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Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Cj-034

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. Ore body information
  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 10067687
MRDS ID W000488
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Cj-034
Related records 10192027

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.57119, 41.56721 (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
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARRY INFORMATION LACKING. GRANITE GNEISS BODY 2800 FEET LONG NW.-SE., ABOUT 200 FEET WIDE NE.-SW. FOLIATION STRIKE N. 45 DEG. WEST, DIP 40 DEG. NE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.57119, 41.56721
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 853.44M
    Width 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TABULAR GRANITE BODY IN CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN PRE-ORDOVICIAN MIDDLETOWN GNEISS AND MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN COLLINS HILL SCHIST.

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; USED LOCALLY.

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. 17

  • Production

    STUGARD, 1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STUGARD'S GEOL. MAP AT 1:24000; QUARRY SHOWN BY SYMBOL. BROOKINS' GIVES GEOCHRON AGE DATE OF 285 M. Y. FOR THE MAROMAS GRANITE GNEISS. ; 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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