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Brooks Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

Past Producer in Hartford 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. 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067774
MRDS ID W000609
Record type Site
Current site name Brooks Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry
Related records 10288904

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.54091, 41.69776 (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, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OPENED 1889 WITH PIT IN 1909 400 FEET LONG EAST-WEST,150 FEET TO 50 FEET WIDE NORTH-SOUTHG. NORTH 20 DEG. WEST. SHEETS ONE TO 6 FEET THICK. PRODUCTION USED FOR CURBING AND BUILDING.

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) -72.54091, 41.69776
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANITE MASSIF, CUT BY PEGMATITE DIKES AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES THICK WITH STRIKE N 77 DEG. WEST, DIP VERTICA GEOCHRON. IN CONN.", GEOL. SURVEY, R.I. NO. 5, TEXT, P. 12,13

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1889
Production years 1889 TO 1909

Mining district

District name Glastonbury

Comments on the production information

  • STILL ACTIVE 1909; FIGURES LACKING BUT PRODUCTION PROBABLY SMALL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKINS, D.G., 1970, "CONTRI. TOROOKINS GIVES AGE OF ABOUT 260 M.Y. FOR GLASTONBURY PEGMATITES. USGS TOPO , 1964, "GLASTONBURY", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY AS SMALL DEPRESSION., AND 60 FEET DEEP. GNEISS FOLIATION STRIKES N 70 DEG. EAST, DIP 25 DE

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BL, DATED ABOUT 260 M.Y. ; 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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