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Molybdenite from
Gulf Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gulf Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:920200
Long-form Identifier:1:3:920200:9
GUID (UUID V4):9b1b90e1-dee1-45f8-a7c4-f9010531122a
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Long Hill Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Nemo's Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Arnold Granite Quarry (General Brainerd Quarry; Great Hill Quarry; Hazelton Quarry; Haddam Quarry; Brookes Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Long Hill prospects (Turkey Hill prospects), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) Shailor Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) State Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.3km (1.5 miles) Hill above the parsonage (unnamed feldspar quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Quarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Unnamed quarry SE of Middletown (molybdenite locality), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex 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 (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Connecticut ......... 6 Table 3 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Connecticut...................................11 Figure 4...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a...beyond the old canal. Schairer, 1931. Fairfield County. Proceed up hill Cameron, et on Portland Ave. from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
admission fee on a dirt road which compared to some old quarry roads is a super highway! The x,!s are found in...found quite a few fine cnes, some doubly ter- CONNECTICUT—"A few weeks ago my friend, Mr. David Seaman...material of spessartite (garnet) from Jail Hill, Haddam (Middlesex Co.), Conn. While trimming one of the speci-... Mass. See "Spessartite Garnet from Jail Hill, Haddam, Conn.," by David M. Seaman and Robert P. Gallant...bornite have been found in gabbro at the old Hubbard quarry in Wilmington (New Castle Co.), Del. FLORIDA—"I
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................................................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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden)...that age. The Strickland pegmatite at Portland, Connecticut, the near-by Hale deposit (Glastonbury), and...s The ages of both this and the Branchville, Connecticut, phosphatepegmatite have been determined by the...A. L Genesis of mica pegmatite deposits, Latah County, Idaho: , Econ. Geology,vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 41-58...30Lovering, T. S., Magmatic chalcopyrite, Park County, Montana: Econ. Geology,vol 19, pp 636-640, 1924
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Camden County makes handsome polished specimens. Quartz found near Trenton and in Monmouth County must...number and are similar in the other claypits of Middlesex County. Some feldspar and amphibole minerals are...from their dumps, and the limestones of Sussex county outside of Franklin produce a variety. An occurrence...Beemerville, and arsenopyrite occurs in Warren county. Dr. Alfred C. Hawkins, practicing mineralogist...is again being taken from suphide deposits as the Gulf salt domes decrease in content. It has been found
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)
the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo., there is marmatite. It is a high-iron sphalerite...1959, from Pat Fancher, Box 63, Ouray, Colo. CONNECTICUT—"Recently, while exploring some abandoned copper...platy, golden-yellow selenites. Gulfport is on the Gulf of Mexico. ROCKS AND MINERALS GEORGIA—The following...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail...fluorite have been found in Meshberger Stone Company quarry, 2 miles northeast of Elizabethtown, Bartholomew
Book (volume)
.........................................94 Connecticut ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Book (volume)
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...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...minesColumbite, Gold, Silver, etc.; and (2) Old Marble Quarry on the Needles Hwy. 5.5 mi. NEScheelite, and deep
Book
including gold in a state forest in central Connecticut last spring. Moreover, similar gold deposits...11ne 2; ••• Amph1bo1ite--see Bolton, Worcester County M1nera1 Loca11t1es. page 85 ••• 11.8 3~ter cerium...•••••••••••••••••'.' •.••.•••• 2--6 Barn.table County ro •• il Localiti ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...Localit1e•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 21 Br1.tol County Mineral Localit1 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...24--25 Dukes County Mineral Loeal1tiea •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 26--21 Duk •• County Fo.sil Loeal1tie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural Science...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and photo. NovemberDecember:...calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained...(petrified wood) are found 3 miles west of Piggott, Clay County, Ark. California—A new California mineral is perovskite
Journal (issue)
e""t.,-u ;» I GIU40/U/, 1943 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ........................................................ 3 NOTES ON GYPSUM CRYSTALS IN MORTON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. By Robe,-, H. Mitchell and Wilson...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 3. Rincon, Sao Diego County. By f ark Schwartz ............... ...................................................... 21 CONNECTICUT VALLEY MINERAL CLUB ...........................of phlogopite from Clark's H ill, St. Lawrence County, New York (page 633, figure 2) ; and a crystal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Africa, Southwest Africa and Southern Rhodesia. CONNECTICUT An illustrated talk on "Kennecott's Lead Mines"...given by Dr. Mervin E. Oakes of Brookfield, Connecticut. . . . The New Haven Mineral Club heard Earle...future to the Campbell Quarry, Texas, Maryland, and to the Delight (Dyer) Quarry, Delight, Maryland. Minerals...rutile, molybdenite, margante and diopside. At the Delight locality which is a serpentine quarry, magnesite...England area, with some beautiful examples of the Connecticut mica. . . . Learning that the ocean is the world's
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California. What your correspondent writes is...Gunnison, Gunnison Co., Colo., seeking beryl. CONNECTICUT—Richard Schooner, Box 215, East Hampton, Conn...1953, he mentions a few minerals found in Middlesex County, Conn. "Sillimanite evidently exsists, at...discovered an occurrence of it at the Gillette quarry (Haddam Neck) last week. Incidently, while very little... "The peculiar white mineral from the Strickland quarry may be wollastonite, of an odd type. I am still
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Grande do Norte, Brazil, bismuth, bismutite, molybdenite, 785. BRINDLEY (G. W.) & HAYAMI (R.), Mechanism...of rocks, 550. CLARK (A, H.), l~hombohedral molybdenite from Portugal, 69; Gudnmndite, 1123. CLIFFORD...Cordierite, Madras, opt., 662; beryllian, Colorado, Connecticut, Norway, and synthetic, unit-cell data, type...Neva&~, X-ray, thermogravimetric anal., 731. Dene quarry, Cromford, Derbyshire, sulphur in altered galena...Sb, 88. Eudidymite, Devon, lvii. Eure/ca Farm, Usa/cos,South-West Africa, dolomite, monazite, 519. EYAL
Report (volume)
covering early Mesozoic geology of M assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland...offshore early Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland...Maritime Provinces of Canada, the United States Gulf Coast, northwest Africa, and Western Europe are...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State
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:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N of Calloway
Journal (issue)
Enrope: from Alaska to Pnnama, from Lnhrndor to tbe Gulf of :\lexiC'o-from Spitzhergen to the Alps. ':\h·...occurrence of the rare mineral piedmontite in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Following the directions of Mr....Railroad, southeast of Charmian Station in Ada1ns County: at Blue Ridge Summit on the Pennsyh·arua-1\Iaryland...Pennsyh·arua-1\Iaryland border ; and, rarely, in Franklin County at scattered places on Jack's Mountain. In eYery case...article. The first quarry to be mentioned is the one kno,vn as the Sherrer Quarry. It is the only one
Report (issue)
Field. Ibid., No. 245, 1915. 42d. The Wolfram, Molybdenite, and Bismuth Mines of Bamford, North Queensland... p. 597. Cameron (W. 99. E.) Wolfram and Molybdenite Mining in Queensland. Geol. Qland, Publication...Chromite-bearing Rock in the Basalt at the Pennant Hills Quarry, near Parramatta. Journ. Roy. Soc. N. S. Wales...32-35. 264. Wolfram at Mt. Murphy, Buckwong River, County Benambra. Rec. Geol. Surv. Viet., ii, 1907, pp...Australia.] Mineralogie, vol. i, p. 278, f.n. 311. [Molybdenite, Wallaroo, S. Australia.] Friedel d. k. k.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing...on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil...July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...Recent Mineral Finds at the Millington Quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey, 320-24 Beryl, California,
 
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