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Michiel Granite Gneiss Rock Quarries

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. 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 10105509
MRDS ID W001121
Record type Site
Current site name Michiel Granite Gneiss Rock Quarries
Related records 10167405

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.14786, 41.80943 (WGS84)

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • OPENED IN 1901. IN 1911, OPERATOR INO DE MICHIEL AND BRO. QUARRY SIZE 150 FOOT SQUARE AND 15 TO 30 FEET DEEP IN 1911. GNEISS FOLIATION STRIKES N. 35 DEG. EAST, DIP VERTICAL. SHEETS ONE TO 14 FEET THICK. COLOR DARK BLUISH GRAY AND OF MEDIUM VERY GNEISSOSE TEXTURE. USED MOSTLY FOR BUILDINGS. TWO ADDITIONAL QUARRIES ARE LOCATED 400 FEET NNE., AND 1000 FEET ESE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.14786, 41.80943
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 35 DEG. EAST
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 4.27M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Syntectonic Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COMPLEX GEOLOGY; GRANITE IN PRE CAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE GNEISSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1901
Production years 1901 TILL AT LEAST 1911

Mining district

District name Torrington

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ino De Micliel And Bro.

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING, SMALL VOLUME OF STONE PRODUCED FROM EACH QUARRY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

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

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLTON, R. B., 1968, "SURFICIAL GEOL. WEST TORRINGTON QUAD.", USGS, GQ 727

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1969, "WEST TORRINGTON", AT 1:24000 SHOWS QUARRY BY IRREGULAR TOPOGRAPHY. GATES' MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. COLTON'S MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRIES BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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