Stony Creek Granite Gneiss Quarries

Past Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10068041
MRDS ID	W000954
Record type	Site
Current site name	Stony Creek Granite Gneiss Quarries
Related records	10119308

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-72.74202, 41.28555 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guilford(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

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Stone, Dimension	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

OPENED 1876 WITH TWO QUARRY SITES. EAST QUARRY 200 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 50 FEET WIDE WITH WORKING FACE ON EAST. WEST QUARRY 300 FEET SOUTH, AND IS 400 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 75 FEET WIDE, AND AS MUCH AS 30 FEET DEEP, WITH WORKING FACE TO WEST. SHEETS 2 TO 12 FEET THICK, DIP 15 DEG. WSW. BIOTITIC PLANES STRIKE N. 65 DEG. EAST, DIP 60 TO 65 DEG. NNW. GRANITE COLOR MEDIUM REDDISH GRAY, WITH MEDIUM TO COARSE, NOT PORPHYRITIC, GNEISSOID TEXTURE. USED FOR VARIOUS BUILDINGS. OPERATOR IN 1911, STONY CREEK RED GRAINITE CO.

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Apatite	Gangue
Magnetite	Gangue
Microcline	Gangue
Muscovite	Gangue
Oligoclase	Gangue
Orthoclase	Gangue
Plagioclase	Gangue
Pyrite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue
Zircon	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-72.74202, 41.28555	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Dip 15 DEG. NNW

Thickness 3.66M

Dip	15 DEG. NNW
Thickness	3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

Granitic Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

GEOL.DESC: THIS AREA OF MONSON GNEISS FORMERLY STONY CREEK GRANITE GNEISS. GRANITE HAS VERY IRREGULAR TEXTURE WITH FELDSPARS ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No
Year of first production	1876
Production years	1876 TILL AT LEAST 1911

Mining district

District name	Branford

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Stony Creek Red Granite Co.

First year 1911

Type	Operator
Owner	Stony Creek Red Granite Co.
First year	1911

Comments on the production information

FIGURES LACKING BUT PRODUCTION LARGE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Comments on development

TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W000954

Bibliographic references

Deposit

DALE, T. N., 1911, "GRANITES OF CONN.", USGS, BULL. 484, MAP, TEXT, PG. 82 TO 84
Production

DALE, 1911

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	USGS, TOPO, 1968, "GUILDFORD", AT 1:24,000, SHOWS LOCATION OF QUARRY SITES BY SYMBOL AND DEPRESSIONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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