Arkose Quarry

Past Producer in Hampden county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10069181
MRDS ID W002629
Record type Site
Current site name Arkose Quarry
Related records 10243514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.71924, 42.07248 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.5 MI S.E. OF WESTFIELD; 2.8 MI S. OF WESTFIELD RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampden(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Springfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westfield River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

New England National Scenic Trail(National Scenic Trail)

National Scenic Trail NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Hampden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Rock unit name New Haven Arkose
    Rock description New Haven Arkose
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.71924, 42.07248

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conn. Valley, West Of Conn. River

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLTON, R.B., HARTSHORN, J.H., 1966 "BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST SPRINGFIELD QUADRANGLE, MASS. - CONN.", USGS GQ 537

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW BASIN DEPOSIT; FAULTED; ARKOSE SILTSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE. ABANDONED ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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.