Mine detail: Gillette Quarry

Previously called 'J-J MineHaddam Neck Quarry'

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Location: Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.49249, -72.51142
dep_id: 10167375
mrds_id: W000945
mas_id: 90070002
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Tin, Feldspar, Semiprecious Gemstone, Mica
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Apatite, Beryl, Cassiterite, Cleavelandite, Columbite, Fluorite, Garnet, Lepidolite, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Tantalite, Tourmaline
Reporter: Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)
Year first produced: 1896
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  • Deposit:: CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED COMPANY AND GOVT.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.
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