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


Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Comments:Very rare accessory.
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sphalerite1 photo of Galena associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Galena associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:814004
Long-form Identifier:1:3:814004:3
GUID (UUID V4):85fc7a9e-1b56-434c-a548-aa11a0f092db
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
3.7km (2.3 miles) Allyndale Limestone Corp. quarry, East Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.3km (11.3 miles) State Route 22 roadcut, Millerton, Town of North East (Northeast), Dutchess County, New York, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) Ancram Lead Mines (Ancram Mine: Livingston's Mine), Boston Corners, Ancram Township, Columbia County, New York, USA
27.5km (17.1 miles) Unnamed Pb mine [1], Smithfield, Town of Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, USA
30.1km (18.7 miles) Lee Lime mine (Lee Lime quarry), Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
40.5km (25.1 miles) Canton Lead Mines (Cherry Brook lead mine; Dyer Farm zinc mine), Rattlesnake Hill, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
42.5km (26.4 miles) Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
42.6km (26.5 miles) Huckleberry Hill, Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
46.4km (28.8 miles) Reynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
47.9km (29.8 miles) Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford 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
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONNECTICUT ROCKS AT LUTZ By MRS. FRED SWEET 42 N. School St., Manchester, Conn. When the Lutz Junion...geographical location of minerals common to Connecticut. Mr. Sweet used a display case donated by a leading...background for the exhibit. He obtained a County map of Connecticut which he glued to a sheet of Vi" plywood...presses a button to see where mineral is found in Connecticut 124 ROCKS AND MINERALS The samples are of...corresponding quarries and locations (all in Connecticut) shown on this exhibit follow: Barite Basalt
Report (volume)
........ The Grand Gulch mining region, Mohave County, Ariz., by J. M. Hill (published June 12; 1914).... ........... Some cerusite deposits in Custer County, Colo., by J. F. Hunter (published May 5, 1914)...Section across the cerusite belt near Use, Custer County, Colo., at the open cut of the Terrible mine.....5. Plan of the Terrible mine, near Use, Custer County, Colo.......... 6. Sketch map showing location...Plan and elevation of the Grand Gulch mine, Mohave County, Ariz. 10. Camera lucida drawing of a polished
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
take a fishing pole." CONNECTICUT-From a limestone quarry near Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn., we have a...Middleburg, N.Y. I L L I N O I S—Lustrous, coarse xline galena has been found in the Aleo lead mine in Cave-in-Rock...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...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...January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz (crystals), sillimanite...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
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)
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................................................. Galena .................................................-CONTENTS. Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County Continued. Page. Opal.........................
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
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
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
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
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...Cretaceous age; (3) quartz-arsenopyrite ± sphalerite-galena-stibnite veins with anomalous Au values; (4) Au-enriched...mineral assemblage of quartz, pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, sphalerite, various sulfosalts, electrum, Mn-carbonate... Casino); d eluvial gold grain from Casino; e galena inclusion in eluvial grain from BRX-1, Klaza; f
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 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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...Molybdenite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, galena, sphalerite, quartz ENE-trending dikes and regional...typequartz-sulfide veins Molybdenite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, bismuth, quartz ENE-trending seriesof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the window. On arfor a short exploring trip to Canaan. riving at the farm, we were cordially Conn. Along...Alice Allen of Peekskill, N. Y., drove to East Canaan, Conn., looking for the Allyndale Quarries, which...specimens of Chalcopyrites, Phlocoplte, Clinochlore, Galena and bladed and fibrous Tremolite in the various...afternoon, I took a group of "Inters" over to the East Canaan Quarry where they spent two happy hours collecting...writer has enjoyed many pleasant drives about Connecticut and has visited numerous other old mineral localities
Report (volume)
________..__.___..__..._._.._.___.__._.._..._._.___ North Carolina________________________________________________...commercial domestic production is from Nye County, Nev., and Stevens County, Wash. Magnesite occurs also in New...occurs in commercial quantities only at Gabbs, Nye County, Nev. Dolomite, the double carbonate of magnesium...present (1954) are those hi Stevens County, Wash., and Nye County, Nev. Other States that have produced...the deposits, except for those in San Bernardino County, are associated with serpentinized parts of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
f. Min., 1887, ii, Mem., 75--77).-A specimen of galena in a dark quartzose gangue, from the Sierra Gorda...mineral vein containing bournonite B. H. B. and galena. Minerals frdm the Sjo Mine, Sweden. BY L. J....specular iron ore. Barykes, chlorite, neotocite, and galena are of rare occurrence. Pyrrhoarsenite, a mineral...CHEMISI'RI-. (Jahrb. f. Atin., 1887, Dipyr from Connecticut. By A. ARZRUNI ii, Ref., 9--lO).-The author describes...describes some crystals of dipyr from Canaan, Connecticut, presented to the University of Breslau bg
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)
Diamonds is the only genuine diamond crater in North America. It is a tourist attraction and opened year-round... 13, I960, from Don Ingle, Evergreen, Colo. CONNECTICUT—"Can you give me an identification on this mineral...was reported in 1843 at Williams Ferry in Hall County by Dr. Stevenson while panning for gold. The stone...Creek corundum mine in Town County. At Piedmont Orchard in Habersham County, beautiful nodules of deep...related to granitic rocks, has been found in Troup County near La Grange. All of the stones are a rich blue-green
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...to tan rhombohedral crystals sphalerite, pyrite, galena crystals ..... FL/R Fl/R with . ANNABERGITE
Catalog/List
accompanied by blende and cubo-octohedral crystals of galena. A large distinct cube, of a pale purple color...fpolished.) 73. h. Hartz. 71. L. Compact. Munroe, Connecticut. (Chlorophane.) der, Heated emits a beautiful...whitish veins and crystals. 75. L. Munroe, Connecticut. Sp. 2. Do. Rhomhohedral Fluor- Haloide. Triv...Marble. Bituminous limestone 169. L. Milford, Connecticut. 160. L. Egypt. MPMMII Var. Marble, Var. ... 163. L. Var. Breccia-marble. West Haven, Connecticut. 164. L. Middlebury, Vermont. 165. L. Mount
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
" The report sounds as if it proved worthwhile. NORTH CAROLINA The Charlotte Rock and Mineral Club heard...experiences on trips and collecting by slide programs. CONNECTICUT Our National Parks from A to Z was presented...trip to the Conklin Limestone Quarry, near Canaan, Connecticut. . . . . Members of the New Haven Mineral...the Old Silver Mine, Canton, Connecticut. Minerals to be found are galena, pyrite, quartz clear to amethyst...good account of a trip to the Jones Mine in Berks County. Sixty-four members and guests made this trip and
 
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