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Goos Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

Past Producer in New London county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105473
MRDS ID W000570
Record type Site
Current site name Goos Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry
Related records 10289063

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.14422, 41.38443 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New London(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palmertown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thames(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut New London

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN 1911, OPERATOR CHARLES GOOS. QUARRY OPENED 1897. ON TOPO SHEET QUARRY NEARLY CIRCULAR AND ABOUT 200 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 30 FEET DEEP. GRANITE COLOR MEDIUM BUFF GRAY AND OF FINE TO MEDIUM GNEISSOSE TEXTURE. GNEISS FOLIATION STRIKES N. 80 DEG. WEST AND DIPS 65 DEG. NORTH 10 DEG. EAST. USED FOR COPING, FACING, STEPS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Gangue
Allanite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.14422, 41.38443
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 80 DEG. WEST
    Dip N. 10 DEG. EAST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granitic Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1897
Production years 1897 TO BEYOND 1911

Mining district

District name Waterford

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Charles Goos
    First year 1911

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, BUT MODERATE QUANTITY OF BUILDING STONE PROBABLY PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOLDSMITH, R., 1967, "BEDROCK GEOL. MAP MONTVILLE QUAD.", USGS, GQ 609

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1958, "MONTVILLE", AT 1:24000 SHOWS DEPRESSION AND SMALL POND. GOLDSMITH'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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