| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Talc |
| Formula: | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Comments: | According to Hobbs (1901): "...irregular block-like masses of so-called 'white horse.' The 'white horse' somewhat resembles the dolomite, but has soapy feel and contains 50 per cent or more of ferric oxide. It appears to be a mixture of iron carbonate and talc, and elsewhere in the Salisbury district it has been mined for the iron which it contains. At the surface it weathers to a brown color owing to the hydration of the iron oxide." |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Talc data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Salisbury Mine (Brookpit; Old Hill Mine; Ore Hill Mine), Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 951593 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:951593:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | cda8aa18-9c7c-42da-af02-514a3eb5b3cd |
| Nearest other occurrences of Talc |
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| 14.4km (8.9 miles) | ⓘPfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 24.1km (15.0 miles) | ⓘSerpentinite, Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.5km (18.3 miles) | ⓘSoapstone quarry, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 41.0km (25.5 miles) | ⓘNative American soapstone quarry, Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 41.5km (25.8 miles) | ⓘLee Lime mine (Lee Lime quarry), Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 42.4km (26.3 miles) | ⓘSatan's Kingdom talc deposits, New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 48.2km (29.9 miles) | ⓘState Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 52.2km (32.4 miles) | ⓘChester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 53.4km (33.2 miles) | ⓘMelvin Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 53.6km (33.3 miles) | ⓘOld Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
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