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Granitic Rock Quarry No. Ej-003

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068011
MRDS ID W000915
Record type Site
Current site name Granitic Rock Quarry No. Ej-003

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.10175, 41.64305 (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

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG VALUES FROM USGS NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR A LOCATION NEAR THE MATTATUCK FOREST IN THE 1:24000 THOMASTON QUADRANGLE IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOPO SHEET SHOWS QUARRY TO BE ABOUT 300 FEET LONG EAST TO WEST, 200 FEET WIDE NORTH TO SOUTH, AND ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP. ROCK PROBABLY SIMILAR TO ROCK IN QUARRY EJ-002, LOCATED ONE MILE NORTH, WHICH HAS AN EVEN GRAINED FINE GRANITIC TEXTURED ROCK OF MEDIUM BLUISH GRAY COLOR THAT WAS QUARRIED FOR EXCELLENT QUALITY MONUMENT STONE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.10175, 41.64305
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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
Production years UNKNOWN

Mining district

District name Thomaston

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT PRODUCTION APPEARS TO BE OF MODERATE SIZE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS, BUT SITE ADJACENT TO MATTATUCK STATE FOREST.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, TOPO, 1956, "THOMASTON", AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL

  • Production

    USGS, TOPO, "THOMASTON", 1956

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.

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