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Calcite Marble Rock Quarry No. Fk-004

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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068093
MRDS ID W001018
Record type Site
Current site name Calcite Marble Rock Quarry No. Fk-004
Related records 10191715

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.41261, 41.42693 (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. 75 DEG. EAST, DIP 50 DEG. NW. LOW SMALL HILLS, ADJACENT TO RIVER. TOPO SHEET SHOWS DEPRESSION ABOUT 200 FEET IN DIAMETER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antigorite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Forsterite 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) -73.41261, 41.42693
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 75 DEG. EAST
    Dip 50 DEG. NW.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed 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. CALCITE MARBLE CONTAINS ABOUT 94 PERCENT CALCITE, 6 PERCENT PHLOGOPITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN; TILL AT LEAST 1958

Mining district

District name Danbury

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MODERATE PRODUCTION OF CRUSHED CALCITE MARBLE FOR AGRICULTURAL LIME

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

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 MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT LOCATE QUARRY. USGS, TOPO, 1963, "DANBURY", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY SITE AS GRAVEL PIT ONLY. ; 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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