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Mascetti Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

Past Producer in Litchfield 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 10068178
MRDS ID W001124
Record type Site
Current site name Mascetti Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry
Related records 10240365

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.12786, 41.77221 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Torrington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(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 Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OPENED IN 1903; OPERATOR JOSEPH MASCETTI IN 1911. IN 1911, QUARRY ABOUT 200 FEET LONG, 50 FOOT WORKING FACE TO EAST. GNEISS FOLIATION STRIKE N. 20 DEG. EAST, DIP 20 DEG. EAST, DIP 20 DEG. SHEETS 2 TO 4 FEET THICK, DIP 20 AND 50 DEG. NW. PEGMATITE DIKES ONE TO TWO FEET THICK TREND N. 15 DEG. EAST AND DIP VERTICALLY; THEY CONTAIN BLACK TOURMALINE AND ARE BORDERED WITH APLITE. STONE LIGHT BLUISH GRAY WITH FINE GNEISSOSE TEXTURE, USED FOR CURBING AND STEPS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Ordovician? granitic gneiss
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 20 DEG. EAST
    Dip 20 DEG. EAST
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Syntectonic Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COMPLEX GEOLOGY; GRANITE IN PRE CAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE GNEISSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Production years 1903 TILL AT LEAST 1911

Mining district

District name Litchfield

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joseph Masetti
    First year 1911

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT PRODUCTION SMALL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAIN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLTON, R. B., 1968, "SURFICIAL GEOL. WEST TORRINGTON QUAD.", USGS, GQ 727

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLTON'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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