Bogue Mill

Unknown in New Haven county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107257
MRDS ID W000919
Record type Site
Current site name Bogue Mill
Alternate or previous names Lorusso Quarry, Fallsville Quarry, New Milford Plant, #1 Quarry, Woodbury Basalt Trap Rock Quarry
Related records 10289290

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.04553, 41.52839 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waterbury(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 New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. TOPO SHEET SHOWS QUARRY 400 FEET LONG EAST TO WEST, AND 200 FEET WIDE NORTH TO SOUTH, WITH WORKING FACE 70 TO 100 FEET HIGH. BASALT TOUGH, DARK GRAY OR BLACK, FLOWS DENSE AND LOCALLY PORPHYRITIC IN LOWER PORTIONS; MORE VESICULAR IN UPPER PORTIONS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.04553, 41.52839

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Mafic Flows
  • GEOL.DESC: INTERBEDDED MAFIC FLOWS AND SEDIMENTS IN EAST CENTRAL CONN. POMPERAUG VALLEY; NUMEROUS FAULTS.
  • Jho
  • Ygr
  • Cwb

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years BEFORE 1948, STILL ACTIVE

Mining district

District name Woodbury

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner O&G INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Year 2003

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; QUARRY HAS PRODUCED MODERATE QUANTITY OF CRUSHED STONE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES LACKING; LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GATES, R. M., 1954, "BEDROCK GEOL. WOODBURY QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD. REPORT NO. 3, MAP, TEXT, PG. 21

  • Production

    GATES, 1954

  • Deposit

    Tepordei, V.V., 2001, Aggregates Industry Atlas Of The United States: Washington, D.C., National Stone, Sand And Gravel Association, One Cd-Disk.Tepordei, V.V., 2001, Aggregates Industry Atlas Of The United States: Washington, D.C., National Stone, Sand And Gravel Association, One Cd-Disk.

  • Deposit

    Rodgers, John (Compiler), 1985, Bedrock Geological Map Of Connecticut: Connecticut Geologic And Natural History Survey, Natural Resource Atlas Map Series, 2 Map Sheets, 1:125,000.Rodgers, John (Compiler), 1985, Bedrock Geological Map Of Connecticut: Connecticut Geologic And Natural History Survey, Natural Resource Atlas Map Series, 2 Map Sheets, 1:125,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMIS
Deposit USGS, TOPO, 1955, "WOODBURY", AT 1:31,680 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. GATES MAP AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAR-2003 Kapo, K.E. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 17-MAR-2003 Kapo, K.E. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 17-MAR-2003 Kapo, K.E. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 17-MAR-2003 Kapo, K.E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 17-MAR-2003 Kapo, K.E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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