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Pyrrhotite from
Lane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Comments:massive material reportedly widespread
Habit:massive
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:754037
Long-form Identifier:1:3:754037:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘBooth's Mine (Booth's Bismuth Mine; Booth-Hurd's Bismuth Mine), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘCorporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.2km (9.4 miles) ⓘSky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘInterstate 84 and state Route 172 interchange, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘAgstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.4km (12.7 miles) ⓘGreen's Farm locality (Roxbury garnet mine; Roxbury Falls garnet mine; Garnet Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
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