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Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Ek-006

Past Producer in Fairfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone
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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 10068209
MRDS ID W001157
Record type Site
Current site name Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Ek-006

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.22343, 41.37221 (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
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. MOSTLY MEDIUM GRAINED, POORLY FOLIATED TO MASSIVE GNEISS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Kyanite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sillimanite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Brookfield Gneiss
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Sediments And Volcanic Dacitic Flows And Tuffs.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ROCK TYPES INCLUDE SCHIST, GNEISS, GRANODIORITE, PEGMATITE. HARRISON JUST WEST OF MAJOR STRUCTURAL ZONE THAT TRENDS NE., THE ZONE TO NORTH IS PART OF WEST BOUNDARY OF CONN. TRIASSIC 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 Newton

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION STONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

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. 9 TO 12

  • 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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