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Hematite from
Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Comments:Actually goethite, which old literature commonly calls hematite.
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Goethiteⓘ1 photo of Hematite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:719107
Long-form Identifier:1:3:719107:7
GUID (UUID V4):8832fff6-0fba-44aa-9cee-6a2c3089975d
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per­ mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization
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.............
Journal (issue)
6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia...Figure 7—Manganoan Calcite – Montreal Mine (Iron County, WI). Figure 3 (left) - “Wonderful World of Agates”...mineral specimens from the Montreal Mine (Iron County, Wisconsin). Most of the specimens came from the...An unusual specimen from the Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, Wisconsin) is a sheet copper (figure 6). One of...full color. $15- each or both for $25postpaid in USA Excalibur Mineral Corporation 1885 Seminole Trl—Ste
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OCCURRENCES IN LITCHFIELD, by WILLIAM M. BRUNET Roxbury Road Washington, Connecticut 06793 Litchfield County...to have been reported from Litchfield County, 63 from the town of Litchfield alone, according to J. A....area of CONNECTICUT Middlesex County or the BranchvilleRidgefield region of Fairfield County. However...the best in Middlesex County is located in North Woodbury. Furthermore, the county was the loca­ tion of...the nineteenth century. The rich mines of the Salisbury-Kent area also added to the production of copper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE IRON ORES OF THE OF CONNECTICUT, SALISBURY NEW YORK DISTRICT AND MASSACHUSETTS. WII.LIA:M...name of "Salisbury iron" is smeltedfrom limonite oresmined in northwestern Litchfield County, Connecticut;Berkshire...beenobtainedat mines situatedwithin the town of Salisbury,Connecticut. No geological report seemsto have beenmade... HERBERT HOBBS HISTORY. Iron was mined in Salisbury at least as early as •734, the pioneer forge,...controlsall of the ore that is mined within the Salisbury district proper, and has also an interest in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Corporation of America Mine No. 4, St. Lawrence County, New York T he technological development of mankind...described. Martite is a well-known pseudomorph of hematite after magnetite, typically in beautifully preserved...famous Tilly Foster iron mine near Brewster, Putnam County (see Cook 2008 and references therein) was the...Essex County; excellent sharp octahedra to 2 cm have been collected at Port Henry in the same county. The...of America’s No. 4 mine at Balmat, St. Lawrence County, is well known for lustrous magnetite crystals
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
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
it is moderately birefringent or opaque due to hematite stain, uniaxial (*), with parallel extinction...occurrencesat Cornwall, England, and at Salisbury, connecticut, from which the mineral has beenredescribedby...reported by Dooley and Hathaway (196t) from Fremont County, Wyoming, and from Gunnison,Colorado. MemI Publication...mile east of the Bassick mine, Querida, Custer County, Colorado. The pit is located in deeply weathered...along shear zones and are associatedwith abundant hematite, carbonates (mostly calcite), and barite. The
Catalog/List
. . . . . . . 7 Xline, white, in dolomite; Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Hexagonite Purple...magnetite; Michigan . . 13 Aficaceous (schistose) hematite; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . 6 Massive; Min... Continurd Shret mica enclosing magnetite and hematite reticulations; Pennsylvania, North Carolina, or...NOVACU L ITE-See Quartz OCHER- RED and YELLOW-Sec Hematite and Limonite OLIGOCLASE (sodium and calcium aluminum... . ..... . ... ... 78 Jasper Red, ordinary; Connecticut . . . . . . ... . . . . . . .. .... .27 *Bright
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONNECTICUT ROCKS AT LUTZ By MRS. FRED SWEET 42 N. School St., Manchester, Conn. When the Lutz Junion...geographical location of minerals common to Connecticut. Mr. Sweet used a display case donated by a leading...background for the exhibit. He obtained a County map of Connecticut which he glued to a sheet of Vi" plywood...presses a button to see where mineral is found in Connecticut 124 ROCKS AND MINERALS The samples are of...located at Ore Hill, Salisbury, Conn., to shine. The push button over the hematite specimen will indicate
Catalog/List
enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...York ............ Xline, white, in dolomite; Connecticut . .. ........ . He:ugonite Purple xline mass;...shire . 40 l\lassive, pale bluish-green; Maine, Connecticut or North Carolina ................. . ......... .. ..............1 x 2", .50 BLOODSTONE--See Hematite DOG IRON ORE-See Limonite BORACITE (magnesum chloride...35 .60 .60 .60 .75 .26 .60 .25 .35 .60 HEMATITE (ferric oxide) Pencil Ore; fibrous masses ; England
Journal (issue)
Discovered at the Roxbury Iron Mine, Roxbury, Connecticut Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral.com The...Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut has been confirmed. It occurs as microscopic...in the state was noted at the Salisbury Mine, also in Litchfield County, more than 35 miles away from...book filled with historical work involving Oxford County, describing and intertwining its minerals, miners...composted of “limonite”, goethite and possibly hematite, all varieties of ferric iron, Fe+3, and oxygen
Report (volume)
........................................... Connecticut................................................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.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Book (edition)
malachite, an ore of the heavy metal copper, or hematite, an ore of iron, will be heavy in the hand. a...topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^
Journal (issue)
63 Heterosite-Purpurite Locality in Litchfield, Connecticut William Brunet FEATURES 64 Collections...Prairie Creek j ust 10uth of Murfree• boro, Pike County, Arkansas. The near-oval shaped area is an enclosed...diatreme (volcanic pipe) near Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas (The Crater of Diamonds State Park)....background. 62 ROCKS AND MINERALS • ID • Litchfield CONNECTICUT The minerals heterosite-purpurite are...are particularly so in the state of Connecticut. The only Connecticut locality noted by So hon ( 1) where
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diameter, were received. They are hematites. One hematite pebble had a few spots of whitish quartz. ARIZONA...more. "The Glove Mine is located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, near the little town of Amado, on the...inches in length. They come from Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado (altitude of pocket where found over...inches in size, comes from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Microcline {feldspar). Nice loose xls, averaging...received. These come from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Garnet (spessartite). Small but gemmy, deep
Catalog/List
Beryl l\lassil'e. pale bluish-green ; Maine or Connecticut . . . . . . . . .35 Massive, white; S. Dakota... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLOODSTONE-See Hematite BOG IRON ORE-See Limonite BORACITE (magnesium... masses; Arizona BRONZITE-See Enstatite BROWN HEMATITE-See Limonite BRUCITE (magnesium hydroxide) Massive...orthosilicate) Xis in mica-schist, dodecahedrons; Connecticut . . . . . . . Massive, pure, showing parting;... . . . . . . . . . . HEDENBERGIT�Sce Pyroxene HEMATITE (ferric oxide) Xlcd specimens ; from various localities
Book
CONNECTICUT mmES MINERALS V Tourmaline Crystal from Haddam, Connecticut John Hiller, Jr. Hillers CryctaLShop...- CRYSTALS NOT PISTOLS K c^oi c3— A r CONNECTICUT MINES AND MINERALS published privately l i...Shelton, Connecticut I DEDICATION This book is dedicated to the mineral clubs of Connecticut, Continued...1971, John Hiller, Jr, 3 Peters Lane Shelton, Connecticut II CONTENTS 3. 5, l i 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11...24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Connecticut Mineral Clubs Cleaning and Trimming Oxalic Acid
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
slightly over half a mile south of Sausalito, Marin County, California, at the base of a roadcut on the north...ground level on a steep hillside. Clay minerals, hematite, and lithiophorite are the most abundant minerals...and in an iron-manganese oxide deposit at Salisbury, Connecticut (Hildebrand, Carron, and Rose, 1957), but...the 1: 100 ratio in the rhabdophane-(Nd) from Salisbury (Hildebrand, Carron, and Rose, 1957). The anomalously...Re-examination of rhabdophane (scovillite) from Salisbury, Connecticut [ abs.] . Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 68, 1744-1745
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
t r a c t Mineral forms of iron oxide, such as hematite, goethite and jarosite, are important because...containing different forms of iron oxide minerals (hematite, goethite and jarosite). Finally, MCR-900D was...an AVIRIS dataset for the Cuprite site in Nevada, USA. The results represented the enrichment zones of...Introduction Mineral forms of iron oxide, such as hematite, goethite and jarosite, are widely distributed...study considered iron oxide minerals to include hematite (a-Fe2O3), goethite (a-FeOOH) and jarosite (KFe3(SO4)2(OH)6)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz. Clora May Mine, Trout Creek Pass, Chaffee County, Colo." The locality is described in Prof. Richard...to 223 pages). Chaffee County is in the central part of Colorado. CONNECTICUT—"I am sending the enclosed...taste. Thompson, in N / E Windham County, is in N / E Connecticut. FLORIDA—"I am mailing you a box of...brown, l.w. Belle Glade, in western Palm Beach County, is in southern Florida. I N D I A N A — "The enclosed...dolomite, dogtooth calcite, and some micro specks of hematite on limestone. The vugs in which these xls are
Report (volume)
Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1998) 8 Meteoritical Society, 1998. Printed in USA. Spectroscopic analysis of Martian meteorite Allan...94035, USA *Brown University, Department of Geological Sciences, Providence, Rhode Island 029 12, USA *Correspondence...distinguishing among meteorite types (Sandford, 1984; Salisbury et al., 1991a; Miyamoto, 1991, 1992) and further...pyroxene components in conjunction with pyroxene-hematite mixture modeling for spectra of the surface of...and Pratt, 1989; McFadden, pers. comm., 1997). Salisbury et al. (1991a) measured mid-IR reflectance spectra
Book
of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...all mica slate, Garnets. (E. L. Hamlin.) LITCHFIELD. Schorl, common, very abundant. (C.) LOVELL...mountain, which is situated on the east side of Connecticut riv,er, opposite Brattleborough, E. village,...Oxide of Iron, (earthy,) near, 8 in. E. from Connecticut river, a bed 5 to 8 feet thick in gneiss ; the...precipitous hill, whose base is washed, by the Connecticut river. Garnet, in the vicinity of the locality
 
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