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Tourmaline from
Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:41255
Long-form Identifier:1:3:41255:1
GUID (UUID V4):00c17ced-2dcc-4a9f-9494-9c575ed16060
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
12.9km (8.0 miles) Whispering Pines residential construction site, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.2km (9.4 miles) Waterbury Road quarry, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) Knapp Prospect, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) Blue Stone Quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) State Route 8 exit 37, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
21.1km (13.1 miles) Progress Lane construction site, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) State Route 8 exit 29, Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) Woodbury pegmatite quarry (Judson Quarry), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
28.7km (17.9 miles) Simpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
28.9km (18.0 miles) Hale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, 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)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut.....................................in the U.S.A. notesfrom th r EDITORS OLD YUMA MINE Another great mineral locality has now been closed...longfamous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, “Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine,” in vol....period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro
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.............
Report (volume)
Geology of the Bristol Quadrangle, Hqrtforct litchfield, and New ~Haven Countie&, Connecticut U.S. G EO...State of Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Bedrock Geology of the Bristol Quadrangle...Quadrangle, Hartford, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties, Connecticut By HOWARD E. SIMPSON Prepared in cooperation...cooperation with the State of Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Metamorphosed sedimentary...sedimentary strata of Late Triassic age underlie the Bristol quadrangle U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1573
Journal (issue)
Holiday Inn - Costa Mesa ♦ Bristol Plaza ♦ 3131 S. Bristol St., (Exit Bristol So. from 405 fwy) ·······••...John WayneAirport! Take the Bristol Street Exit (south) from I-405. On Bristol Just South of the South Coast...excaliburmineral.com Micromineralogy of the Blue Monster Mine, California Paul M. Adams 126 South Helberta Ave...Redondo Beach, California 90277 The Blue Monster Mine is located in Section 17,T I 2S, R37E on the east...east flank of the Inyo Mountains in Inyo County, CA. It can be reached by taking Route 168 east from Big
Report (issue)
THE MOUNT CARMEL AND SOUTHIJOTON QUADRAM3LES, CONNECTICUT by Crawford E. Fritts New data concerning the...approximately 111-square miles in south-central Connecticut were obtained in the course of detailed geologic...the mirror-image of metamorphic zones in Dutchess County, New York. However, garnet appeared before biotite...across other formations in the map area. Barite and copper minerals were deposited along dikes and in fault................................ 138 i Barite and copper...................................... 138 vi TABLE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Riddle's Mill Dist. (gold deposits) of Talladega County, Ala. It is 8l/ 2 x 11 and sells for Si, we believe...several recent trips to Clear Creek, San Benito County, Calif., have shown that the jadeite boulders in...Diablo Meridian, Calif., in southeastern San Benito County. The town of Hollister is 80 miles northwest of...the Yellow Jacket mine on Bear Creek in northern San Juan County, Colorado. The mine was in a rather remote...remote section of the county and was never worked much. It has not been worked for many years and is
Journal (issue)
8 RED CLOUD MINE WULFENITE Rockhounds enjoy the products of this amazing Arizona mine. By Bob Jones...SAWTOOTH QUARTZ 40 ROCK & GEM KIDS 46 THE BRISTOL COPPER MINE 50 COOL SUMMER ROCKHOUNDING 54 NATIVE...AMERICAN ROCKS AND MINERALS 60 DANBURITE: A TRUE CONNECTICUT YANKEE 64 Club members collect on Topaz Mountain... Find jagged quartz crystals at the Wall Street mine. By Robert Beard Regular Columns Field Notes ....Wulfenite from the Red Cloud (photo credit)mine (La Paz County), Arizona, is world famous. (3.9 cm high)
Show/Event (guide)
private appointments Topaz, Cleavelandite Mokrush Mine, Russia Thomas Spann Photo 2 3 CONTENTS 06...same effect as a more classical slab of bicolor tourmaline from Brazil, acquired in 2022. Actually, the...written by Bryan Swoboda. 12 Väyrynenite. Lolu Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan...specimens from the mim museum Stibiotantalite. Urandu mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan... James Elliott photo 14 Malachite. Kalukuluku mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, D.R. Congo. 60 x 48 x 26 cm
Journal (issue)
row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...& Diane Brownlee collection; Joe Budd photo. Tourmaline with cleavelandite, 4.3 cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root
Report (issue)
Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........A. Section A: Occurrences located north of the Hartford basin, New Hampshire ...................... .67...67 B. Section B: Occurrences located in the Hartford basin and vicinity, Massachusetts ................C: Occurrences located in the Hartford basin and vicinity, Connecticut ..................... .79 D. Section...information on all known Mesozoic occurrences of copper, gold, iron, lead, silver, zinc, barite,and fluorite
Book (volume)
Claim, Teller Co., Colorado, 43 Apatite Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 13 Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan...Pakistan, 33 (with Schorl), 47 Jos, Nigeria, 15 Medina Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 36 Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais... (with Malachite) Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, 12 Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 16...Claim, Wah Wah Mtns., Utah, 3 Bournonite Yaoganxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan Prov., China, 31 Calcite (on...Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu, Sichuan Prov., China, 26 Chalcocite Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Connecticut, 12 Copper
Report (volume)
especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list...Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut..... .Prof. William N. Rice, Middletown. Prof...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Report (volume)
........................................... Connecticut................................................especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Journal (issue)
COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper Industry” by C. P. Connolly in McClure’s Magazine...species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like bornite, chalcocite...the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes . . . the holes, some...located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote a trainee miner, Jerry Dolph, concerning
Report (volume)
covering early Mesozoic geology of M assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland...offshore early Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland...[refers to water] Climate* Coal [economic geology]* Copper [economic geology]* Diabase [rock type]* Economic...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State
Book (volume)
.........................................94 Connecticut ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..................................................................45 Arizona – Yuma Co. Hull Mine Site Map ......................................
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Bulletin 57 Geologic Series Copper Mines and Mining in New Jersey by HERBERT P. WOODWARD...of a new report on the copper ores of New Jersey and the many attempts to mine them. The report is particularly...them to supplement the supply of copper from the dwindling western copper deposits in the present emergency...during the preparation of a college thesis on the "Copper Deposits of New Jersey". I take pleasure in recommending.............................................. 10 Copper localities ...................................
Report (volume)
Luttrell Continuity of strata in the Newark and Hartford basins 6 By Paul E. Olsen A cored stratigraphic...Lower Jurassic Portland Formation, Suffield, Connecticut 24 By Nicholas G. McDonald and Peter M. LeTourneau...Robbins and Robert E. Weems Thermal histories of the Hartford and Newark basins inferred from maturation indices...Burruss Source of kerogen in black shales from the Hartford and Newark basins, Eastern United States 63 By...and phytoclasts of the Newark Supergroup in the Hartford basin 68 By R.K. Kotra, R.M. Gottfried, E.C. Spiker
Book (volume)
.........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................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...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
.........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................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...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Report (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS--SMITH, DIRECTOR 455 COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES BT WALTER...Ducktown type. ________________________________ . Copper quartz-vein type__________________________ Caroliuian..._ 16 Warren mine ____ 16 Milan mine ____________.._____________________ ._ 18 Lyman mine _______ _ _________...____________ '.__ 24 Copperfield or Ely mine ("Vershire mine).______i______ 24 History______________...and character of ores____________________ Hartford County deposits__________________________ Simsbury
Catalog/List
museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans for the area...Wall, Caledonia in turn lent its name to the rare Copper mineral seen here. Originally identified in 1832...appears infrequently in association with various Copper/Lead ore deposits. Good crystals are rare and highly...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority
Journal (issue)
Rhodochrosite- Marc & Janis Countiss collection, page 76; Copper-Paul Bordovsky collection, page 33; Elbaite-Jeremy...coUection, page 271; Scheelite-David and Marcie Bristol collection, page 42; Wulfenite-Gail and Jim Spann...& Sigrid Stewart Paul Bordovsky Dave & Marcie Bristol Kevin & Mark Brown Keith & Diane Brownlee Joe Budd...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the
 
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