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Gillette Quarry

Past Producer in Middlesex county in Connecticut, United States with commodities Feldspar, Semiprecious Gemstone, Mica, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167375
MRDS ID W000945
MAS/MILS ID 0090070002
Record type Site
Current site name Gillette Quarry
Alternate or previous names J-J Mine, Haddam Neck Quarry
Related records 10068034

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.51142, 41.49249 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Middlesex(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haddam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Outlet Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Middlesex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Tertiary
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary
Mica Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Beryl Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Cleavelandite Unknown
Columbite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Lepidolite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Tantalite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.51142, 41.49249
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 00E
    Length 107M
    Width 61M
    Area 2.2HA
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N35W:00E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2.2
    Date of Last Modification 820331

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1896

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gillette, Sterling C.
    Interest 100
    Home office Connecticut
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Buckley E. Johnson (Lessee)
    Home office Connecticut
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Erie H. Johnson (Lessee)
    Home office Connecticut
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASTIAN EDSON S., USGS BULL 420, 1910, PP 48-49

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, EUGENE N., ET.AL., USGS PROF. PAPER 255, 1954, PP 3

  • Deposit

    KILLEEN, P.L., NEWMAN, W.L., TEXT FOR USGS MR-44, 1965, P 3

  • Deposit

    STERRETT, DOUGLAS B., USGS BULL 740, 1923, PP 67-69

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED COMPANY AND GOVT. WAR MIN. REPT., F

  • Deposit

    91.1854, J-J MINE, MIDDLESEX CO., CONN.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS 800-824 OF 1975 ENTRY RECORD 700/ REC. 070-072 RECORD 701/ GENERAL INFO FOR ALL RECORDS RECORD 702/ TIN INFORMATION RECORD 703/ REC. 070-072 RECORD 704/ GENERAL INFO FOR ALL RECORDS. RECORD 040/ DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETOW MAX. SUR. AREA DISTURBED WAS ROUGHLY MEASURED OFF A MAP BY C ET.AL. (REC. 704) RECORD 050/ E.N CAMERON ET.AL. EXAMINED AND MAPPED THE MINE. REC 060/PEG INTRUDED INTERBEDDED QTZ-MICA SCHISTS, MICA-QTZI CALC-SILICATE GNEISS, AND MARBLE OF THE BOLTON SCHIST REC 070/ MINERALOGY OF THE PEGMATITE. REC 080/ CASSITERITE IS MENTIONED AS OCCURRING IN PEG BUT IN CONCERNING ITS CHARACTER IS UNAVAILABLE. MANY GEM AND MIN SP OCCUR IN POCKETS 8-10 IN. IN DIA. IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED TH PEG. GEM MINERALS WERE MORE EXTENSIVELY MINED IN THE WESTERN OF THE DEPOSIT DEP. CONSISTS OF INTERCONNECTED, LENTICULAR PEG BODIES 15-80 THICK WHICH ARE GEN. ORIENTED ALONG FOLIATION OF COUNTRY ROC ING N 35 W AND DIPPING STEEPLY EAST. THE PEG WALLS HAVE IRRE ROLLS AND KEELS BUT CONTACT WITH HOST ROCK IS SHARP. PEG IS AND CAVITIES ARE NOTED PARTICULARLY IN QTZ-PERTHITE ZONE SAND AND GRAVEL OVERBURDEN UP TO 10 FT THICK MIN. ZONE DIMENTIONS FROM MAP AND X-SECTIONS IN REC 701

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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