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Limestone Quarry No. Ck-008

Past Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Ore body information
  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 10068040
MRDS ID W000952
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Quarry No. Ck-008

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.66552, 41.42399 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(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 New Haven

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GLENS FALLS 1:250000; LAT-LONG VALUES TAKEN FROM 1:24000 MAP (DURHAM, CONNECTICUT) CITED IN REFERENCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Information Lacking. In General Area, In Places, Blue, Commonly Sandy Fine Grained Limestone Or Dolostone, As Much As 15 Feet Thick Reported.
  • INFORMATION LACKING. IN GENERAL AREA, IN PLACES, BLUE, COMMONLY SANDY FINE GRAINED LIMESTONE OR DOLOSTONE, AS MUCH AS 15 FEET THICK REPORTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.66552, 41.42399
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geol.Desc: Numerous Faults, Few Exposures; Eastern Conn. Triassic Basin.
  • GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS FAULTS, FEW EXPOSURES; EASTERN CONN. TRIASSIC BASIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN

Mining district

District name North Branford

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL PRODUCTION OF LIMESTONE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF GOOD QUALITY LIMESTONE AVAILABLE.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    SIMPSON, 1968.

  • Deposit

    Simpson, H. E., 1968, "Surficial Geol. Durham Quad.", Usgs, Gq 756Simpson, H. E., 1968, "Surficial Geol. Durham Quad.", Usgs, Gq 756

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Simpson'S Map At 1:24000 Locates Quarry By Symbol. ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Deposit SIMPSON'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 24-MAR-2003 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Corrected Latitude So That It Falls Within Durham Quadrangle Using Cited Reference; However, Location Not Precisely Verified
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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