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Marble Lime Rock Quarry No. Ek-007

Past Producer in Fairfield 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 10068208
MRDS ID W001156
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Lime Rock Quarry No. Ek-007

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.18426, 41.36916 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(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 Fairfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. MARBLE BODY ABOUT 200 FEET LONG, LESS THAN 25 FEET WIDE TRENDING NE. STRIKE OF BEDDING N. 65 DEG. EAST, DIP 35 DEG. NW.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.18426, 41.36916
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 65 DEG. EAST
    Dip 35 DEG. NW.
    Length 60.96M
    Width 25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Sedimentary Limestone Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BULK OF COLLINSVILLE HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED TUFFS AND PYROCLASTICS WITH NUMEROUS THICK AMPHIBOLITE, MARBLE, AND QUARTZITE LAYERS IN UPPERMOST PART OF SECTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Monroe

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 ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF MARBLE REMAINS FOR LIME MANUFACTURE.

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; QUARRY SYMBOL NOT USED. ; 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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