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

Peterson Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067806
MRDS ID W000648
Record type Site
Current site name Peterson Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry
Related records 10191720

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.44812, 41.74331 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tolland(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 Tolland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARRY OPENED 1908. IN 1911, OPERATED BY LAWRENCE E. PETERSON. SMALL QUARRY OF MEDIUM, SLIGHTLY BLUISH GRAY SHADE WITH CONSPICUOUS BROAD BLACK STREAKS ON THE FOLIATION FACE AND OF MEDIUM GRAINED UPLICATED VERY GNEISSOSE TEXTURE, WITH PORPHYRITIC LENTICULAR FELDSPARS TO 0.2 TO 0.4 INCH LONG. GNEISS FOLIATION STRIKES N. 10 DEG. EAST, DIP VERTICAL. SHEETS 3 FEET THICK. AN 18 INCH APLITE DIKE PARALLEL TO FOLIATION.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andesine Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.44812, 41.74331
ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Granite Metamorphosed

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NARROW ZONE WITH NUMEROUS ROCK TYPES; DALE DESCRIBES ROCK TYPE AS GLASTONBURY ALTHOUGH IN MONSON GNEISS MAP UNIT; BOTH DALE AND SNYDER SHOW NO GLASTONBURY GNEISS IN TOLLAND COUNTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Production years 1908 TILL AT LEAST 1911

Mining district

District name Bolton

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lawrence E. Peterson

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PRODUCTION OF FOUNDATION STONE 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

    DALE, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SNYDER'S MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT LOCATE THIS QUARRY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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