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South Boston, City of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Alternative Names:	Dorchester Heights, South Boston
Type:	Section of populated place
Mindat.org Region:	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Region:	City of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Latitude:	42° 20' 0" N
Longitude:	71° 2' 58" W
Lat/Long (dec):	42.33343,-71.04949
Köppen climate type:	Dfa : Hot-summer humid continental climate
Elevation:	14m
Population:	571,281 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:	4951305
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:4951305:3
GUID:	5ce2d4b6-41e5-4217-bfdc-ecd95944538e

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Puddingstone locality, Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 19' 56" N	71° 6' 10" W	4.4km (2.7 miles)
Squantum, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 18' 2" N	71° 0' 50" W	4.7km (2.9 miles)
Granite Street Quarry (Milk Row Quarry), Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 23' 1" N	71° 6' 7" W	7.1km (4.4 miles)
Rowe's Quarry, Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 20' 37" N	71° 8' 37" W	7.8km (4.9 miles)
Warren Street Quarry (Beatty's Ledge), Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 20' 55" N	71° 8' 33" W	7.9km (4.9 miles)
Mystic River Quarries (Mystic Quarries), Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 23' 46" N	71° 5' 39" W	7.9km (4.9 miles)
Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 20' 57" N	71° 8' 56" W	8.4km (5.2 miles)
McMurtry's Ledge Stone Quarry, Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 21' 1" N	71° 9' 35" W	9.3km (5.8 miles)
Two Penny Brook Quarry, Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 24' 2" N	71° 6' 59" W	9.3km (5.8 miles)
Lake Street Pudding Stone Location, Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 20' 39" N	71° 9' 47" W	9.4km (5.9 miles)
Hammond St. Quarry, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 18' 52" N	71° 9' 41" W	9.4km (5.9 miles)
Merry Mount Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 15' 1" N	71° 1' 18" W	9.5km (5.9 miles)
Fallon Brothers Quarry (Quincy Quarry; Ballou Quarry; Old Colony Crushed Stone Company Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 14' 49" N	71° 1' 18" W	9.9km (6.1 miles)
Gold Leaf Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 14' 39" N	71° 3' 6" W	9.9km (6.1 miles)
Little Granite Railway Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 14' 39" N	71° 2' 12" W	10.0km (6.2 miles)
Granite Railway Quarry (Granite Rail Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 14' 39" N	71° 2' 7" W	10.0km (6.2 miles)
Thompsonville "silver mine", Thompsonville, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 19' 27" N	71° 10' 15" W	10.0km (6.2 miles)
Hardwick Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 14' 47" N	71° 0' 56" W	10.1km (6.3 miles)
Field & Wild Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 14' 51" N	71° 0' 38" W	10.1km (6.3 miles)
J. S. Swingle Quarry (Swingle's Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 14' 36" N	71° 1' 59" W	10.1km (6.3 miles)
McKenzie & Patterson Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 14' 48" N	71° 0' 51" W	10.1km (6.3 miles)
Badger Brothers Quarry (Badger's Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 14' 36" N	71° 1' 53" W	10.1km (6.3 miles)
Cashman Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 14' 32" N	71° 2' 48" W	10.1km (6.3 miles)
Berry's Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 14' 30" N	71° 2' 2" W	10.3km (6.4 miles)
Bunker Hill Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 14' 26" N	71° 2' 4" W	10.4km (6.5 miles)
Thompsonville, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 18' 55" N	71° 11' 3" W	11.3km (7.0 miles)
Forest Street construction site, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 25' 37" N	71° 6' 18" W	11.4km (7.1 miles)
West Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 16' 1" N	71° 9' 29" W	11.6km (7.2 miles)
Rowe Quarry (Black Ann Hill Quarry), Revere, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 26' 24" N	71° 1' 20" W	12.1km (7.5 miles)
Pine Hill quarries (Medford quarries), Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA	42° 26' 9" N	71° 6' 18" W	12.3km (7.6 miles)

Granite Rail Quarry

Granite Railway Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Granite Rail Quarry

Granite Railway Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Little Granite Rail Quarry (2004)

Little Granite Railway Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Granite Rail Quarry

Granite Railway Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Granite Rail Quarry

Granite Railway Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Little Granite Rail Quarry (2004)

Little Granite Railway Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Granite Rail Quarry

Granite Railway Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Granite Rail Quarry

Granite Railway Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Minerals recorded nearby (within 12.3 km)

ⓘ Actinolite

ⓘ Aegirine

ⓘ Albite

ⓘ var: Oligoclase-Albite

ⓘ 'Allanite Group'

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

ⓘ 'Oligoclase-Andesine'

ⓘ 'Riebeckite Root Name Group'

ⓘ 'var: Crocidolite'

ⓘ Siderite

ⓘ Sphalerite

ⓘ 'Stilbite Subgroup'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 12.3 km)

ⓘ 'Puddingstone'

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Carolinia Domain, North America Plate	Domain
USA	Country
Massachusetts, USA	State
Boston Basin, Massachusetts, USA	Basin
Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA	County
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA	City

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