Chipman Silver Mine
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I am not clear on if the land is public or not.
From "http://cashandtreasures.wikifoundry.com/page/Massachusetts", "General description: An old silver mine in Newbury. A lot of galena, pyrite, and siderite can be found here. Minor amounts of malachite and chalcopyrite have been found here. Many minerals here will fluoresce under both shortwave and longwave UV wavelengths.Handy to bring along:
1. Shovel
2. Hammer and hand pick
3. Chisel & safety gear
Helpful notes to newcomers:If you ever go to this location, the mine is currently behind houses on a place called Scotland Heights. To find galena and pyrite, one will have to dig in the mine dumps. Bug spray can be quite handy at this location."
Good luck!
Directions: No directions given on the wiki site, but I grabbed the GPS info from mindat.org, and hopefully it is as exact as I marked it.
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GPS Coordinates (lat,long): (42° 46' 51'' N, 70° 54' 17'' W)
or (42.766666, -70.900000)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is supposed to be exact.)
Mindat Link: https://www.mindat.org/loc-22347.html
Tags: fluorescent, fluorescence, galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, malachite, siderite, Chipman Silver Mine
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