1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Benvenue Granite Gneiss Rock Quarries

Past Producer in Middlesex county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10067766
MRDS ID W000601
Record type Site
Current site name Benvenue Granite Gneiss Rock Quarries
Related records 10191858

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.5798, 41.54388 (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, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOPO SHOWS WATER-FILLED DEPRESSION 500 FEET LONG NW-SE, 600 FEET LONG EAST-WEST. 400 FEET SOUTHEAST, A SMALLER WATER-FILLED DEPRESSION, QUARRY "D" 400 FEET LONG EAST-WEST, 100 FEET WIDE NORTH-SOUTH. QUARRIES ABOUT 60 FEET DEEP. CUT BLOCKS SHIPPED BY RAILROAD; USED FOR FOUNDATION STONE BECAUSE OF IRON CONTENT. GNEISS FOLIATION STRIKE NORTHWEST, DIP 10 TO 20 DEG. SE. SHEETS 6 INCHES TO 6 FEET THICK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hornblende Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.5798, 41.54388
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 10 TO 20 DEG. SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS JOINTS; APLITE AND PEGMATITE DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years BEFORE 1908

Mining district

District name Middletown

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PRODUCTION PROBABLY LARGE. SIZE OF BLOCKS LIMITED BECAUSE OF JOINTS AND DIKES.

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 182.88M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKINS, D.G., 1970, "CONTRI. TO GEOCHRON. IN CONN.", GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, R.I. NO. 5, P. 1

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STUGARD'S GEOL. MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRIES BY SYMBOL. USGS TOPO, 1961, "MIDDLE HADDAM" AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRIES AS PONDS. 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site