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Benedict Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105510
MRDS ID W001128
Record type Site
Current site name Benedict Granite Gneiss Rock Quarry
Related records 10215761

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.31704, 41.84305 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Litchfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornwall(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

  • OWNED BY TRUSTEN H. BENEDICT AND OPERATED BY FELIX JORDAN IN 1911. QUARRY 75 FEET SQUARE, 15 FEET DEEP IN 1911. GNEISS FOLIATION STRIKES N. 50 DEG. EAST, DIPS VERTICAL. SHEETS 2 TO 4 FEET THICK, DIP LOW NW. SOME PEGMATITES; STRIKE N. 15 DEG. EAST AND DIP VERTICAL. MEDIUM BLUE GRAY COLOR WITH MEDIUM TO FINE GNEISSOSE TEXTURE. USED FOR TRIM.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.31704, 41.84305
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 50 DEG. EAST
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Granitic Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years EARLY 1900'S

Mining district

District name Cornwall

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Felix Jordan
    First year 1911
  • Type Owner
    Owner Trusten H. Benedict

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT PRODUCTION SMALL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING BUT LARGE VOLUME OF GOOD BUILDING STONE REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, T. N., 1911, "GRANITES OF CONN.", USGS, BULL. 484, MAP, TEXT, PG. 67, 68

  • Production

    DALE, 1911

Reporter information

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

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