Indian Soapstone Quarry, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Indian Soapstone Quarry | Quarry (Built Over) |
| Bristol | City |
| Hartford County | County |
| Connecticut | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 40' 55'' North , 72° 56' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Quarry (Built Over) - last checked 2021
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 60,452 (2017) | 1.7km |
| Plainville | 17,328 (2017) | 6.3km |
| Terryville | 5,387 (2017) | 6.4km |
| Farmington | 25,000 (2017) | 9.4km |
| Wolcott | 16,639 (2017) | 9.9km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Gem & Mineral Club | Bristol, Connecticut | 2km |
| Lapidary and Mineral Society of Central Connecticut | Meriden, Connecticut | 19km |
| New Haven Mineral Club | New Haven, Connecticut | 42km |
There is some scant literature about talc (soapstone) localities in Bristol, mostly rather vague, starting with Shepard (1837):
The true soapstone or steatite is found at Bartholomew's factory in Bristol, and at two places farther south, where it exists in a limited formation of hornblendic serpentine, forming coatings and veins
Ed Force (2007) summarized them:
This brings us to Bristol where, as our friend Tom Doyle tells us, a Native American talc quarry was rediscovered when Joel T. Case was digging for a barn foundation in the Federal Hill area in 1892. The site, alas, is not in Page Park, but on private property somewhere beyond the end of Grove Street. It is also said that talc was quarried "at Bartholomew's factory, and at two places farther south". I must confess I don't know where the factory was, but our club journal tells us that Doc Furniss and Dave Blaschke searched for a talc quarry "near the King Street end of the Boulevard" and didn't find it. Not too many years ago I found what appears to be talc schist on the south side of Mountain Avenue, but the site has since been filled in. The Case site was used in a small way by local residents shortly after it was uncovered, and some artifacts were preserved.
The Bedrock Geological Map of Connecticut shows a small ultramafic body near the intersection of Woodlawn and Bradley Streets, which is in the Federal Hill district, north of Bristol Hospital. That would appear to match the Case locality, so the coordinates have been put at this approximate location. "Bartholomew's factory" was a term Shepard (1837) used to describe the early workings at what would become the famous Bristol Copper Mine at the north edge of town.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Talc Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 Reference: Force, Edward. (2007), Soapstone? Talc? Steatite? Privately published. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Talc | 9.EC.05 | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Shepard, Charles U. (1837), A Report on the Geological Survey of Connecticut. Hamlem, New Haven.
Force, Edward. (2007), Soapstone? Talc? Steatite? Privately published.
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Indian Soapstone Quarry, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA