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Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Ek-026

Past Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105511
MRDS ID W001137
Record type Site
Current site name Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Ek-026
Related records 10265138

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.06203, 41.29971 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ansonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(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 New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. GRANITIC BODY ABOUT 1000 FEET LONG, 400 FEET WIDE TRENDS NE. PART OF CLUSTER OF SMALL GRANITIC BODIES; LOCALLY CONTAIN ABUNDANT PEGMATITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.06203, 41.29971
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 304.8M
    Width 400M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Granitic Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WOODBRIDGE GRANITIC TO QUARTZ DIORITE GNEISS TRANSITIONAL BETWEEN WOODBRIDGE GRANITE TO ANSONIA GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Derby

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION STONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRITTS, C. E., 1965, "BEDROCK GEOL. ANSONIA QUAD.", USGS, GQ 426, VERY BRIEF TEXT

  • Production

    FRITTS, 1965.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRITTS' MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; 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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