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Magnetite from
Green Mountain Quarry, West Cornwall, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Comments:Inclusions in muscovite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Green Mountain Quarry, West Cornwall, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:654235
Long-form Identifier:1:3:654235:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘCream Hill mine, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
6.8km (4.3 miles) ⓘBuck Hill iron mine, Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘIron ore prospect, Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘMount Prospect complex (Prospect Hill complex; Prospect Mountain complex), Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
16.5km (10.2 miles) ⓘSerpentinite, Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.9km (11.8 miles) ⓘTown Farm Road, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.7km (12.9 miles) ⓘPine Mountain magnetite locality, Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) ⓘTuttle Mine, Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.6km (14.0 miles) ⓘCrissey Quarry (Crissy Hill), Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
25.8km (16.0 miles) ⓘPegmatite quarry and ultramafic rock, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
USGS Professional Paper 255: 305.
Cameron, Eugene N., Larrabee, David M., McNair, Andrew H., Page, James J., Stewart, Glen W., Shainin, Vincent E. (1954) Pegmatite Investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Geological Survey Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255
 
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