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Granite Gneiss Rock Quarries No. Cj-030

Past Producer in Middlesex county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067686
MRDS ID W000487
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Gneiss Rock Quarries No. Cj-030

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.59841, 41.68388 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glastonbury(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

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = NEW YORK 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SIZE OF PITS UNKNOWN, AREAL GNEISS FOLIATION N. 55 DEG. EAST, DIP 25 DEG. NORTH; SHEETS SEVERAL FEET THICK. USED LOCALLY FOR SMALL BUILDING STONE. ADDITIONAL QUARRY 300 FEET SOUTHEAST.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.59841, 41.68388
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANITE MASSIF, CUT BY PEGMATITE DIKES, USUALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES THICK WITH STRIKE N. 80 DEG. WEST, DIP VERTICAL; DATED ABOUT 260 M. Y.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Portland

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

    BROOKINS, D. G., 1970, "CONTRI. TO GEOCHRON. IN CONN.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, R. I. NO. 5, PG. 12,13

  • Production

    STUGARD, 1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STUGARD'S GEOL. MAP AT 1:24000 SHOWS LOCATION OF QUARRIES. BROOKINS' GIVES GEOCHRON AGE DATES OF ABOUT 260 M. Y. FOR SIMILAR PEGMATITES. ; 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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