Mine detail: Gillette Quarry

Previously called 'J-J MineHaddam Neck Quarry'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.49249, -72.51142

Resource(B)

Tertiary:	Tin, Feldspar, Semiprecious Gemstone, Mica
Other material:	Apatite, Beryl, Cassiterite, Cleavelandite, Columbite, Fluorite, Garnet, Lepidolite, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Tantalite, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1896

Geology

References

MRDS	W000945
MAS	90070002
DEP	10167375
Reference	{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TEXT FOR USGS MR-44, 1965, P 3}{Deposit:: STERRETT, DOUGLAS B., USGS BULL 740, 1923, PP 67-69}{Deposit:: CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED COMPANY AND GOVT.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.}
Reporter	Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)