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Webb Granite Quarry, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USAi
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Webb Granite QuarryQuarry
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G. D. Webb's Quarry

Webb Granite Quarry, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
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1877 Map of Webb Fitzwilliam Quarry Location

Webb Granite Quarry, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
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Webbs Quarry

Webb Granite Quarry, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
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G. D. Webb's Quarry

Webb Granite Quarry, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
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1877 Map of Webb Fitzwilliam Quarry Location

Webb Granite Quarry, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
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Webbs Quarry

Webb Granite Quarry, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
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G. D. Webb's Quarry

Webb Granite Quarry, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
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1877 Map of Webb Fitzwilliam Quarry Location

Webb Granite Quarry, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 45' 24'' North , 72° 9' 1'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
42.75675,-72.15028
GeoHash:
G#: drsenptu0
GRN:
N29W39
Type:
Quarry
Köppen climate type:
Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Fitzwilliam2,280 (2017)2.7km
Troy1,221 (2017)7.9km
Royalston1,276 (2017)9.3km
Richmond1,147 (2017)9.9km
Rindge6,049 (2017)11.5km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Keene Mineral ClubKeene, New Hampshire22km
Mindat Locality ID:
9269
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:9269:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Webb Fitzwilliam Quarry


The Webb Fitzwilliam quarry was operated by Webb Granite & Construction Company. It opened circa 1829 and was abandoned by 1917. It was located half a mile south of Fitzwilliam Depot. A 7,000-foot railroad siding connected the quarry to the depot. Their product was used mainly for buildings and monuments, including the approaches and base of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston Massachusetts.

The granite was a muscovite-biotite granite of light, very bluish gray color and of even-grained fine texture, with feldspars and micas under 0.2 inch. Its constituents, in descending-order of abundance, were clear, colorless to translucent bluish potash feldspar (microcline and orthoclase), slightly kaolinized; clear colorless quartz with cavities and hairlike crystals of rutile; "clear to milk-white soda-lime feldspar (oligoclase), some of it slightly kaolinized and micacized; muscovite (white mica) in large scales; and biotite (black mica) in more abundant and much smaller scales. Accessory minerals include magnetite (very little), apatite and rutile. Secondary minerals include kaolin and a white mica.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘRutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘAlmandine9.AD.25Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
ⓘMuscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘMicrocline9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
ⓘAlbite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘvar. Oligoclase9.FA.35(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Unclassified
ⓘ'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
OOxygen
Oⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Oⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ RutileTiO2
Oⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FFluorine
Fⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
NaSodium
Naⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Naⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Alⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Alⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Siⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Siⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
ClChlorine
Clⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
KPotassium
Kⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Kⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Caⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Tiⓘ RutileTiO2
FeIron
Feⓘ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Feⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4

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References

Norton, John F. (1888). The History of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, from 1752 to 1887. (NY: Burr Printing House).
Dale, T. Nelson (1909). Supplementary Notes on the Granites of New Hampshire (in Contributions to Economic Geology, Part I, USGS Bulletin 430, 1910).
Dale, T. Nelson (1923) The commercial granites of New England. Bulletin 738. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b738
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