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New Haven Trap Rock Company Quarries

Producer in Middlesex county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068038
MRDS ID W000949
Record type Site
Current site name New Haven Trap Rock Company Quarries
Related records 10119401

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.73508, 41.47082 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Middlesex(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Quinnipiac(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Middlesex
United States Connecticut New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. BASALT TOUGH, USUALLY GREENISH OR BLUISH GRAY, WITH VESICULAR AND AMYGDALOIDAL TOPS. TOPO SHOWS MAIN LOWER LEVEL QUARRY ABOUT 1000 FEET LONG N. TO S., AND 1400 FEET WIDE E. TO W., WITH WORKING BENCHES AND FACES TO EAST, AS MUCH AS 50 FEET HIGH; TOTAL HEIGHT OF WORKING FACES 90 FEET. WORKING BENCH ADJACENT TO SW., ABOUT 600 FEET IN DIAMETER, DEVELOPMENT TO SOUTH, WITH SOUTH WORKING FACE ABOUT 240 FEET HIGH.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore
Augite Gangue
Labradorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Olivine Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.73508, 41.47082
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mafic Extrusive Flows

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS FAULTS, FEW EXPOSURES; EASTERN CONN. TRIASSIC BASIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN TO 1960'S

Mining district

District name Durham, Wallingford

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF CRUSHED STONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 426.72M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMPSON, H. E., 1968, "SURFICIAL GEOL. DURHAM QUAD.", USGS, GQ 756

  • Production

    SIMPSON, 1968.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIMPSON'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRIES BY SYMBOL. USGS, TOPO, 1964, "DURHAM", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRIES BY OVERPRINT AND TOPOGRAPHY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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