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Basalt Rock Quarry No. Dk-011

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067683
MRDS ID W000483
Record type Site
Current site name Basalt Rock Quarry No. Dk-011

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.80009, 41.34638 (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

  • INDICATED AS ABANDONED BASALT QUARRY ON FLINT'S GEOL. MAP.

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) -72.80009, 41.34638
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mafic Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ONE OF THE LARGER EXTENSIVE INTRUSIVES IN AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name North Branford

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT PRODUCTION PROBABLY SMALL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

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 A QUARRY SITE 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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