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Diabase Rock Quarry No. Bi-003

Past Producer in Tolland 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068081
MRDS ID W001005
Record type Site
Current site name Diabase Rock Quarry No. Bi-003
Related records 10118965

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.41062, 41.95804 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tolland(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellington(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 Tolland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. DIABASE DIKE MORE THAN 8 MILES LONG, 60 TO 200 FEET WIDE, USUALLY 100 TO 120 FEET WIDE; TRENDS NE., DIP NW. AT STEEP ANGLE. DARK GRAY TO BLACK, FINE GRAINED WITH CLUSTERS OF YELLOWISH FELDSPAR 0.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER; TOUGH.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diabase Ore
Augite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Labradorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Olivine Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result MINERALS IN PERCENT IN THE DIABASE ARE AUGITE 42.7
Result LABRADORITE, AN 60 TO 63, 54.4
Result MAGNETITE 2.0
Result BIOTITE 0.5.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.41062, 41.95804
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 12874.4M
    Width 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mafic Intrusive Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALS IN PERCENT IN THE DIABASE ARE AUGITE 42.7; LABRADORITE, AN 60 TO 63, 54.4; MAGNETITE 2.0; BIOTITE 0.5. EN ECHELON DIKE SYSTEM INTRUDES PRE MISSISSIPPIAN GLASTONBURY GNEISS. ANALYSES ON PG. 43, 44.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Somers

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY SMALL PRODUCTION OF CRUSHED STONE FOR LOCAL ROADS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS. QUARRY SITE WITHIN SHENIPSIT STATE FOREST.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLLINS, G. E., 1954, "BEDROCK GEOL. ELLINGTON QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD. REPORT NO. 4, MAP, TEXT, PG. 41

  • Production

    COLLINS, 1954

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLLINS MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT LOCATE QUARRY. ; 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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