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Granite Gneiss Rock Quarries No. Ei-008

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068173
MRDS ID W001118
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Gneiss Rock Quarries No. Ei-008

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.15286, 41.81999 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Torrington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(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 Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. MASSIVE, WHITE, FINE TO MEDIUM GRAINED GRANITE IN PLACES GNEISSIC AND PINK. IN QUARRY AREA FOLIATION STRIKE NORTHERLY WITH MODERATELY STEEP DIP TO WEST. ADDITIONAL QUARRY IS LOCATED 300 FEET TO NNW.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.15286, 41.81999
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Syntectonic Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COMPLEX GEOLOGY; GRANITE IN PRE CAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE GNEISSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN

Mining district

District name Torrington

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PRODUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION STONE PROBABLY SMALL FROM EACH QUARRY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS; SITES POOR FOR MAJOR QUARRY DEVELOPMENT.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GATES, R. M., 1965, "BEDROCK GEOL. WEST TORRINGTON QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD REPORT NO. 17, MAP, TEXT

  • Production

    COLTON, 1968.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLTON'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. GATES' MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT LOCATE QUARRY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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