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Flaggy Quartzite Rock Quarry No. Bi-009

Producer in Tolland 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107259
MRDS ID W001011
Record type Site
Current site name Flaggy Quartzite Rock Quarry No. Bi-009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.39701, 41.86442 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tolland(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shetucket River(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Tolland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. IN 1955 QUARRY WORKED SPORADICALLY. BOTH SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. SCHISTOSITY TRENDS NE. WITH DIP PROBABLY ABOUT 20 DEG. NW. INTERBEDDED MEDIUM TO FINE GRAINED MICACEOUS QUARTZITES AND VERY FINE GRAINED ALMOST PURE QUARTZITES; BEDS INTERFINGER AND INTERGRADE INTO SCHISTS AND MARBLES IN SHORT DISTANCES. QUARTZITES LIGHT GRAY IN COLOR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.39701, 41.86442
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Sandstone Sediments

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LOWER PALEOZOIC GLASTONBURY GNEISS IS METASEDIMENT WITH SOME GRANITE DIKES AND ZONES THAT ARE ALSO FOLDED; TWO PERIODS OF METAMORPHISM. BOLTON OVERLIES HEBRON METASEDIMENTARY GNEISS AS A GRADATIONAL ZONE; QUARRY SITE PROBABLY WITHIN THIS ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN TILL AT LEAST 1955

Mining district

District name Tolland

Comments on the production information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. PROBABLY MODERATE AMOUNT OF BUILDING STONE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING. LARGE VOLUME OF ROCK REMAINS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AITKEN, J. M., 1955, "BEDROCK GEOL. ROCKVILLE QUAD.", CONN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, QUAD REPORT NO. 6, MAP, TEXT, PG. 32

  • Production

    AITKEN, 1955

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AITKEN'S MAP AT 1:24000 DOES NOT LOCATE QUARRY; FALLS IN HEBRON GNEISS UNIT NEAR BOLTON. USGS, TOPO, 1967, "ROCKVILLE", AT 1:24000 LOCATES QUARRY BY SYMBOL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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