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Crissey Quarry (Crissy Hill), Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USAi
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Crissey Quarry (Crissy Hill)Quarry
Norfolk- not defined -
Litchfield CountyCounty
ConnecticutState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 1' 34'' North , 73° 12' 37'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Norfolk553 (2017)3.6km
Canaan1,212 (2017)9.8km
New Marlborough1,520 (2017)10.8km
Sandisfield838 (2017)11.1km
Falls Village538 (2017)14.8km
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ClubLocationDistance
Bristol Gem & Mineral ClubBristol, Connecticut45km
Mindat Locality ID:
17072
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:17072:8
GUID (UUID V4):
b05aefc6-51ca-4316-81ad-61e089972bb6


Ref.: Dana 6: 1061. A quarry in granite.
This locality is described in old literature as both a magnetite occurrence and a granite quarry, the latter probably exposed the magnetite. Noted by Dana (1890): "In a ledge crossing Crissy Hill there is much magnetite". Schairer (1931) says "...numerous pits and shafts on the northeast slope of the hill just northwest of Beckley Pond, Norfolk...", which is confusing because there is another Beckley Pond in SE Norfolk with another magnetite working, Pine Mountain, in a similar cardinal direction from the pond.

Dale and Gregory (1911) describe the Crissey Quarry as being found on the southeast side of Bald Mountain, opened before 1880 for coping for the Hoosac Tunnel in Massachusetts and consisted of 4 pits. The largest is about 150 feet long oriented SE-NW. It was closed in 1893 due to transportation problems. Coordinates are for the middle of the complex.

Mostly likely the granite quarry mentioned briefly in Dana's 6th edition of his System of Mineralogy, page 1061.

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3 valid minerals.

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β“˜ 'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
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β“˜ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
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β“˜ Sillimanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Sillimanite9.AF.05Al2(SiO4)O
Unclassified
β“˜'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Oβ“˜ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
FFluorine
Fβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
MgMagnesium
Mgβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Alβ“˜ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Siβ“˜ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
KPotassium
Kβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
TiTitanium
Tiβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
FeIron
Feβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Feβ“˜ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4

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