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Molybdenite from
Poorhouse Hill, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Poorhouse Hill, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:414288
Long-form Identifier:1:3:414288:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘAggregate Industries Quarry (Lynn Sand and Stone Co. Quarry; Bardon Trimount Quarry; Hume Quarry), Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘBlackburn Circle locality, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘBlueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘFallon Brothers Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
56.6km (35.1 miles) ⓘAggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
58.6km (36.4 miles) ⓘBolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
62.9km (39.1 miles) ⓘInterstate 290/Interstate 495 interchange road cuts, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
75.8km (47.1 miles) ⓘPearl Hill, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
77.0km (47.8 miles) ⓘRollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
77.8km (48.3 miles) ⓘSneech Pond copper mines (Copper Mine Hill), Cumberland, 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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