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Roxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Mining began on Mine Hill, west of Roxbury Station, in the mid-1700's. Silver was sought in the early years, much later iron. The Roxbury Iron Mine and Furnace Complex is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Located in Mine Hill Park.



References:
Shepard, Charles U. (1831): Notice of the Mine of Spathic Iron (Steel ore) of New Milford, and of the Iron Works of Salisbury, in the State of Connecticut. (American Journal of Science and Arts) 19:311-326.

Shepard, Charles U. (1837): A Report on the Geological Survey of Connecticut.

Pynchon, W. H. C. (1899): Iron Mining in Connecticut (The Connecticut Magazine 5:20-26.

Bell and Mayfield (1982): Time and Land: The Story of Mine Hill (Roxbury Land Trust; and Yale School of Forestry and Envirnomental Studies).





Mineral List:
Anglesite
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
Copiapite
Galena
Goethite
Greenockite
Hematite
Hydrozincite
Limonite
Löllingite
Malachite
Melanterite
Opal
var: Opal-AN

'Prochlorite'
Pyrite
Quartz
Siderite
Sphalerite


22 entries listed. 19 valid minerals.

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