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Magnetite from
McCarthy Quarry, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view McCarthy Quarry, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:682527
Long-form Identifier:1:3:682527:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘHarris Quarry, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) ⓘPalmer Quarries, Snake Meadow Hill, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘBolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
20.4km (12.7 miles) ⓘRoute 62 locality (Potash Hill), Hudson, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
21.8km (13.6 miles) ⓘDracut Nickel Mine (Nickel Mine Hill), Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
22.8km (14.1 miles) ⓘInterstate 290/Interstate 495 interchange road cuts, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘBlueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘBlue Soapstone Quarry (Jenkins Quarry; Hill's Quarry), Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
29.5km (18.3 miles) ⓘGranite Street Quarry (Milk Row Quarry), Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘLynnfield serpentinite area, Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
 
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