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Basalt Rock Quarry No. Di-010

Past Producer in Hartford 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068076
MRDS ID W001000
Record type Site
Current site name Basalt Rock Quarry No. Di-010
Related records 10191737

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.79063, 41.79609 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Outlet Connecticut 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, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOPO SHOWS QUARRY 400 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 300 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST, EAST WORKING FACE 90 FEET HIGH. ADDITIONAL QUARRY 300 FEET TO NORTHWEST IS 500 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 250 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST, WORKING FACE 90 FEET HIGH TO NW. BASALT TOUGH, FINE TO MEDIUM GRAINED, MEDIUM TO DARK GREENISH GRAY. THICKNESS OF FLOWS 250 TO 350 FEET

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore
Labradorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    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) -72.79063, 41.79609
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mafic Extrusive Flows

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LOCATED IN CONN. VALLEY 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 West Hartford

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; TOTAL PRODUCTION OF CRUSHED ROCK FROM QUARRIES WAS LARGE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHNABEL, R. W., 1960, "BEDROCK GEOL. AVON QUAD.", USGS, GQ 134, SHORT TEXT

  • Production

    SCHNABEL, 1960.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHNABEL'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRIES BY SYMBOL. USGS, TOPO, 1968, "AVON", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRIES BY TOPOGRAPHY. ; 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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