Tower Hill Quarry

Past Producer in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Granite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073474
MRDS ID W019575
Record type Site
Current site name Tower Hill Quarry
Related records 10142809

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.55896, 41.68387 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glastonbury(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 Hartford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.55896, 41.68387

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tower Hill Granite Co..

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT APRIL 25, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL, 2 BITUMINOUS CONCRETE PLANTS. ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.