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Feldspar Pegmatite Quarry No. Cj-044

Past Producer in Middlesex county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Feldspar
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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. 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 10067605
MRDS ID W000395
Record type Site
Current site name Feldspar Pegmatite Quarry No. Cj-044
Related records 10264887

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.59785, 41.52805 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Middlesex(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Haddam(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 Middlesex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP AT 1:24000. STUGARD'S GEOL. MAP SHOWS PEGMATITE ABOUT 1200 FEET LONG, 25 TO 100 FEET WIDE TRENDING NORTHWEST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.59785, 41.52805
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 365.76M
    Width 100M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PART OF DIKE SWARM. NUMEROUS DIKE SWARMS IN NARROW NORTH-SOUTH ZONE, WITH MOST SWARMS IN MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN COLLINS HILL SCHIST FORMATION. MOST INDIVIDUAL DIKES TRENDS NORTHWARD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Middletown

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PRODUCTION PROBABLY SMALL. PRODUCED FELDSPAR CONCENTRATES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNT OF FELDSPAR AVAILABLE FROM PEGMATITE DIKE SWARM.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKINS, D.G., 1970, "CONTRI. TO GEOCHRON. IN CONN.," CONN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, R.I.NO. 5, PG. 13

  • Production

    STUGARD, 1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STUGARD'S GEOL. MAP AT 1:24000, LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. BROOKINS GIVES GEOCHRON AGE DATE OF 254 M.Y. FOR NEARBY TOLLGATE PEGMATITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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