Roncari Traprock Quarry

Producer in Hartford county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067485
MRDS ID W000260
Record type Site
Current site name Roncari Traprock Quarry
Related records 10289208

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.74091, 41.93776 (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

  • TOPO MAP SHOWS QUARRY AREA 1400 FEET LONG, 1200 FEET WIDE, AND AS MUCH AS 80 FEET DEEP. QUARRY EXTENDS INTO STEEP HILL SLOPES.

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) -72.74091, 41.93776

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 426.72M
    Width 1200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Basalt Bed 250 To 300 Foot Thick Where Fully Exposed

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS FAULTS IN FINE-TO MEDIUM-GRAINED BASALT EXCELLENT FOR CONSTRUCTION STONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years BEFORE 1955 TO 1964

Mining district

District name Lower Connecticut Valley

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME QUARRIED AND CRUSHED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE AREAS OF SIMILAR ROCK PRESENT IN ADJACENT STEEP-SIDED HILLS.

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

    RYERSON, 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1964, "WINDSOR LOCKS", 1:24,000, MAP SHOWS LARGE QUARRIED AREA 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

Beyond USGS

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