Locality type: Quarry Classification Species: Quartz Formula: SiO2 Comments: thousands of tons of massive material mined, but crystals limited to micros in small pockets with albite. Also chabazite, quartz, and apatite crystallized in cavities in rhodochrosite associated with clove-brown lithiophilite, quartz, apatite, and dickinsonite. Habit: massive Colour: clear to smoky Quality for species: Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) Abundance at site: Extremely common Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Albite 17 - var Cleavelandite 13 Triploidite 9 Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) 7 Cymatolite 7 Rhodochrosite 6 Spodumene 6 - var Kunzite 1 Muscovite 5 Beryl 5 - var Aquamarine 1 Fluorapatite 2 Eucryptite 2 Fluorite 1 - var Chlorophane 1 Hureaulite 1 Hydroxylapatite 1 Eosphorite 1 Tantalite-(Mn) 1 Elbaite 1 Schorl 1 Fairfieldite 1 Ilmenite 1 Zircon 1 Lithiophilite 1 Meta-autunite 1 Spessartine 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Quartz data Locality Data: Click here to view Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Photo Gallery View Gallery (7 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 38335 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:38335:6 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘ Wilton Silver Mine, Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘ Schorl locality, Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘ Ridgefield Silver Mine, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘ Redding Glen, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘ West Redding grossular locality, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘ Titicus Mica Quarry, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘ Casey Quarry (Ridgefield pegmatite), Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘ Biermann Quarries (Bethel quarries; Codfish Hill Quarry), Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘ Old Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘ Captain Cook's Quarry (Purdy Station Quarry), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA References Year ⬇ Author Title Publisher
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 Search for references including Quartz Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA