Roxbury Garnet Mine
Description: Large almandine garnet crystals up to 1-inch can be found in hard rock or loose in the soil. The abandoned mine dumps are scattered in the woods and provide loose crystals with little effort. The garnet is a dark wine red to black color, and commonly dodecahedral crystals in a schist matrix. Much of the matrix is very soft, but the best garnets are found in the harder schist.
Tools: Rock hammer, crack hammer, chisels, prybars, shovel, mattock.
Directions (refer to maps below):
From Wellers Bridge Road (Hwy-67) in Roxbury, Connecticut:
- Drive 3 miles south on South Street and turn left (east) on Mallory Road.
- Drive about 0.2 mile and turn right (south) on Garnet Road.
- Drive about 0.7 mile and turn right (west) onto a dirt road.
- Drive about 100 yards and turn right (north) onto Green’s Farm driveway.
- Park on the left side of the driveway and go to front door of house to pay the owners a $3.00 per person collecting fee.
- If nobody is home, you can leave the fee between the two front doors or under the front door mat.
- Follow an obvious path north down the driveway, past the left (west) side of the house and through a small clearing in the trees.
- The mine workings are extensive and extend in all directions. Taking trails to the left (west) will lead you to more dumps.
From Wellers Bridge Road (Hwy-67) in Roxbury, Connecticut:
- Drive 3 miles south on South Street and turn left (east) on Mallory Road.
- Drive about 0.2 mile and turn right (south) on Garnet Road.
- Drive about 0.7 mile and turn right (west) onto a dirt road.
- Drive about 100 yards and turn right (north) onto Green’s Farm driveway.
- Park on the left side of the driveway and go to front door of house to pay the owners a $3.00 per person collecting fee.
- If nobody is home, you can leave the fee between the two front doors or under the front door mat.
- Follow an obvious path north down the driveway, past the left (west) side of the house and through a small clearing in the trees.
- The mine workings are extensive and extend in all directions. Taking trails to the left (west) will lead you to more dumps.
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