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Talc from
Old lead mine, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Talc
Formula:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Formation:Secondary
Comments:From hydrothermally altered matrix in fault zone.
Habit:masive
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Talc data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old lead mine, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1265993
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1265993:3
GUID (UUID V4):602ae114-2d30-4283-8d66-9595e93ce18e
Nearest other occurrences of Talc
2.0km (1.2 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) Great Ring farm, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.6km (12.8 miles) Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
24.4km (15.2 miles) Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
24.8km (15.4 miles) Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
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Book (edition)
THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n...250 SPECIES iBooks by Ronald Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON...THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP* THREE...to enrich our knowledge of the mineralogy of Connecticut: James Dwight Dana Samuel L. Penfield Edward...Minerals from the Principal Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State.............
Report (volume)
Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut..... .Prof. William N. Rice, Middletown. Prof...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Report (volume)
........................................... Connecticut................................................1888, vol. 1, 1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc, along with lesser amounts of...are recognized: the Northern Section, centered in lead and Deadwood in Lawrence Co.; and a Southern Section...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides
Book (volume)
America. Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
America. Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Journal (issue)
............... MARK M. FOSTER BUYS FAMOUS OPAL MINE ........................ KIBBLEHOUSE QUARRY, PERKIOMENVILLE...Goethite, Restormel Iron Mine, Lanlivery, Cornwall, England; T etrahedrite, Gottesg~be Mine, Roth, Nassau, Germany...Germany ; Celesttte, Giona Mine, Girgenti, Sicily, Italy. We wish that some of the amateur mineral dealers...specimens whose localities are given simply as a county or province, or what is worse yet, state or country...information regarding the source of the specimens-name of mine or quarry if possible but at least the town, village
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Book (volume)
.........................................94 Connecticut ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..................................................................45 Arizona – Yuma Co. Hull Mine Site Map ......................................
Book (volume)
.........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
.........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Book
commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K 4 I CONTENTS Preface...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...extraordinary extent and richness. share of interesting old others of holes, Legendary tales of fabulous bonanzas...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold of Alabama. After several years of research in old geological surveys and conversations with the older...Riddle's Mill Dist. (gold deposits) of Talladega County, Ala. It is 8l/ 2 x 11 and sells for Si, we believe...several recent trips to Clear Creek, San Benito County, Calif., have shown that the jadeite boulders in...Diablo Meridian, Calif., in southeastern San Benito County. The town of Hollister is 80 miles northwest of...the Yellow Jacket mine on Bear Creek in northern San Juan County, Colorado. The mine was in a rather remote
Journal (issue)
Mineralogical notes Carbonate-fluorapatite from near Fairfield, Utah ..................................33 by...Inesite, a new U.S. occurrence near Creede, Mineral County, C o lo ra d o ..................................austinite, and plumbian conichalcite from La Plata County, Colorado ....................................... 38 by R. Cobban Metamict minerals at the Bemco mine near Cranberry Lake, New Jersey ..................cinnabar mines 2 Musonoi uranium mine, Katanga, Zaire N’Chwaning mine, Kuruman, South Africa Mibladen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found in fairly nice specimens in an old road bed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn...Auburn, Ala., on Highway 147 Take any of the old dirt roads about this distance from Auburn, off 147,and...and analcite can still be obtained from the noted old locality on North Table Mountain, above Golden (Jefferson...during the period when the locality was active." CONNECTICUT — The following item, dated Jan. 14, 1957, comes...cleavage surfaces of epidote at a vein near the old HaleWalker Quarry —perhaps a third of a mile from
Book
Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois...human species, Homo neanderthalensis ( men of the Old Stone Age) and Homo sapiens (men of the New Stone...developed the highly sophisticated cultures of both the Old and the New stone ages, beginning in the third interglacial... opal, etc.), serpentine, and steatite (massive talc), as well as basalt, granite, limestone (and/ or...wrought jewelry in the world are about 8,000 years old. They were discovered in the most ancient of all
Book
searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research...ciifce—Westchester County.................. Tne McLear pegmatite—5t. Lawrence County.............................. Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County.....................................St. Lawrence Counties.. Sterling mine, near Antwerp, Jefferson County................. Clinton hematite
Book
searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research...pegmatite-Westchester County .......... . The Mclear pegmatite-St. Lawrence County .......... . Minerals.......... . Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County ....................................St. Lawrence Counties .. Sterling mine, near Antwerp, Jefferson County ......... . Clinton hematite ..
Book
many years the mines and fields of St. Lawrence County have furnished museums and many lucky mineral col­...been depleted through the the years, St. Lawrence County continues to supply many beautiful specimens to...types and mineralized zones of the St, Lawrence County area, A detailed discussion of the geology is beyond...and metamorphic rocks are found throughout the county, the latter prevails. Since more than three-fourths...(metamorphosed gabbro) is present locally across the county. Gabbro is a dark igneous rock composed chiefly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
area on several weekends each summer to hunt up old mineral localities that were mentioned in early reports...over the rock piles adjacent to the talc mines, the St. Joe zinc mine, and also marble quarries that were...up-to-date news of the mineral world of St. Lawrence County. One reason for this trip was to acquire more data...across that land some 10,000 years ago. St. Lawrence County has produced over 100 different mineral species...found in most of the localities in St. Lawrence County were identified as uvite (not dravite). The crystalline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new library was being started, (on the site of the old School of Science Building, constructed in 1873 and...Sportsmen Show held December 2, 3, and 4 in the County Center m White Plains. Mr. David Seaman showed...shown by Mr. Waller Morgan were from Westchester County, while Mr. Ted Schoen's were uranium rocks and...Mrs. Edith Watts Regular meetings are held at the County Center in White Plains, N. Y., on the third ROCKS...Chester, Vermont, So Acworth, N.H., and to Davis Mine at Rowe, Mass. September: A Two Day Trip to French
Report (Issue volume)
Kuklis ---------------------- --- ------- 169 Connecticut, by Robert A. Clifton __ _____ __ ___ __ ___...quantities of gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, and tin are recorded on a mine basis (as the recoverable content...average selling price of refined metal, not the mine value. Mercury is measured as recovered metal and...791 30,732 r Revised. Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including...__ Other mines __ _______ __ _____ __ __ _ d1l --Talc, i,oaµi;tone, and pyrophy11ite ___ , _____ short
 
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