Granite Quarry

Occurrence in Franklin 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069354
MRDS ID W006822
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Quarry
Related records 10121283

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.36367, 42.62609 (WGS84)
Relative position 4.2 MILES S.W. OF WARWICK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Grace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Millers River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SHEETS 10 IN. TO 3 FT. THICK

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.36367, 42.62609

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 106.68M
    Width 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warwick - Royalton Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PIT, ONLY THIN SHEETS QUARRIED, WEAKLY FOLIATED; IGNEOUS SILT OR STOCK

Comments on development

  • OLD ABANDONED QUARRY PRE-CEMENT SOURCE OF DIMENSION STONE FOR FOUNDATION STONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HADLEY, J.B., 1949, "GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT GRACE QUADRANGLE, MASS." USGS GQ NO. 3 QUARRY LOCATION AND SHORT TEXT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNIFORM GRANITE WITH LITTLE BIOTITE ; 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.