Locality type: Mine Classification Species: Goethite Formula: Fe3+ O(OH) Comments: Often misclassified as limonite, or "brown hematite" in older literature. Most material is massive dull earthy ore, best specimens have stalactitic to botryoidal forms with a highly lustrous, black surface. Habit: mostly earthy and massive, rarely radially fibrous masses, stalactitic, botryoidal, spherical Colour: brown to dark brown nearly black, some botryoidal and lustrous specimens are iridescent Quality for species: Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) Abundance at site: Extremely common Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Pyrolusite 4 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Goethite data Locality Data: Click here to view Salisbury Mine (Brookpit; Old Hill Mine; Ore Hill Mine), Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA Photo Gallery View Gallery (45 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 96445 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:96445:2 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘ Chatfield Mine, Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA 2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘ Maltby Mine, Millerton, Town of North East (Northeast), Dutchess County, New York, USA 2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘ Porter Mine, Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA 3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘ Davis Mine, Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA 4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘ Indian Mine, Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA 4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘ Cheever Mine (Mount Riga Mine), Mount Riga, Town of North East (Northeast), Dutchess County, New York, USA 5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘ Clarke Mine, Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA 6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘ Dakin Mine, Mount Riga, Town of North East (Northeast), Dutchess County, New York, USA 7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘ Scoville Mine, Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA 8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘ Morgan Mine, Ancram Township, Columbia County, New York, USA References Search for references including Goethite Salisbury Mine (Brookpit; Old Hill Mine; Ore Hill Mine), Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Salisbury Mine, Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA