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Azurite from
Rocky Hill Quarry, Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Comments:Minute quantities with bornite.
Colour:blue
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rocky Hill Quarry, Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:939549
Long-form Identifier:1:3:939549:7
GUID (UUID V4):03a873ac-4fee-426f-9a59-fb2795e0b4c7
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
9.6km (5.9 miles) Trinity Ridge, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) Fenn Road, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) Arute Field, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
11.2km (6.9 miles) State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
27.1km (16.8 miles) State Route 9 rock cuts, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
30.1km (18.7 miles) Jinny Hill Mine (Cheshire Barite Mine), Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
33.3km (20.7 miles) New-Gate Copper Mine (Old New-Gate Prison), Simsbury Mines, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
34.2km (21.2 miles) K-F Quarry (Kelsey-Ferguson Quarry), Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
36.5km (22.7 miles) O and G quarry # 3, Prospect, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
jamesonite, and tetrahedrite at the Superior Stone Quarry in Ra­ leigh, North Carolina. Other common minerals...found in pegmatite at the Superior Quarry, Ra­ leigh, Wake County, North Carolina in association with...also been found at the Superior Stone Quarry, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It has been noted here...line rock in a cement-like mixture. Then in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Qose to us in South Hadley...see where a dinosaur sat saur tracks. While the quarry is not large down and left his tail print. Here
Report (issue)
............................ 18 Malachite and azurite ........................................................................................ 118 Connecticut ...............................................surface structures at the Arlington mine, Bergen County, N. J……………………………...Frontispiece Figure 1. Generalized...Generalized cross-section at the old Westlake sandstone quarry, located about one mile southwest of the Schuyler...Griggstown copper mine and the outcrop of the nearby Rocky Hill intrusive diabase sill …………………………………….... . 110
Report (volume)
Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut..... .Prof. William N. Rice, Middletown. Prof...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...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................................................Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr...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.;
Book (edition)
topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville
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
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 ..........................................
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...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow...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...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intrusion of a great sill which now outcropsin Rocky Hill, Sourland Mountain, etc., disconnected by the...thereare smallerquantitiesof cuprite,malachite, and azurite. The greenishsecondarymineral has usually beenrepo..."baked," sedimentsaccompanyingthe .trap; as in the Rocky Hill (Griggstown) mine. 2. In unaltered sediments...Newtown. ORE-DEPOSITS NEAR INTRUSIVE TRAP. The Rocky Hill (Griggstown) Mine.--This mine is a mile southof...southof Griggstownand two milesnortheastof Rocky Hill, on the westernslopeof a ridge. The crestof the ridge
Book
commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where... that he may know first of all what mountain or hill, what valley or plain, can be prospected most profitably...Adapted from Frederic H, Lahee, Field Geology, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1952). * fifth ed. (New York:
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 (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Report (issue)
............................ 22 Spinel, Orange County, N. Y............................................the Bronx, New York City ... 31 32 Calcite, Snake Hill, N. J.............................................Almandite, Manhattan Island, New York City Topaz, Long Hill, Trumbull, Conn...................................Mine (open pit), Franklin Furnace, N. J. Sterling Hill Zinc Mine (surface operations), Ogdcnsburg, N. J...Feldspar Quarry (waste pile), Bedford, N. Y.............................. Kinkcl Feldspar Quarry, Bedford
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...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...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Phoeniz Onyx Marble COPPER QUEEN MINE, Cochise Co. Azurite CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, Greenlee Co Chalcedony...BLACK RIVER Pearls COPPER QUEEN MINE, Polk Co. Azurite CRYSTAL MOUNTAINS, Montgomery Co., (near Womble)
by Oak Tree Press Co. Ltd P.O. Box 34, Brickfield Hill, Sydney 2000, N.S.W Distributed in the United Kingdom...Yorke Peninsula, and in New South Wales at Broken Hill. In U.S.S.R. very fine crystals at Turnisk in Perm...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Norway. In Australia, silver is found at Broken Hill in New South Wales. Mexico has been a big producer...from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production from Kalgoorlie and Ballarat
Journal (issue)
Fiery veins stand out in host rock The Pendleton Quarry by Helen Serras-Herman calcite collecting near...Wholesale and retail show; Gem Faire Inc, Alameda County Fairgrounds; 4501 Pleasanton Ave; Fri. Noon-6 pm...Northwest Wisconsin Gem & Mineral Society, Barron County Fair Grounds; Hwy. 48 North; Sat. 10:00 am-5:00...massive form of quartz and three copper species: azurite, malachite and cuprite. AGATE Agate comes in...China is a more recent source of crystallized azurite specimens, which bear a striking likeness to the
Book (volume)
Tertiary erosional debris spreading out from the Rocky Mountains as they rose during the Larimide revolution...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford
Book (edition)
Oak Tree Press Co., Ltd., P.O. Box 34, Brickfield Hill, Sydney 2000, N.S.W. Distributed in the United Kingdom...Peninsula, and in New South Wales at Broken Hill. In U.S.S.R. very fine crystals at Turnisk in Perm...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Norway. In Australia, silver is found at Broken Hill in New South Wales. Mexico has been a big producer...Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production from Kalgoorlie and Ballarat
Report (volume)
of the Triassic Rocks of New Jersey and the Connecticut Valley, by John S. Newberry. 1888. 4°. xiv, 152...meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County N. Y., to Bradford County, Pa., by Henry S. Williams. 1884....cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 86pp. 3...57 pi. Price 25 cents. 38. Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky, by J. S. Diller. 1887. 8°. 31 pp. 1...Knowledge of the Geology of Texas, by Robert T. Hill. 1887. 8°. 94 pp. Price 10 cents. 46. Nature and
Catalog/List
. . . . . . . 7 Xline, white, in dolomite; Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Hexagonite Purple...rock, fluorescent; New Hampshire . . . . . . . 91 AZURITE (Basic copper carbonate) Nodules, with malachite;....35 . . . . . . . . 135 Xline, with malachite, rocky; New Mexico, 1 x 2•, .25 . . 92 BARITE (barium sulfate).... .. . . . . . . . . ... . . . . .. . .. . 132 Rocky; Arizona, Alaska, etc .. . . . . . . . . .. . .... ... . .. 1 Puudomorphs after xled nodules of azurite; New Mexico, ¾ X ¾ •, 2 for .25 COPPER GLANCE-See
Book
including gold in a state forest in central Connecticut last spring. Moreover, similar gold deposits...11ne 2; ••• Amph1bo1ite--see Bolton, Worcester County M1nera1 Loca11t1es. page 85 ••• 11.8 3~ter cerium...•••••••••••••••••'.' •.••.•••• 2--6 Barn.table County ro •• il Localiti ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...Localit1e•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 21 Br1.tol County Mineral Localit1 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...24--25 Dukes County Mineral Loeal1tiea •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 26--21 Duk •• County Fo.sil Loeal1tie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in New Jersey. This article focuses on the Bergen Hill occurrence in the Palisades diabase and five quarries...Brothers quarry, Prospect Park; McDowell's quarry, Upper Montclair; and the Francisco Brothers quarry, Great...(notably Rocky Hill and Lambertville) and two Hudson County localities, Laurel (Snake) Hill quarry, Secaucus...Lee. The geology and mineralogy of the two Hudson County localities have already been described in detail...Localities: Historical Background Bergen Hill, Hudson County The area known as Bergen H i l l consists
 
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