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Locality Pages

LocalityCitation Details
Connecticut, USA
Biermann Quarries (Bethel quarries; Codfish Hill Quarry), Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Tourmaline occurrence, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Old lead mine, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Curtis prospect, Redding Glen (Redding Ridge), Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
West Redding grossular locality, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Casey Quarry (Ridgefield pegmatite), Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Wilton Silver Mine, Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
State Route 189 road cut, Tariffville Gorge, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Canton Lead Mines (Cherry Brook lead mine; Dyer Farm zinc mine), Rattlesnake Hill, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Farmington Trap Rock Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Tomasso Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Diamond Lake locality, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Hollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Howe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Spinelli prospect (Spinelli quarry), Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
State Route 2 roadcut, Marlborough, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Pine Mountain, Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Harwinton stibnite locality, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Mount Prospect complex (Prospect Hill complex; Prospect Mountain complex), Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
West Farms locality, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
New England Mining Company Quarry (Roebling Mine; Hewitt's Mine), Upper Merryall, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Pfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Green's Farm locality (Roxbury garnet mine; Roxbury Falls garnet mine; Garnet Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Rockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Roxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Unnamed quartz mine (Judd's Bridge kyanite locality), Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Mt. Tom prospects, Moodus, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Linkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Becker Quarry, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Great Hill Pond Brook pegmatite, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
State Forest Quarry No. 2 (State Forest #2 Mica Mine; Carini Quarry), Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Nathan Hall Quarry (Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Slocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
State Forest Quarry No. 1 (State Forest #1 Quarry; Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Worth and Selden Quarries (Victoria Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Arnold Granite Quarry (General Brainerd Quarry; Great Hill Quarry; Hazelton Quarry; Haddam Quarry; Brookes Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Arnold Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Chrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Rock Landing Quarry (Capt. Rohrback Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Hazen quarry (Epidote locality), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Hewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Jail Hill Road locality (Jail Hill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Long Hill prospects (Turkey Hill prospects), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Timms Hill (Tim's Hill; Iolite Hill), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Middletown lead mines (Middletown Mine), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Andrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Hale-Walker prospects, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Schoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Gotta-Walden Prospect, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Hale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Nike prospect, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Pelton's Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Cheshire Traprock Quarry, Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Copper Valley Mine (Bellamy's Mine; Munson's Mine), Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Cinque Quarry, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
High Street and Interstate 95 interchange, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Meriden Trap Rock Quarry (Lane's Quarry), Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Arsenic and nickel mine (Nickel Mine Brook), Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Curtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Mansfield Hollow Dam, Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA

Mineral Occurrences

LocalityMineral(s)
Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USAβ“˜ Pargasite
Wilton Silver Mine, Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USAβ“˜ Sphalerite
State Route 189 road cut, Tariffville Gorge, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USAβ“˜ Anhydrite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Datolite, β“˜ Fluorite, β“˜ Pectolite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Stilpnomelane, β“˜ Thaumasite
Farmington Trap Rock Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USAβ“˜ Amethyst, β“˜ Aragonite, β“˜ Chalcedony, β“˜ Chalcopyrite, β“˜ Datolite, β“˜ Stilbite Subgroup
Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USAβ“˜ Albite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Chalcopyrite, β“˜ Chondrodite, β“˜ Clinochlore, β“˜ Diopside, β“˜ Dolomite, β“˜ Galena, β“˜ Greenockite, β“˜ Malachite, β“˜ Oligoclase, β“˜ Phlogopite, β“˜ Scapolite, β“˜ Sphalerite
State Routes 8 and 222 interchange, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USAβ“˜ Actinolite, β“˜ Albite, β“˜ Axinite-(Fe), β“˜ Clinozoisite, β“˜ Diopside, β“˜ Rutile, β“˜ Titanite
Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USAβ“˜ Albite, β“˜ Cerussite, β“˜ Diopside, β“˜ Greenockite, β“˜ Grossular, β“˜ Ilmenite, β“˜ Kaolinite, β“˜ Montmorillonite, β“˜ Oligoclase, β“˜ Pyromorphite, β“˜ Pyrrhotite, β“˜ Vanadinite
Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USAβ“˜ Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series, β“˜ Cookeite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Triplite, β“˜ Xanthoxenite
Slocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USAβ“˜ Fluorite, β“˜ Scheelite, β“˜ Xenotime-(Y)
Worth and Selden Quarries (Victoria Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USAβ“˜ Kyanite
Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USAβ“˜ Amethyst, β“˜ Quartz
Arnold Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USAβ“˜ Torbernite
Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USAβ“˜ LΓΆllingite
Nike prospect, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USAβ“˜ Beryl, β“˜ Bismutite, β“˜ Gahnite
Mansfield Hollow Dam, Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USAHornblende, β“˜ Titanite

See Also

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errors in Schooner, Richard. (1961), The Mineralogy of Connecticut. Fluorescent House, Branford, Connecticut.
Schooner, Richard. (1961), The Mineralogy of Connecticut. Fluorescent House, Branford, Conn.
Schooner, Richard. (1958) The Mineralogy of the Portland-East Hampton-Middletown-Haddam Area in Connecticut (With a few notes on Glastonbury and Marlborough). Published by Richard Schooner; Ralph Lieser of Pappy’s Beryl Shop, East Hampton; and Howard Pate of Fluorescent House, Branford, Connecticut.
Schooner, Richard. (1961): THE MINERALOGY OF CONNECTICUT.
Schooner, R. (1958): The mineralogy of the Portland-East Hampton-Middletown-Haddam area in Connecticut (with a few notes on Glastonbury and Marlborough). Fluorescent House, East Hampton and Branford, Conn.: Richard Schooner, Ralph Lieser, and Howard Pate.
Jones, Robert W. (1960): Luminescent Minerals of Connecticut. Fluorescent House, Branford, Connecticut.
Schooner (1961) Mineralogy of Connecticut.
and Howard Pate of Fluorescent House, Branford, Connecticut.
Jones, Robert W. (1960): Luminescent Minerals of Connecticut, A Guide to Their Properties and Locations. Fluorescent House, Branford, Connecticut.
Richard Schooner, c.1980 manuscript, Central Connecticut Mineralogy
Schooner, Richard (1980): The Mineralogy of Central Connecticut, privately published.
 
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