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Litchfield, Town of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States

Alternative Names:	Bantam, Lichfijld, Lichfild, Litcfeld, Litchfield, Litchfield Center, Litchfild, Litçfeld, licaphilda, lytshfyld, ritchifirudo, Литчфилд, Личфийлд, Личфилд, ليتشفيلد, لچفیلڈ، کنیکٹیکٹ, लिचफिल्ड, リッチフィールド
Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Region:	Town of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Latitude:	41° 44' 50" N
Longitude:	73° 11' 19" W
Lat/Long (dec):	41.74732,-73.18872
Köppen climate type:	Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Elevation:	331m
Population:	1,215 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:	4837799
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:4837799:5
GUID:	00947aa1-bc6a-48d9-ab92-92bc44b9a5df

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 44' 49" N	73° 11' 20" W	0.0km (0.0 miles)
State Route 118 Bantam River bridge, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 44' 49" N	73° 10' 45" W	0.8km (0.5 miles)
Town Farm Road, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 46' 49" N	73° 10' 14" W	4.0km (2.5 miles)
Pool Mine (T. M. Mitchell Mine), Mount Prospect complex (Prospect Hill complex; Prospect Mountain complex), Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 44' 21" N	73° 15' 30" W	5.9km (3.6 miles)
Hardy Mine (Smith Mine; Connecticut Mining Co. Mine), Mount Prospect complex (Prospect Hill complex; Prospect Mountain complex), Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 44' 33" N	73° 15' 43" W	6.1km (3.8 miles)
State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 45' 27" N	73° 6' 55" W	6.2km (3.9 miles)
Mount Prospect complex (Prospect Hill complex; Prospect Mountain complex), Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 44' 21" N	73° 15' 50" W	6.3km (3.9 miles)
Buck Mine (T. M. Mitchell Mine), Mount Prospect complex (Prospect Hill complex; Prospect Mountain complex), Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 43' 46" N	73° 15' 44" W	6.4km (4.0 miles)
T. M. Mitchell Mine (Wheeler Mine; Connecticut Mining Co. Mine; Nickel Mining and Smelting Co. Mine), Mount Prospect complex (Prospect Hill complex; Prospect Mountain complex), Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 43' 30" N	73° 15' 49" W	6.7km (4.2 miles)
Soapstone quarry, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 48' 26" N	73° 10' 37" W	6.8km (4.2 miles)
South Main Street construction site, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 46' 53" N	73° 7' 8" W	6.9km (4.3 miles)
Grannis Mine, Mount Prospect complex (Prospect Hill complex; Prospect Mountain complex), Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 44' 15" N	73° 16' 20" W	7.0km (4.4 miles)
Curtis Mine (Sneveley Mine; Johnson Mine), Mount Prospect complex (Prospect Hill complex; Prospect Mountain complex), Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 43' 59" N	73° 16' 28" W	7.3km (4.5 miles)
Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 48' 4" N	73° 7' 16" W	8.2km (5.1 miles)
Pegmatite quarry and ultramafic rock, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 45' 58" N	73° 5' 12" W	8.7km (5.4 miles)
Morris Dam Quarry (East Morris Dam), Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 40' 27" N	73° 8' 49" W	8.8km (5.5 miles)
West Torrington nickel mines (Coe Copper Mine; Hodges Mine; Barber Mine; Torrington Nickel Mine), Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 49' 57" N	73° 9' 56" W	9.7km (6.0 miles)
Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 46' 15" N	73° 3' 34" W	11.0km (6.8 miles)
Harwinton stibnite locality, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 46' 15" N	73° 3' 34" W	11.0km (6.8 miles)
Northfield Brook Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 40' 50" N	73° 5' 21" W	11.1km (6.9 miles)
Mountain Top Trucking quarry, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 49' 45" N	73° 6' 38" W	11.2km (6.9 miles)
Lead Mine Brook, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 43' 17" N	73° 3' 24" W	11.3km (7.0 miles)
Whispering Pines residential construction site, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 41' 28" N	73° 4' 27" W	11.4km (7.1 miles)
East Branch Dam (Newfield Dam), Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 50' 10" N	73° 7' 17" W	11.4km (7.1 miles)
Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 41' 50" N	73° 4' 5" W	11.4km (7.1 miles)
Rock Brook, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 44' 43" N	73° 2' 56" W	11.6km (7.2 miles)
Route 109 roadcut, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 39' 41" N	73° 6' 26" W	11.7km (7.3 miles)
Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 41' 43" N	73° 3' 48" W	11.9km (7.4 miles)
Lead Mine brook, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 42' 10" N	73° 3' 28" W	11.9km (7.4 miles)
Torringford, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	41° 49' 15" N	73° 4' 50" W	12.1km (7.5 miles)

Rock Garden 01

Coe's Mine, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA

Bill Gregory examining the smoky quartz pocket

Morris Dam Quarry, Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA

East Morris Dam Quarry in 1976.

Morris Dam Quarry, Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA

Rock Garden 01

Coe's Mine, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA

Bill Gregory examining the smoky quartz pocket

Morris Dam Quarry, Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA

East Morris Dam Quarry in 1976.

Morris Dam Quarry, Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA

Rock Garden 01

Coe's Mine, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA

Bill Gregory examining the smoky quartz pocket

Morris Dam Quarry, Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA

Minerals recorded nearby (within 12.1 km)

ⓘ 'Almandine-Spessartine Series'

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

ⓘ 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'

ⓘ 'Columbite-Tantalite'

ⓘ 'Heulandite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

ⓘ Magnesio-hornblende

ⓘ 'Stilbite Subgroup'

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Piedmontia Domain, North America Plate	Domain
USA	Country
Connecticut, USA	State
Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA	County

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