Granite Rock Quarry

Producer in Hampshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069137
MRDS ID W002555
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Rock Quarry
Related records 10243318

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.66534, 42.33887 (WGS84)
Relative position AT FLORENCE, WEST OF CONNECTICUT VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Easthampton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ashuelot River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Hampshire

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.66534, 42.33887

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Connecticut Valley

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMERSON, B.K., 1898 "DESCRIPTION OF THE HOLYOKE QUAD., MASS, CONN.", USGS ATLAS FOLIO 50 QUARRY LOCATION ONLY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COARSE MUSCOVITE - BIOTITE GRANITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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