Locality type: Park Classification Species: Quartz Formula: SiO2 Comments: As a major, but massive, component of the cross-cutting topaz-quartz-fluorite veins. One nearly pure quartz veins was mined as the "Champion Lode" around 1900. An accessory component of the amphibolite, particularly where altered and along the contact with the marble, where it hosts scheelite and ferberite. Component of the pegmatites. Habit: massive, drusy crystals rare Colour: colorless to white, smoky Quality for species: Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) Abundance at site: Extremely common Confirmation Validity: Confirmed Confirmation Methods: Visually Identified Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Scheelite 45 Ferberite 40 Topaz 24 Muscovite 17 Actinolite 9 Clinozoisite 8 Margarite 5 Fluorite 5 - var Chlorophane 1 Greenockite 4 Clinochlore 4 Albite 3 Goethite 2 Enstatite 2 Fluorapatite 2 Ilmenite 2 Marialite 2 Tourmaline 2 Graphite 1 Calcite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Quartz data Locality Data: Click here to view Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Photo Gallery View Gallery (11 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 131502 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:131502:8 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘ Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘ Corporate Drive road cut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘ Corporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘ State Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘ Porter Hill Road roadcut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 2.7km (1.6 miles) ⓘ Pequonnock River outcrops, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘ State Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘ Lane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘ Booth's Mine (Booth's Bismuth Mine; Booth-Hurd's Bismuth Mine), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘ Lane's Copper Mine (Fan Hill Road), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA References Search for references including Quartz Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Old Mine Park, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA