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Topstone Hill Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Fairfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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 10068105
MRDS ID W001030
Record type Site
Current site name Topstone Hill Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.44844, 41.29916 (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)

Saugatuck(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, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. LARGE VARIETY OF GRANITE AND GRANITIC GNEISSES IN MAP UNIT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.44844, 41.29916
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Or Syntectonic Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN; 1842

Mining district

District name Redding

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF BUILDING STONE PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERCIVAL, J.G., 1842, "GEOL. OF CONN.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MAP, TEXT, PG. 5

  • Production

    PERCIVAL, 1842

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARRY LOCATED BY TEXT DESCRIPTION ; 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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