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Graphite from
Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Graphite
Formula:C
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:165579
Long-form Identifier:1:3:165579:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Graphite
35.5km (22.0 miles) ⓘLedge Road, Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
49.2km (30.6 miles) ⓘOld lime quarries, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
52.4km (32.6 miles) ⓘRoute 101A construction site, Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
55.1km (34.3 miles) ⓘBolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
58.2km (36.2 miles) ⓘTownsend Hill graphite locality (Nissequassick Hill), Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
74.9km (46.5 miles) ⓘParker Mountain Mine, Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
76.9km (47.8 miles) ⓘMasslite Quarry, Plainville, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
77.2km (48.0 miles) ⓘWorcester Coal Mine, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
85.4km (53.0 miles) ⓘCrotched Mountain, Francestown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
89.2km (55.5 miles) ⓘDexter Quarry (Dexter Lime Quarry), Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
References
Sears, John Henry (1905) The Physical Geography, Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology of Essex Country, Massachusetts. Essex Institute.
 
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