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Amphibolite Gneiss Rock Quarries No. Cj-014

Past Producer in Hartford 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. 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 10067770
MRDS ID W000605
Record type Site
Current site name Amphibolite Gneiss Rock Quarries No. Cj-014

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.60063, 41.66471 (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 Hartford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOPO SHOWS TRENCH TRENDING ESE 800 FEET LONG, 50 FEET WIDE, 10 FEET DEEP; QUARRIES NOT INDICATED. STUGARD SHOWS TWO QUARRY SYMBOLS, THE OTHER 200 FEET WEST IN WESTERN PART OF TRENCH. PROBABLY CRUSHED AND USED LOCALLY FOR BASE COURSE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hornblende Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Gneiss Unknown

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.60063, 41.66471
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Pelitic Sedimentary Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VARIETY OF INTERBANDED ROCK TYPES, GLASTONBURY GRANITE GNEISS YOUNGER INTRUSIVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Glastonbury

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PROBABLY MODERATE AMOUNT REMOVED FROM TRENCH.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS FROM POTENTIALLY FAIR TO POOR QUARRY SITES.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODGERS, J., 1959, "EXPLANATORY TEXT GEOL. MAP OF CONN. FOR 1956," CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 84, MAP, TEXT, P. 52,5

  • Production

    STUGARD, 1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS TOPO, 1964, "GLASTONBURY" AT 1:24000, DOES NOT DENOTE QUARRY SITES, BUT TRENCH FEATURE SHOWN. STUGARD'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES TWO QUARRY SITES ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER, DESCRIBES ROCK UNIT AS MAFIC GNEISSES. NAME MIDDLETOWN GNEISS FROM RODGERS. ; 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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