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Larrabee Felsic Biotite Gneiss Rock Quarry

Past Producer in Windham 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068110
MRDS ID W001036
Record type Site
Current site name Larrabee Felsic Biotite Gneiss Rock Quarry
Related records 10240511

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.22644, 41.72054 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Windham(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willimantic(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shetucket River(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Windham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OPENED ABOUT 1878. IN 1911 OPERATED BY CHARLES LARRABEE, JR. COLOR OF INTERBANDED MEDIUM AND VERY DARK GRAY SHADES WITH A FEW PINKISH BANDS OF MUSCOVITE GNEISS AND SOME PINKISH PEGMATITES. HAS FINE GRAINED GNEISSOSE TEXTURE. ON TOPO SHEET QUARRY IS ABOUT 400 FEET LONG EAST TO WEST, 200 FEET WIDE, AND A REPORTED 40 FEET DEEP. GNEISS FOLIATION STRIKES E. TO W.,DIPS 10 DEG.SOUTH. SHEETS 6 TO 12 INCHES THICK COINCIDE WITH FOLIATION. USED FOR CURBS, WALKS, STEPS, FLAGGING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.22644, 41.72054
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E TO W
    Dip 10 DEG. SOUTH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Water Deposited Basaltic To Dacitic Volcanics

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GNEISS QUARRY SITE 2300 FEET SOUTH OF YOUNGER PRE PENNSYLVANIAN WILLIMANTIC GNEISS BODY OF ALASKITE OR QUARTZ MONZONITE. ENTIRE AREA PREVIOUSLY MAPPED AS WILLIMANTIC GNEISS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1878
Production years 1878 TILL AFTER 1911

Mining district

District name Windham

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Charles Larrabee, Jr.

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT MODERATE AMOUNT OF BUILDING STONE PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SNYDER, G.L., 1964, "BEDROCK GEOL. WILLIMANTIC QUAD.", USGS, GQ 335

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SNYDER'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL.. USGS, TOPO, 1953, "WILLIMANTIC", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY AS SMALL POND ; 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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