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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Greenockite
Formula:CdS
Comments:Its occurrence appears identical to Shepard's (1837) description of pyromorphite, so could actually be the latter mineral.
Habit:coatings
Colour:yellow-green
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Greenockite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old lead mine, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:820645
Long-form Identifier:1:3:820645:9
GUID (UUID V4):1798a774-1195-4363-9452-d5ec52fd2eb8
Nearest other occurrences of Greenockite
2.0km (1.2 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.6km (7.8 miles) Roxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.3km (13.9 miles) Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
28.4km (17.6 miles) State Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
55.9km (34.7 miles) Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York, USA
62.6km (38.9 miles) Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
66.9km (41.6 miles) Middletown lead mines (Middletown Mine), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
69.2km (43.0 miles) Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
87.0km (54.0 miles) Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, 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.............
Journal (issue)
., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135...D. Freier S.K. Howell TK Meikle 7--------- GREENOCKITE from 8ISHOPTON DIARY OF EVENTS ---------- 8...Diana, to silver and the selenites; Saturn, to lead and the diamond; Jupiter, to tin and the sapphire;... 11 -3- Encyclopaedia londinensis, 1817. GREENOCKITE from BISHOPTON The type locality - a review T...Tassie Place, East Kilbride, Glasgow, G74 3EB Greenockite was first described in 1840, from its occurrence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusions of greenockite. The specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s...specimens of minerals traditionally known from the lead, zinc, and barite mines of Missouri’s several world-class...developed crystals. Despite the enormous tonnage of lead and zinc produced from Missouri, the state is not...crystal morphology and color were recovered from a mine in the Joplin area. The best known of these specimens...of other minerals. There is no common analogous lead species. Hemimorphite is a very common secondary
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.;
Report (issue)
Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy Cal and Kerith...cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve Neely collection...978-0-9790998-6-1 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria Staebler Gunther Neumeier...Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, C O 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495.5521 • Fax 1.303.482.1238 www.lithographie...1867. ·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe
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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
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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
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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)
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)
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
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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
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quartz, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. 2 Mineral News The 9th Maine Mineral...fluorite mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire. The Rocks and Minerals article (Vol. 65) on the mine does not...specimens on display dispelled any doubts. The Wise Mine fluorite and quartz matrix specimens on display...discussed the mining and pocket discoveries at the Berry Mine, in the southern half of the Berry-Havey pegmatite...attendees) also went with his permission to the Berry Mine. Ray Sprague told of the minerals (including beryllonite)
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derived from the disintegration of neighbouring lead veins. Practically every bucket full of the silt...Gold on Russellite from Castle-an-Di,as wolfram mine, St. Columb Major, Cornwall. During a recent minute...from the jigs concentrating the wolframite at this mine in July 1934, two pellets of comparatively pure...in the carboniferous Limestonenear Sflvermines,County of Tipperary'. Journ. Geol..Soc. DubLin, 1860,...dilute hydrochloric acid. The specimen came from the old workings in the townland of Ballynoe, Sflvermines
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(NMNS51066). figure 2 (leftI: Galena. Crawford mine, Pirher, Oklahoma, Tri-State district; 6' 2 cm across;...Figure 3 (opposite page): Galena, St. Joseph Lead mine, Viburnum, Missouri, Viburnum Trend district;...S O U R C E O F G A L E N A , an ore mineral of lead, is composed of Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) deposits...90 percent of the United States' total output of lead. As a group, mines classified as MVT are also major...(1975) or Jackson and Beales (1967). The source of lead in southeastern Missouri is described by Doe and
Report (issue)
Historical Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania by F. Harold Evans with... Historical Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsyl­ vania. Copyright © 1980...paper could not have been written. Most of these old mines are now completely gone, with no visible traces...second and third drafts and Glen Taylor, Montgomery County Re­ corder of Deeds, for his kind help in searching...Sciences of Philadelphia, Montgomery County and Chester County Historical Societies, and the Franklin
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
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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
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mineral localities: The Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas .......................................CHALCOPYRITE on TETRAHEDRITE, 15 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Collection of the...Forcenturies, the copper and tin mines in Cornwall County, England, have proved to be as rich as any in the...the lives and times of its miners. The Botallack mine was selected as the example to feature because of...CORNISH MINING Cornwall is the southwesternmost county in England, with an area of 1,356 square miles
 
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