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Bethel Feldspar Pegmatite Quarry

Past Producer in Fairfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Feldspar, Quartz
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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 10068099
MRDS ID W001024
Record type Site
Current site name Bethel Feldspar Pegmatite Quarry
Related records 10240385

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.35454, 41.35805 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Botsford(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
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Albite Gangue
Bertrandite Gangue
Beryl Gangue
Columbite Gangue
Hyalite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Uranophane Gangue
Quartz Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.35454, 41.35805
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEGMATITE DIKE NEAR CONTACT OF CAMBRIAN ORDOVICIAN HARTLAND FORMATION AND YOUNGER CAMBRIAN ORDOVICIAN HARRISON GNEISS FORMATION

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. PRODUCTION OF FELDSPAR ORE PROBABLY SMALL . PRODUCED FELDSPAR CONCENTRATES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF FELDSPAR ORE AVAILABLE.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYERSON,K.H.,1968,"ROCK HOUND'S GUIDE TO CONN.",THE PEQUOT PRESS, TEXT, PG

  • Production

    JANUZZI, 1959

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARRY LOCATION FROM SKETCH AND TEXT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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