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Scheelite from
Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Scheelite
Formula:Ca(WO4)
Formation:Primary
Comments:Schooner (circa 1990) noted its presence in the metamorphic rocks hosting the pegmatite: "A recent find of scheelite...consists of 1/8 inch crystal sections in brown clinozoisite."
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scheelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1361448
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1361448:7
GUID (UUID V4):9001b8c8-84a7-440f-8468-0ff31b8679ae
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
1.6km (1.0 miles) Worth and Selden Quarries (Victoria Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) Unnamed stone quarries, Hog Hill, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.6km (2.8 miles) Slocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) Linkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) Tollgate Quarry (Tollgate Mine; Bidwell Quarry; China-stone Quarry), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) White Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
10.2km (6.4 miles) Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
59.0km (36.7 miles) Booth's Mine (Booth's Bismuth Mine; Booth-Hurd's Bismuth Mine), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
62.3km (38.7 miles) Lane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
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