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Marble Lime Rock Quarries No. Fk-008

Past Producer in Fairfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068097
MRDS ID W001022
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Lime Rock Quarries No. Fk-008
Related records 10240629

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.41622, 41.36166 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethel(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
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. MARBLE GENERALLY COARSE GRAINED, PARTLY DOLOMITIC, PARTLY CALCITIC. MANY LAYERS OF MICA SCHIST WHERE CALCITIC. TOPO SHOWS QUARRY ABOUT 800 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 250 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST, WITH WORKING FACE 110 FEET HIGH TO EAST. THREE ADDITIONAL QUARRIES ARE LOCATED 2000 FEET ENE., 1900 FEET DUE TEAST, AND 1900 FEET ESE. THE WATER FILLED ENE. QUARRY IS ABOUT 400 FEET LONG NORTH TO SOUTH, 200 FEET WIDE EAST TO WEST, WITH WORKING FACE MORE THAN 40 FEET HIGH TO EAST. THE ADJACENT WATERFILLED DUE TO EAST QUARRY IS ABOUT 200 FEET IN DIAMETER AND MORE THAN 30 FEET DEEP. THE NEARLY ADJACENT ESE QUARRY SHOWS A WORKING FACE ABOUT 100 FEET LONG, 20 FEET HIGH , TO THE NW.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.41622, 41.36166
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Limestone Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bethel

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; SIZE AND NUMBER OF PITS INDICATE LARGE PRODUCTION OF MARBLE FOR AGRICULTURAL LIME

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK SUITABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION STONE REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 76.2M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, TOPO, 1959, "BETHEL", AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRIES BY SYMBOL AND TOPOGRAPHY

  • Production

    TOPO, 1959

Reporter information

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

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