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Barker Hill Quarry (Townsend Quarry; Rusk Quarry), Townsend, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA



Detailed Mineral List:
Albite var: Oligoclase-Albite
Reference: Dale, T. Nelson (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England. (USGS Bulletin 470).
'Allanite' ?
Reference: Dale, T. Nelson (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England. (USGS Bulletin 470).
'Apatite'
Reference: Dale, T. Nelson (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England. (USGS Bulletin 470).
Biotite
Reference: Dale, T. Nelson (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England. (USGS Bulletin 470).
'Chlorite Group'
Reference: Dale, T. Nelson (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England. (USGS Bulletin 470).
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Reference: Rocks & Min.: 13:245.; Harvard Museum spec. # 92325
Microcline
Formula: KAlSi3O8
Reference: ; Rocks & Min.: 13:245.
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: Dale, T. Nelson (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England. (USGS Bulletin 470).
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Dale, T. Nelson (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England. (USGS Bulletin 470).
Rutile ?
Formula: TiO2
Reference: Dale, T. Nelson (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England. (USGS Bulletin 470).
Zircon
Formula: ZrSiO4
Reference: Dale, T. Nelson (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England. (USGS Bulletin 470).


11 entries listed. 6 valid minerals.

References

Rocks & Minerals (1938): 13: 245.

Dale, T. Nelson (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England; USGS Bulletin 470.

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