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Plymouth Granitic Rock Quarry

Past Producer in Litchfield 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068010
MRDS ID W000914
Record type Site
Current site name Plymouth Granitic Rock Quarry
Related records 10143113

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.0762, 41.6536 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thomaston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OPERATOR PLYMOUTH QUARRY CO. IN 1908, WHEN QUARRY SIZE WAS 200 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 50 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST, WITH WORKING FACE 40 FEET TO EAST. COLOR MEDIUM BLUISH GRAY WITH EVEN GRAINED FINE GRANITIC TEXTURE. OPENED ABOUT 1884; IN 1908 SPORADICALLY QUARRIED. USGS TOPO MAP, 1956, "THOMASTON" AT 1:24000 SHOWS POSSIBLE PLYMOUTH ROCK QUARRY SITE TO BE 0.4 MILE NORTH OF SITE INDICATED OR POSSIBLY ANOTHER UNLISTED ABANDONED QUARRY SITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rutile Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.0762, 41.6536
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Granitic Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: INTRUDES GNEISS WHICH HAS BANDS OF FELDSPAR AND QUARTZ, ALTERNATING WITH BIOTITE. GNEISS HAS QUARTZ, OLIGOCLASE, BIOTITE, MUSCOVITE, MAGNETITE, APATITE, TITANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1884
Production years ABOUT 1884 TO ABOUT 1908

Mining district

District name Thomaston

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Plymouth Quarry Co.
    First year 1908

Comments on the production information

  • 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 60.96M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T. N., 1911, "GRANITES OF CONN.", USGS, BULL. 484, MAP, TEXT, PG. 72, 73

  • Production

    DALE, 1911.

Reporter information

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

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