Flatrock Quarry

Occurrence in New London county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), REE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009147
MRDS ID D001840
Record type Site
Current site name Flatrock Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.1475, 41.37699 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New London(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palmertown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thames(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut New London

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore
Eschynite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 33
USGS model code 13a
Deposit model name Be-Li pegmatites

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.1475, 41.37699

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOYE, W. G., 1949, THE GEOLOGY OF EASTERN CONNECTICUT, CONNECTICUT GEOL. NAT. HISTORY SURVEY BULL. 74

  • Deposit

    Foye, W. G., 1949, The Geology Of Eastern Connecticut, Connecticut Geol. Nat. History Survey Bull. 74, P. 83Foye, W. G., 1949, The Geology Of Eastern Connecticut, Connecticut Geol. Nat. History Survey Bull. 74, P. 83

  • Deposit

    Dale, T.N. And Gregory, H.E., 1911, "The Granites Of Connecticut, USGS Bull. 484, P. 107-108Dale, T.N. And Gregory, H.E., 1911, "The Granites Of Connecticut, USGS Bull. 484, P. 107-108

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Parker, Raymond L. U.S. Geological Survey Added Model_Num And Model , Moved Point
Updater 20-AUG-1997 Mchone, Nancy Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey

Beyond USGS

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