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Marble Rock Quarries No. Fj-019

Past Producer in Litchfield 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105478
MRDS ID W000591
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Rock Quarries No. Fj-019
Related records 10167447

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.3351, 41.68416 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Preston(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

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. MASSIVE, WHITE TO GRAY, MARBLE. PARTLY DOLOMITIC WITH NUMEROUS MICACEOUS LAYERS. TOPO SHOWS QUARRY SITE ABOUT 150 FEET LONG, 50 FEET WIDE, WITH WORKING FACE TO SW. ABOUT 25 FEET HIGH. STRIKE OF SCHISTOSITY N. 45 DEG. E, DIP 80 DEG. NW. AN ADDITIONAL SMALL QUARRY IS LOCATED 800 FEET TO SSW.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore
Mica Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.3351, 41.68416
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Limestone Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THIN FAULT SLICE; OVERTHRUSTS TO SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN

Mining district

District name Washington

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. SIZE OF PITS INDICATES ONLY SMALL MARBLE PRODUCTION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GATES, R. M., 1952, "BEDROCK GEOL. NEW PRESTON QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISC. SERIES NO. 5, MAP, TEX

  • Production

    COLTON, 1969.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLTON'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRIES BY SYMBOL; DOES NOT GIVE ROCK TYPE. GATES' MAP AT 1:31680; DOES NOT SHOW QUARRIES. USGS, TOPO, 1955, "NEW PRESTON", AT 1:24000 SHOWS MAIN QUARRY SITE BY TOPOGRAPHY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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