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Hall Bates Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

Past Producer in Fairfield 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. 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 10067785
MRDS ID W000620
Record type Site
Current site name Hall Bates Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry
Related records 10119044

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.41955, 41.12693 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norwalk North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saugatuck(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Fairfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN 1911, WORKED BY IRVING HALL; FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE BATES QUARRY. IN 1911 OPENING 50 FOOT SQUARE AND 30 FEET DEEP. GNEISS FOLIATION DIPS 5 TO 20 DEG. NW.; SHEETS 1 TO 4 FEET THICK, PARALLEL FOLIATION. LIGHT GRAY COLOR OF GNEISSOSE MEDIUM TO FINE GRAIN TEXTURE. USED FOR WALLS AND FOUNDATIONS. SPORADICALLY QUARRIED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 5 TO 20 DEG. NW.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Intrusive Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANITES INTRUDED INTO THE CAMBRO ORDOVICIAN HARTLAND FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years EARLY 1900S

Mining district

District name Norwalk

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PRODUCTION SMALL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS,BUT SITE NOW LOCATED IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T.N., 1911, "GRANITES OF CONN.," BULL. 484, MAPS, TEXT, P. 59,60

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1960, "NORWALK NORTH", AT 1:24000 SHOWS SMALL QUARRY AS DEPRESSION ; 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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