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Rockside Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

Past Producer in Litchfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067763
MRDS ID W000598
Record type Site
Current site name Rockside Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry
Related records 10216154

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.33815, 41.57027 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roxbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARRY OPENED ON HILLSIDE IN 1890. IN 1911, OPERATOR MINE HILL QUARRY CO. IN 1911, PIT 800 FEET LONG NE. TO SW., 275 FEET WIDE NW. TO SE., WITH WORKING FACE 75 FEET HIGH ON NW. SIDE. SMALLER QUARRY OPENED IN 1850 BY SAME OWNERS ON HILL TOP TO WEST. QUARRY ADJACENT TO ROXBURY SIDERITE MINE (SEE FJ-011). GNEISS FOLIATION DIPS GENTLY TO SE. ON EAST SIDE OF QUARRY, BUT 15 DEG. SOUTH 20 DEG. WEST ON WEST SIDE OF QUARRY AND NEAR HORIZONTAL IN CENTER PART OF QUARRY. SOME APLITE DIKES. COLOR MEDIUM BLUISH GRAY WITH FINE GRAINED GNEISSOSE TEXTURE. USED FOR BUILDINGS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Rowe Schist
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Granitic Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Production years 1890 TO AT LEAST 1911

Mining district

District name Roxbury

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mine Hill Quarry Co.
    First year 1911

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE AMOUNTS OF BUILDING STONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 83.82M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GATES, R. M., 1959, "GEOL. MAP ROXBURY QUAD.", USGS, GQ 121, SHORT TEXT

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1955, "ROXBURY", AT 1:24000, SHOWS MINE AND QUARRY TAILINGS AS HILL PROTRUDING INTO ADJACENT SHEPAUG RIVER VALLEY BOTTOM. GATE'S GEOL. MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES ROXBURY SIDERITE MINE 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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