Latitude: 41°30'58"N
Longitude: 72°31'16"W
Granite pegmatite. Mined as a source of lithium during World War I. Operated by Connecticut Mica and Mining Company during the 1940s.
The town of Chatham was renamed East Hampton in 1915.
The site is closed to collecting.
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32 entries listed. 24 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.
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References
Shannon, Earl V. (1920). The Old Lithia Mine in Chatham, Connecticut. American Mineralogist 5: 82-84.
Foye, W. G. (1922). Mineral Localities in the Vicinity of Middletown, Connecticut. American Mineralogist 7:4-12.
Schairer, J. F. (1931). The Minerals of Connecticut. (State Geological and Natural History Survey, Bulletin 51).
Ingerson, Earl (1938). Uraninite and Associated Minerals from Haddam Neck, Connecticut. American Mineralogist 23:269.
Schooner, R. (1958). The Mineralogy of the Portland- East Hampton-Middletown-Haddam Area in Connecticut (East Hampton CT: priv. pub.)
Ryerson, Kathleen H. (1972) Rock Hounds Guide to Connecticut.
Hiller, J. Jr. (1973). Connecticut Mines and Minerals (Shelton CT: priv. pub.)
Rocks & Minerals (1989): 64: 471.
Jarnot, Bruce (1995). Connecticut Gems & Gem Minerals (Rocks & Minerals 70:378-382).
Weber, Marcelle H. and Sullivan, Earle C. (1995). Connecticut Mineral Locality Index (Rocks & Minerals 70:396-409).
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