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Silicified Fault Rock Quarry No. Bi-005

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10068083
MRDS ID W001007
Record type Site
Current site name Silicified Fault Rock Quarry No. Bi-005
Related records 10143129

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.44951, 41.90304 (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. SILICIFIED FAULT BRECCIA; COMPOUND FAULT TRENDS NORTH TO SOUTH; STEEP DIP TO WEST; RECURRENT MOVEMENT CAUSED INTENSE BRECCIATION WITH MULTIPLE SILICIFICATIONS. ZONE IN PLACES OVER 1000 FEET WIDE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.44951, 41.90304
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RECURRENT MOVEMENT WITH INTENSE SILICIFICATION, BRECCIATION, IN COMPOUND FAULT ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ellington

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY SMALL QUANTITY OF CRUSHED STONE PRODUCED FOR LOCAL ROAD PAVEMENT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; LARGE VOLUME OF SILICIFIED FAULT GOUGE STILL REMAINS.

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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