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Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

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. 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068012
MRDS ID W000917
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.22121, 41.54832 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodbury(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 Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. FOLIATION STRIKE ABOUT DUE NORTH, WITH DIP 40 DEG. TO WEST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore
Biotite Gangue
Kyanite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Staurolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.22121, 41.54832
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Sedimentary And Granitic Rocks

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANITE BODIES OCCUR AS STRINGERS, LENSES, AND PATCHES; LIT PAR LIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN; ACTIVE 1965

Mining district

District name Woodbury

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PRODUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION STONE PROBABLY SMALL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS. FLAT TOPOGRAPHY POOR FOR QUARRY DEVELOPMENT; GOOD QUARRY SITES ADJACENT TO WEST.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PESSL, JR., F., 1970, "SURFICIAL GEOL. WOODBURY QUAD.", USGS, GQ 896

  • Production

    PESSL, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PESSL'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. USGS, TOPO, 1955, "WOODBURY", AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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