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Marble Lime Rock Quarry No. Ek-009

Past Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068206
MRDS ID W001154
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Lime Rock Quarry No. Ek-009
Related records 10167913

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.13065, 41.35666 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Hill(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 New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. MARBLE BODY ABOUT 1400 FEET, LESS THAN 100 FEET WIDE TRENDING NW. TO NORTH. STRIKE OF BEDDING ABOUT N. 20 DEG. EAST, DIP 72 DEG. SE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Kyanite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.13065, 41.35666
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 20 DEG. EAST.
    Dip 72 DEG. SE.
    Length 426.72M
    Width 100M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Sedimentary Limestone Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE STRAITS SCHIST HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED RATHER CLAY RICH SEDIMENTS OF EUGEOSYNCLINAL BASIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Seymour

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY SMALL PRODUCTION OF MARBLE FOR LIME. HIGH GRADE LIME.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. PROBABLY LARGE VOLUME OF MARBLE REMAINS FOR LIME PRODUCTION

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, W. P., 1968, "BEDROCK GEOL. LONG HILL QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD REPORT NO. 24, MAP, TEXT, PG. 74

  • Production

    CROWLEY, 1968.

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

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