Crissey Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

Occurrence in Litchfield county in Connecticut, 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. 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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069330
MRDS ID W006791
Record type Site
Current site name Crissey Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry
Related records 10143188

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -73.24403, 41.79273 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Torrington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waterbury(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 Litchfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -73.24403, 41.79273

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 10 DEG. NW
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granitic Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1881

Mining district

District name Norfolk

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Crissey, R. I.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DACE, T.N. 1911, "GRANITES OF CONN.", USGS BULL. 484, MAP, TEXT, PG. 69

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-72 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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