Highly Biotitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Bi-006

Past Producer in Tolland county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  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 10068084
MRDS ID W001008
Record type Site
Current site name Highly Biotitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Bi-006
Related records 10143490

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.43701, 41.88109 (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, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. HIGHLY BIOTITIC, WELL FOLIATED, DARK GRAY; SCHISTOSITY STRIKE N. 25 DEG. EAST, DIP 35 DEG. NW.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Sphene Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result MINERALS IN PERCENT IN GNEISS FROM 5 SAMPLES ARE PLAGIOCLASE 12 TO 41
Result MICROCLINE 0 TO 16
Result QUARTZ 41 TO 58
Result BIOTITE 4 TO 23
Result HORNBLENDE 0 TO 10
Result MUSCOVITE 0 TO 4
Result EPIDOTE 0 TO 11
Result MAGNETITE TR TO 1
Result PYRITE N TO TR
Result APATITE N TO TRACE
Result ZIRCON N TO TR
Result RUTILE N. PLAGIOCLASE IS ORTHOCLASE. ACCESSORY MINERALS GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 PERCENT OF ROCK.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.43701, 41.88109

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 25 DEG. EAST.
    Dip 35 DEG. NW.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphism With Late Metasomatism Of Sediments

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 PRODUCTION OF BUILDING STONE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK 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. COLLINS ANALYSES ON PAGE 43, 44. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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