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Graphite from
Piper graphite mine (Piper black-lead mine), Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Graphite
Formula:C
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Piper graphite mine (Piper black-lead mine), Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:760943
Long-form Identifier:1:3:760943:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Graphite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘSky Farm, Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
34.1km (21.2 miles) ⓘGraphite mine, Monadnock Mountain, Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
34.4km (21.4 miles) ⓘMonadnock Mountain, Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) ⓘOsgood Graphite Mine, Nelson, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
47.9km (29.8 miles) ⓘChickering Mine, Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
53.5km (33.2 miles) ⓘFall Mountain, Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
58.8km (36.5 miles) ⓘCrotched Mountain, Francestown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
61.1km (38.0 miles) ⓘCampbell Mountain Mine, Antrim, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
62.5km (38.8 miles) ⓘTownsend Hill graphite locality (Nissequassick Hill), Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
67.5km (42.0 miles) ⓘWorcester Coal Mine, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Emerson, Benjamin K. (1895) A mineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Massachusetts. Bulletin 126. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b126
 
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