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Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Bj-001

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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067805
MRDS ID W000647
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Bj-001
Related records 10240171

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.49062, 41.74248 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marlborough(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

  • INFORMATION LACKING. FOLIATION STRIKE N. 40 DEG. EAST, DIP 30 DEG. NW. GRAY, MEDIUM GRAINED WITH PROMINENT PINK MICROCLINE PORPHYROBLASTS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore
Biotite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.49062, 41.74248
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 40 DEG. EAST
    Dip 30 DEG. NW.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Intrusive Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ADJACENT SHEET TO NORTH BY J. AITKEN HAS UNIT AS METASEDIMENT GNEISS WITH SOME METAGRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Manchester

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PRODUCTION OF BUILDING STONE PROBABLY SMALL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SNYDER, G. L., 1970, "BEDROCK GEOL. MARLBOROUGH QUAD.", USGS, GQ 791

  • Production

    SNYDER, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SNYDER'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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