West Redding Garnet Occurrence

Occurrence in Fairfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Garnet
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068104
MRDS ID W001029
Record type Site
Current site name West Redding Garnet Occurrence
Related records 10143124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.43788, 41.32221 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saugatuck(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Fairfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.43788, 41.32221

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Intrusive Or Syntectonic Granite And Metamorphosed Limestone Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Redding

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH GRADE GARNET ORE AVAILABLE FOR ABRASIVE.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JANUZZI, R.E., 1959, "MINERALS OF WESTERN CONN.", MINERALOGICAL PRESS, SKETCH, TEXT, PG. 90 TO 91

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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.