Limestone Quarry No. Dk-009

Past Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067414
MRDS ID W000161
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Quarry No. Dk-009
Related records 10143251

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.97731, 41.37943 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Carmel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Quinnipiac(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL DEPOSIT MINED FOR NEARBY LIME KILN. DEPOSIT PROBABLY EXHAUSTED.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.97731, 41.37943

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Calcareous Bed

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MEDIUM DARK GRAY, PYRITIC, CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Woodbridge

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING PROBABLY SMALL DEPOSIT, MINED OUT. LIMESTONE FOR LIME.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY MINOR AMOUNT OF LIMESTONE REMAIN.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRITTS, C. E., 1963, "GEOL. MAP OF MOUNT CARMEL QUAD", USGS, GQ-199, SHORT TEXT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRITTS MAP AT 1:24,000, LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL, KILN NOTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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