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Goethite from
Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:α-Fe3+O(OH)
Comments:From the oxidation of pyrite associated with bismuth minerals.
Habit:massive, earthy, coatings
Colour:brown
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorapatiteⓘ3 photos of Goethite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Bismutiteⓘ3 photos of Goethite associated with Bismutite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:132520
Long-form Identifier:1:3:132520:1
GUID (UUID V4):ecf38395-ab8a-46d7-8c7c-c8d6d5343d8d
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘSimpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘState Forest Quarry No. 1 (State Forest #1 Quarry; Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘNathan Hall Quarry (Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘGreat Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘState Forest Quarry No. 2 (State Forest #2 Mica Mine; Carini Quarry), Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘRiverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘ"Foothold Cleft", Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘ2368-2384 Berlin Turnpike (Former Hartford Drive-In), Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
13.9km (8.6 miles) ⓘRock Landing Quarry (Capt. Rohrback Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per­ mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization
Journal (issue)
standard, SRM No. 104 (Burned Magnesite). In this case, the original 1933 certificate of analysis (above...6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia...Figure 7—Manganoan Calcite – Montreal Mine (Iron County, WI). Figure 3 (left) - “Wonderful World of Agates”...mineral specimens from the Montreal Mine (Iron County, Wisconsin). Most of the specimens came from the...An unusual specimen from the Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, Wisconsin) is a sheet copper (figure 6). One of
Book (edition)
THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-‱ r ** K* ysf^ :' ‱'’S >- n...250 SPECIES iBooks by Ronald Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON...THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP* THREE...to enrich our knowledge of the mineralogy of Connecticut: James Dwight Dana Samuel L. Penfield Edward...Minerals from the Principal Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State.............
Book
CONNECTICUT mmES MINERALS V Tourmaline Crystal from Haddam, Connecticut John Hiller, Jr. Hillers CryctaLShop...- CRYSTALS NOT PISTOLS K c^oi c3— A r CONNECTICUT MINES AND MINERALS published privately l i...Shelton, Connecticut I DEDICATION This book is dedicated to the mineral clubs of Connecticut, Continued...1971, John Hiller, Jr, 3 Peters Lane Shelton, Connecticut II CONTENTS 3. 5, l i 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11...34. Connecticut Mineral Clubs Cleaning and Trimming Oxalic Acid Northwest Area Lakeville Goethite Mine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
miles long extending from Coosa County thru Talladega and into Calhoun County. Most of the distance it is...Arizona kaersutite comes from Hoover Dam, Mohave County. A % inch black cube of limonite pseudo after pyrite...goldsilver mines at Silverton, San Juan Co., Colo. CONNECTICUT—The following letter, dated May 30, 1954, comes...found at the Swanson Lithia Mine (Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Conn.). David Seaman (American Museum of...highway bridge on route 6A, in East Hampton (Middlesex Co.), Conn. "Some rather good torbenite and gummite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wollastonite and Titanite Near Natural Bridge, Lewis County, New York, 78; 13th Rochester Academy of Science...in Specimen Miner­ alogy, 114 Connecticut, Litchfield hematite, 319; Case quarry beryl, 116 Cookeite, 190... W., Mineralization at the Fanwood and Summit Quarries, New Jersey, 150 Cureton, F . E . and M. E . ...Pegmatite Bodies in the Wausaw Pluton, Marathon County, Wisconsin, 188 Fascinating Story of Mount Mica's...Localities in the Beaver Creek Area of St. Lawrence County, New York, W. S. Condon, S. C. Chamberlain, 105
Book (volume)
.........................................94 Connecticut ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
T H E CHRISTY P I T , MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRINGS COUNTY, A R K A N ­ 4 2 SAS. H. L . Bar wood, Arkansas...occurrence of eggonite at Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, contains 12 percent F e 0 . Other minerals...rutile, anatase, taeniolite, pyrite, siderite, goethite, wavellite, and cacoxenite. 2 5 4 2 3 2 ...as shown. Although these pyrite over­ Randolph County in southwestern Illinois. Specimens were growths...reveals a different pat­ with calcite, fluorite, and goethite pseudomorphs after py­ tern of pyrite overgrowth
Book (volume)
.........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................are capitalized while rocks have been left lower case. This is the 5th printing and each time updates...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book (volume)
.........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................are capitalized while rocks have been left lower case. This is the 5th printing and each time updates...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
90 MINERALS FROM 1 CONNECTICUT HILL By Richard Schooner P. O. Box 215 East Hampton, Conn. Collins Hill...Hill, in the town of Portland, undoubtedly represents the most remarkably mineralized area, of its size...Therefore, he is contenting himself, in this particular case, with merely providing an outline of the facts....from the alteration of bismutite, as at the Case Quarries in the same town. BISMUTHINITE should be fairly...manganotantalite, green tourmaline, and yellow sphalerite. GOETHITE is frequently seen as thin black coatings on schist
Book (volume)
Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...campaign would produce results, or, in the worst case, eliminate barren areas from further consideration...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...LOOK Freestanding Crystals Cavities Abandoned Quarries and Mines When and How to Go Immovable Areas...boulders one be worn splinters. m «f » in quarries or when collecting come could down hurtling...COLLECTING change rapidly, especially when it comes to quarries and road construction To avoid disappointment
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law and common sense dictate that one be worn in quarries or when collecting near unstable rock walls, where...can change rapidly especially when 11 comes to quarries and road construction To avoid disappoint‱ ment...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...underground 1n quarries and mines ACTIVE MINES AND QUARRIES Since working mines and quarries are trad1t1onally...specimens once you have reached the mine or quarry In quarries examine the roadways, mine approaches. and the
Book (volume)
Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...campaign would produce results, or, in the worst case, eliminate barren areas from further consideration...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy... 15 Figure 6. Dallas Gem Mine in San Benito County, CA...........................................
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DIRECTOR See erweiwE POR |S —$<$_____ MINES AND QUARRIES IQO2 PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION CHIEF...1.—Character of inquiries concerning mines and quarries: 1850 to 1902 ...........--..----------.--2-----Table...included in Census reports concerning mines and quarries: 1850 to 1902........--.---.-.--.---Maplers—=Mlininostatistics...aes Table 13.—Productive and unproductive mines, quarries, and wells: 1902.......-..---------------------+------Table...reporting capitalization: 1902 . 2.2.2.2 2c-ce1- ashes case se saceieis Soe See ieee ate es See ee ee eae eee
 
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