Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Calcite |
Formula: | CaCO3 |
Comments: | A secondary mineral in the granite gneiss. |
Habit: | anhedral |
Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Siderite | ⓘ2 photos of Calcite associated with Siderite at this locality. |
Quartz | ⓘ2 photos of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Rockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 132112 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:132112:8 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 8ac19d10-68c5-4cae-8995-e05de8b2dc70 |
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite |
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0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘRoxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
9.7km (6.0 miles) | ⓘAdvance Stone Quarry, Boardman's Bridge, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
11.1km (6.9 miles) | ⓘWoodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
11.7km (7.2 miles) | ⓘBates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
11.7km (7.3 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Brookfield Bypass), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
11.9km (7.4 miles) | ⓘO & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
12.2km (7.6 miles) | ⓘO & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
12.9km (8.0 miles) | ⓘOld lead mine, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
13.0km (8.1 miles) | ⓘHeritage Village, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
14.1km (8.8 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
References |
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Rockside Quarry, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA