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Chalcopyrite from
Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Park
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Formation:Primary
Comments:An accessory in the tungsten ore pit, Januzzi found it with small amounts of native copper and other copper minerals, and in the topaz veins. In tiny grains in rusty-yellow weathered albite-rich rock at the base of the marble in the large quarry.
Habit:grains
Colour:brassy
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:131469
Long-form Identifier:1:3:131469:4
GUID (UUID V4):ea0490e6-7aa3-4277-b69a-4faad8ace31c
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
9.1km (5.7 miles) East Village pegmatite prospect, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Lord Chamberlain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (7003 Main Street; 7003 State Route 110), Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.8km (8.0 miles) Stevenson Mine (Burke's Copper Mine), Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
13.1km (8.2 miles) Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) Arsenic and nickel mine (Nickel Mine Brook), Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) Wilton Silver Mine, Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) Curtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) Quarry Road, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) Lambert Road serpentinite, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
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