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Dunn Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

Past Producer in Hartford 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068019
MRDS ID W000925
Record type Site
Current site name Dunn Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry
Related records 10265020

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.96286, 41.67055 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Farmington 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, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN 1911 OWNED BY EDWARD DUNN. TWO OPENINGS IN 1911, ONE CUT 100 FEET LONG, 50 FEET WIDE, 10 FEET DEEP, OTHER CUT 50 FEET SQUARE WITH ONLY SOIL REMOVED. GNEISS FOLIATION STRIKES EAST-WEST, DIPS STEEPLY SOUTH. SHEETS 3 TO 8 FEET THICK AND IRREGULAR. BLOCKS 10 FEET SQUARE AND 3 TO 5 FEET THICK. LIGHT TO MEDIUM BLUISH GRAY WITH GNEISSOSE BANDED FINE TEXTURE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.96286, 41.67055
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Granitic Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years EARLY 1900'S

Mining district

District name Bristol

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward Dunn
    First year 1911

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PRODUCTION SMALL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS BUT SITE IS URBAN AREA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 30.48M
    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. 61, 62

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1966, "BRISTOL", AT 1:24000 SHOWS SITE AS URBAN AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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