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Crushed Basalt Stone Quarry No. Ci-001

Past Producer in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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 10067421
MRDS ID W000168
Record type Site
Current site name Crushed Basalt Stone Quarry No. Ci-001
Related records 10192180

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.71174, 41.99609 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Windsor Locks(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
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARRY IN SMALL OUTCROP AREA IN GENTLY SLOPING TERRAIN, NOT SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.71174, 41.99609
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Basalt Bed 100 To 150 Foot Thick Where Fully Exposed

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MEDIUM-TO FINE-GRAINED BASALT EXCELLENT FOR CRUSHED STONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lower Connecticut Valley

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING; POORLY SITUATED FOR LARGE SCALE QUARRY OPERATIONS. EXCELLENT CRUSHED STONE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; MUCH BASALT AVAILABLE BUT LOW, GENTLY SLOPING TERRAIN POORLY SUITED FOR LARGE SCALE QUARRY OPERATIONS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHNABEL, R. W., 1964, "GEOL. MAP OF WINDSOR LOCKS QUAD", USGS, GQ-388, SHORT TEXT

  • Production

    SCHNABEL, 1964

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

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