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Soapstone Mine No. Di-007

Past Producer in Litchfield 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. 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 10068073
MRDS ID W000997
Record type Site
Current site name Soapstone Mine No. Di-007
Related records 10264667

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.98286, 41.84249 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Collinsville(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 Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TALC CHLORITE SCHIST BODY THAT TRENDS NE. NINE OTHER SERPENTINE BODIES ALSO PROSPECTED FOR STEATITE. THESE ARE LOCATED 7200 FEET SE., 2200 FEET ESE., 2600 FEET EAST, 2400 FEET NE., 3000 FEET NE., 4400 FEET NE., 6200 FEET NE., 6800 FEET NE., 7200 FEET NE., FROM THE OPEN PIT MINE. ALL BODIES DEPICTED ON MAP AS ABOUT 200 TO 400 FEET LONG, 50 TO 100 FEET WIDE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soapstone Ore
Steatite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Sphene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.98286, 41.84249
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphism Of Pyroxene Hornblende Gneiss Layer

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERPENTINE BODIES ALONG CONTACT OF RUSTY SCHIST MEMBER AND KYANITE SCHIST MEMBER OF SLASHERS LEDGE FORMATION. YOUNGER GRANITE BELIEVED TO BE MOSTLY FORMED IN SITU.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name New Hartford

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING BUT PROBABLY ONLY SMALL QUANTITIES OF SOAPSTONE MINED FROM SMALL QUARRY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING BUT PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF SOAPSTONE AVAILABLE FROM SMALL BODIES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STANLEY, R. S., 1964, "BEDROCK GEOL. COLLINSVILLE QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD. REPORT NO. 16, MAP, TEXT, PG. 40 TO 43

  • Production

    STANLEY, 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STANLEY'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES MINE BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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