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Chalcopyrite from
Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Comments:Common accessory mineral.
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sphalerite2 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Dolomite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Malachite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Tremolite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Tremolite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:813999
Long-form Identifier:1:3:813999:3
GUID (UUID V4):f512da8c-3b7e-4df5-bc55-e55d82261d4e
Localities for Chalcopyrite in this Region
Pfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
1.9km (1.2 miles) Pfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) Allyndale Limestone Corp. quarry, East Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Conklin Limestone Company quarry (Falls Village Quarry), Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
5.2km (3.3 miles) Redwing Quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) Ancram Lead Mines (Ancram Mine: Livingston's Mine), Boston Corners, Ancram Township, Columbia County, New York, USA
25.5km (15.9 miles) West Torrington nickel mines (Coe Copper Mine; Hodges Mine; Barber Mine; Torrington Nickel Mine), Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
30.4km (18.9 miles) Town Farm Road, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
32.4km (20.1 miles) Mount Prospect complex (Prospect Hill complex; Prospect Mountain complex), Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
34.8km (21.6 miles) State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
38.3km (23.8 miles) Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, 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
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.............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OCCURRENCES IN LITCHFIELD, by WILLIAM M. BRUNET Roxbury Road Washington, Connecticut 06793 Litchfield County...to have been reported from Litchfield County, 63 from the town of Litchfield alone, according to J. A....area of CONNECTICUT Middlesex County or the BranchvilleRidgefield region of Fairfield County. However...the best in Middlesex County is located in North Woodbury. Furthermore, the county was the loca­ tion of...The limestone and dolomitic marble quarries of Canaan have been noted for many years for their production
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
loaded down with plenty of calcite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, magnetite and byssolite. Lou Roth, one of the...mortal injuries. A newly arrived grdup from Connecticut were chased when a child of one of the party...Mineral Society, Richmond Hill, N.Y. 592 Fulton County Mineral Club At the meeting held July 29 '57,...fossilized algae and Stark's Knob, a few miles north of Schuylerville, has an interesting history. Before...Plan To Organize Litchfield County Mineral Club A meeting to organize a Litchfield County Mineral Club and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
take a fishing pole." CONNECTICUT-From a limestone quarry near Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn., we have a...13, Kans. "This petrified wood came from Barber County, Kansas. I am not sure of its exact location but...vein in a road cut approx. 1 mile east of road on north side of Beltway, Baltimore Co., Md. "There is a...occurs as blue coatings on limestone. Bornite and chalcopyrite are common, and traces of turquoise can be found...the talc mine at Balmat, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y. NORTH C A R O L I N A - ' ! am sending you a specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...6.6 cm tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen and photo. Downloaded... 4.7 cm tall, Middle Moat Mountain, North Conway, Carroll County. Canadian Museum of Nature specimen
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...24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Connecticut Mineral Clubs Cleaning and Trimming Oxalic Acid
Report (volume)
WALCOTT, DIRECTOR THE GEOLOGY EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY BENJAMIN KENDALL EMERSON WASHINGTON........................................... 63 North Canaan and West Norfolk areas........................ 101 101 Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County .... .... ....'.......... .......... 103 Albite........................................ 107 Chalcopyrite :.............................................-CONTENTS. Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County Continued. Page. Opal.........................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found on the property of George Hobbs close to the north line of Sec. 3, T 2 0 S , R7E. (a little south of...Erin occurrence is approximately 2V2 miles due north of Pleasant Grove Church." Arizona—Albert L. Fritz...for many square miles! Connecticut—At the limestone quarries of Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn., tremolite...in Georgia at the fo'lowing localities: Cherokee County —2V2 miles northeast of Ball Ground, 1 mi'e northwest...of Cherry Grove School; Fayette County—near Fayetteville; Fulton County—near College Park. (Georgia Mineral
Report (volume)
Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut..... .Prof. William N. Rice, Middletown. Prof...State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G....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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PACIFIC and COASTAL TERRANES NORTH AMERICA - platformal and basinal strata NORTH AMERICA - craton and cover...Gulch 30 Discovery Creek 1580 Nansen Creek Canaan Creek 21,700 NR Locations of deposits illustrated...Revenue breccia is cavity and fracture-filling chalcopyrite, pyrite, molybdenite, and minor scheelite and...2016). Ore minerals at Nucleus include pyrite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, marcasite, bismuth...mineralization is mainly associated with pyrite and chalcopyrite in disseminations and veinlets in Late Cretaceous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Greenland Group metasedimentsare conoccurrence)north of the Bullet River (Fig. 1), sidered,on the basisof...contacts. Thesemuscovite-bear-generallytrending north-south. A zone of poring granitoidsare medium-to...argillitesand hornfels,total rock rather than in north and southX,¾estland, yield K-Ar total rock T^BLE...veinlets, disseminated Molybdenite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, N-S structural trend; N to NW faulting; quartz...quartz pyrrhotite, bornite, quartz Molybdenite, chalcopyrite, veinletsand disseminated N to NW foliation
Catalog/List
radial groups on limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals...lapis AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline...crystal vugs ALTAITE Lead telluride Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Cleavage plates in quartz with pyrite
Book
wonderful fossil insect imprint recently discovered in North Attleboro. How I wish I had GPS and a digital camera...including gold in a state forest in central Connecticut last spring. Moreover, similar gold deposits...at Boston College. In a similar formation in North Carolina, enough was found recently to warrant opening...11ne 2; ••• Amph1bo1ite--see Bolton, Worcester County M1nera1 Loca11t1es. page 85 ••• 11.8 3~ter cerium...•••••••••••••••••'.' •.••.•••• 2--6 Barn.table County ro •• il Localiti ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Report (volume)
........................................... Connecticut......................................................... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota......1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...World's Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...consulted may be mentioned Gems and precious stones of North America, by G. F. Kunz; Minerals of economic value
Report (issue)
defined briefly in the Glossary, which also inclu des North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, and at definitions...Fi�urc 2. KM 0,--,--T-___.:.,:lOO E--3 Mnp of North Islnnd showing most of the localities mentioned...cement m sandstone, near Parengarcnga ,. Harbour, North Auckland. The large grain on the right is quartz...Muscovite, with a pyramidal crystal of scheelite, Canaan, Pikikiruna Range, Nelson. (Photomicrograph, crossed...crystallites in parallel growth. From quartz vein, Canaan, Pikikiruna Range, Nelson. (SEM photograph; the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alfred C. Hawkins described a visit to western North Carolina, and exhibited cyanite, beryl, emerald...almandite, actinolite, cassiterite, bornite, chalcopyrite, hyalite, uraninite, gummite, clarkeite, cyrtolite...Trumbull tungsten mine, Connecticut, quarries near Portland and Middletown, Connecticut, the limestone quarries...quarries near Canaan, Conneeticut, the emery mine at Chester, Massachusetts, the Westfield, Massachusetts
Report (issue)
___ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Connecticut ___ _ Geology of the Middletown district ___________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect...and prospects-Continued Maine-Continued Oxford County-Continued George Elliot mica mine ________________...Warren feldspar quarry ___________ _ Sagadahoc County _________________________ _ Consolidated feldspar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
W l / 2 N W & Section 7, T.I., R 19W of Garland County, Ark., some fine quartz xls containing chlorite...was found at the New England Lime Quarry, Canaan (Litchfield Co.), Conn." use 3 or 4 dozen copies at least...Colo. 826 S. Ingraham Ave., Lakeland, Fla., has CONNECTICUT — The following sent us some interesting pebbles... on the beaches. These were from a beach of Connecticut River. The following speciprobably Pliocene age...occurrence. This material comes from Chattahoochee County near Columbus, Ga. To better preserve the specimen
Catalog/List
radial groups on limonite ....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro... AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and...quartz . ALTAITE Lead telluride • Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic tin white cleavable...sodium calcium uranium carbonate. Utah San Juan County, Moab ~ellow to yellow-green ¼x¼" single rhombohedral...ANNABERGITE Hydrated nickel arsenate Nevada Churchill County, Cottonwood Canyon Rich apple green masses altering
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Committee 1309 Highland Ave., Abington, Pa. Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society Spring Valley, N e w York...York At the regular meeting of the Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society, Mrs. William Jordan of Pearl...field trip of the month was to Pine Island, Orange County, N.Y., to a limestone quarry; eleven members attended...attended. At the July business meeting of the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Mr. Thomas G. Wilfred...the members. The Mineral display of the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society won first prize at the
Journal (issue)
VII, pp. 334-338 (quartz after interstices from North 1926, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., LXXVIII,'pp....Carolina). Chalcedony after interstices from Chester County, Pa., has been described by Vaux, G., 1935] ...after calcite type, also tetrahedrite after chalcopyrite, siderite and rhodochrosite after calcite, albite...albite after adularia, aragonite after witherite, chalcopyrite after sphalerite.) Adsorption' of this kind...Silesia, 8678 Cervantite after Antimony: I, C 2 Kern County, California, 17240, 18383 (stibioconite ?) Cervantite
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
i n g material. Can offer many rare San Benito County minerals i n cluding perovskite, as small black...material. M i n e r als f r o m N e w Y o r k , Connecticut, Ontario. Fluorescents, fossils. Ask for list...(clear yellow gem quality) f r o m M i l l a r d County, U t a h ; also many other Utah stones. W r i t...e a t h e r - l i k e , rare f o r m f r o m Connecticut — 5 x 6 and 4 x 7 — $ 5 . 0 0 each. 3 x 4 — $...Norway, M a i n e . Brilliant, Showy Specimen, Chalcopyrite On pink Dolomite. Brighten up your collection
Book (volume)
THE TEXT. I. Page. Fig. Fig. 1, Section in Canaan and Stewartstown, 21 2, Section in Brunswick...Barnet and Monroe, Fig. 4, Section in Newbury and North Haverhill, Fig. 5, Section in Bradford and Piermont...dune, Lebanon, 3 3 Fig. 12, Profile of kame of Connecticut valley, Fig. 13, Section in Springfield and Charlestown...Charlestown, . Fig. 14, Folded clayey layers, North Charlestown, Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. 15, Section...73 79 87 Fig. 22, Section in Merrimack and Litchfield, 95 98 Fig. 23, Section in Nashua and Hudson
 
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