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Basalt Rock Quarry No. Dk-014

Past Producer in New Haven 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067679
MRDS ID W000479
Record type Site
Current site name Basalt Rock Quarry No. Dk-014
Related records 10240487

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.8687, 41.3161 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Branford(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
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOPO SHEET SHOWS QUARRY 500 FEET LONG NNW. TO SSE., 300, FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST, AND ABOUT 70 FEET DEEP.

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) -72.8687, 41.3161
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mafic Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ONE OF THE LARGER LOCAL MAFIC INTRUSIVES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years ACTIVE 1964

Mining district

District name East Haven

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PRODUCTION CRUSHED STONE PROBABLY LARGE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FLINT, R. F., 1964, "SURFICIAL GEOL. BRANFORD QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD RPT. NO. 14, MAP, TEXT

  • Production

    FLINT, 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLINT'S GEOL. MAP AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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