Wauregan Quarry

Past Producer in Windham county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Granite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10073555
MRDS ID	W019661
Record type	Site
Current site name	Wauregan Quarry
Related records	10167905

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-71.88727, 41.75359 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Danielson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Providence(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Providence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Quinebaug River(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Connecticut	Windham

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Granite	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Granite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-71.88727, 41.75359	ListMap

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 New Haven Trap Rock Co..

Type	Operator
Owner	New Haven Trap Rock Co..

Comments on development

TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W019661

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT AUGUST 23-24, 1971

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

Status	Abandoned since 07/03/2024
MSHA mine ID	0600015
Mine name (MSHA)	Wauregan Quarry
Current operator	Tilcon Connecticut Inc
Current controller (parent)	CRH PLC
Mine type	Surface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (502 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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