ACTIVE ABOUT 1900. TOPO SHEET SHOWS DEPRESSION ABOUT 200 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 50 FEET WIDE, LESS THAN 20 FEET DEEP. BEDS STRIKE N. 10 DEG. EAST, DIP 25 DEG. EAST. SANDSTONE DEEP RED, MICACEOUS, ARKOSIC, OF POORLY SORTED, FINE TO COARSE FRAGMENTS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.49645, 41.87665
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 10 DEG. EAST
    Dip 25 DEG. EAST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sandstone Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SANDSTONE CONTAINS MANY MUSCOVITE FLAKES, AND RELATIVELY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF FELDSPAR; SOME CONGLOMERITIC LENSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1900
Production years ABOUT 1900

Mining district

District name Ellington

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; SMALL PIT INDICATES SMALL PRODUCTION OF BUILDING STONE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; LARGE VOLUME OF SANDSTONE REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLLINS, G. E., 1954, "BEDROCK GEOL. ELLINGTON QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD. REPORT NO. 4, MAP, TEXT, PG. 40, 41

  • Production

    COLLINS, 1954

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1967, "ELLINGTON", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY AS DEPRESSION. COLLINS MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT LOCATE QUARRY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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