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Dolomitic Marble Rock Quarries No. Fk-001

Past Producer in Fairfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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 10068090
MRDS ID W001015
Record type Site
Current site name Dolomitic Marble Rock Quarries No. Fk-001
Related records 10265057

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.41676, 41.49082 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Danbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Fairfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. MARBLE GRAY TO WHITE; SCHISTOSITY USUALLY PARALLEL TO LAYERING WHICH MAY BE BEDDING. SCHISTOSITY STRIKE N. 20 DEG. EAST, DIP 60 DEG. NW. TOPO SHOWS PIT WITH POND ABOUT 400 FEET LONG, 150 FEET WIDE; TRENDING NNW. OUTCROPS AND PONDS TO SE. MAY BE ADDITIONAL ABANDONED QUARRY SITES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antigorite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Tremolite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.41676, 41.49082
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 20 DEG. EAST
    Dip 60 DEG. NW.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Dolomitic Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: INWOOD AFFECTED BY REGIONAL METAMORPHISM TO SILLIMANITE ALMANDITE GRADE FOLLOWED BY HYDROTHERMAL ACTION CAUSED BY GRANITIC EVENTS; FOLLOWED BY SHEARING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Brookfield

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MODERATE AMOUNT OF DOLOMITIC AND CALCIC MARBLE QUARRIED AND BURNED FOR LOCAL PLASTER MARKET.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS BUT GENERALLY LOW RELIEF AND HIGH GROUND WATER DETERRENTS FOR QUARRY DEVELOPMENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, J. W., 1958, "BEDROCK GEOL. DANBURY QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD. REPORT NO. 7, MAP, TEXT, PG. 45

  • Production

    CLARK, 1958.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLARK'S GEOL. MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT LOCATE QUARRIES. USGS, TOPO, 1963, "DANBURY", AT 1:24000 SHOWS SMALL PONDS. ; 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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