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Biotite from Massachusetts, USA

USA
 
  • Massachusetts
    • Berkshire County
      • Adams
www.unh.edu (n.d.) http://www.unh.edu/esci/geology-highpoints/massachusetts.html
      • Becket
Smithsonian Institution (1889): "Catalogue of the Collection of Building and Ornamental Stones in the U.S. National Museum," Appendix G in Annual Report, Year Ending June 30, 1886.
      • Cheshire
"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
        • Berkshire Talc Mine
Western Massachusetts Geologic Resource Inventory, 3rd Ed., Alan R. Plante (Privately Published), 1994
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
      • New Marlborough
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Skehan, James. Roadside Geology of Massachusetts (2001), p. 290.
    • Bristol County
      • Dartmouth
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
      • Fairhaven
Goldsmith, Richard (1991). Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedham Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Avalonian Terrane (USGS Prof. Paper 1366-E).
      • Fall River
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
      • New Bedford
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
    • Essex County
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Sears, JH, 1905, Geology of Essex County, Mass.
Sears, JH, 1905, Geology of Essex County, Mass.
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Dale, Thomas Nelson (1908): The Chief Commercial Granites of MA, NH, and RI (USGS Bulletin 354).
Dale, Thomas Nelson (1908): The Chief Commercial Granites of MA, NH, and RI (USGS Bulletin 354).
      • Lynn
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
      • Lynnfield
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
Sears, JH, 1905, Geology of Essex County, Mass.
Alfred Lane (1890) Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Volume 24 pp 91-95
      • Newburyport
Sears, John Henry (1905): The Physical Geography, Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology of Essex County
      • North Andover
Sears, John H. (1890). The Stratified Rocks of Essex County. (Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Vol 22.)
Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Dale, Thomas Nelson (1908): The Chief Commercial Granites of MA, NH, and RI (USGS Bulletin 354).
Dale, Thomas Nelson (1908): The Chief Commercial Granites of MA, NH, and RI (USGS Bulletin 354).
Palache, Charles (1950) Fayalite at Rockport, Massachusetts. American Mineralogist, 35 (9-10) 877-881
McKinstry, H. E. (1921) The minerals of Rockport, Massachusetts. American Mineralogist, 6 (3) 56-60
(1917) Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Bulletin Vol. 597. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b597
Sears, JH, 1905, Geology of Essex County, Mass.
      • Swampscott
P. Cristofono collection, 2013
    • Franklin County
      • Charlemont
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
      • Hawley
        • West Hawley
"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
Hollocher, Kurt (1987): Systematic retrograde metamorphism of sillimanite-staurolite schists, New Salem area, Massachusetts (GSA Bulletin
June 1987
v. 98
no. 6
p. 621-634)
      • Northfield
Smithsonian Institution (1889): "Catalogue of the Collection of Building and Ornamental Stones in the U.S. National Museum," Appendix G in Annual Report, Year Ending June 30, 1886.
Emerson, Benjamin K. (1895) A mineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Massachusetts. Bulletin Vol. 126. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b126
      • Orange
Billings, Marland P. (1941): Pegmatites of Massachusetts. (Prepared under a cooperative project for geologic investigations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
      • Rowe
Plante, Alan (1992): Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities (Valley Geology Press)
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 79-354
Chute, Newton E. (1969) The talc, soapstone, and asbestos deposits of Massachusetts
"Western Massachuetts Mineral Localites" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
USGS Open-File Report 69-39, p. 8-10.
    • Hampden County
      • Blandford
"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
      • Chester
Lincks, G. Fred (1978) The Chester Emery Mines [Massachusetts]. The Mineralogical Record, 9 (4) 235-242
Alan R. Plante, Personal field notes, 1981-1985
Alan R. Plante, Personal field notes, 1965-1987
Lincks, G. Fred (1978) The Chester Emery Mines [Massachusetts]. The Mineralogical Record, 9 (4) 235-242
Alan R. Plante, Personal field and lab notes, 1985-1987
Alan R. Plante, Personal field and lab notes, 1982-1985
Plante, A. (1992): Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities (Valley Geology, Greenfield, Mass)
      • Monson
(1917) Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Bulletin Vol. 597. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b597
A Pictorial Guide to Metamorphic Rocks in the Field By Kurt Hollocher
Brownlow, 1960. Serpentine and Associated Rocks and Contact Minerals Near Westfield MA (MIT thesis)
    • Hampshire County
      • Chesterfield
"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localites" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
      • Easthampton
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
      • Granby
Collected and identified by Jeremy Zolan
      • Huntington (Norwich)
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
      • Pelham
Van Gosen, Bradley S. (2005) Reported historic asbestos mines, historic asbestos prospects, and natural asbestos occurrences in the eastern United States. USGS Open-File Report 2005-1189.
(1917) Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Bulletin Vol. 597. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b597
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
      • Plainfield
Quinn, Alonzo W. (1945). Geology of the Plainfield-Hawley area : with special reference to deposits of manganese and iron minerals (USGS Open-File Report: 45-28)
"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities" by Alan Plante, Valley Geology Press, 1992.
    • Middlesex County
      • Acton
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Dale, N.T. (1923) The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, 488 pages.
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
      • Ashland
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
      • Cambridge
Ross, Martin E. (2010): An Early Triassic 40Ar/39Ar age for a camptonite dyke in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (Atlantic Geology, Volume 46).
      • Framingham
Smithsonian Institution (1889): "Catalogue of the Collection of Building and Ornamental Stones in the U.S. National Museum," Appendix G in Annual Report, Year Ending June 30, 1886.
      • Groton
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
      • Holliston
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
      • Hudson
P Cristofono collection
      • Lowell
Smithsonian Institution (1889): "Catalogue of the Collection of Building and Ornamental Stones in the U.S. National Museum," Appendix G in Annual Report, Year Ending June 30, 1886.
      • Marlborough
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
(1917) Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Bulletin Vol. 597. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b597
P Cristofono collection, 2006
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Wadsworth, M.E. (1877) Notes on the Mineralogy and Petrography of Boston and Vicinity. The Intrusive Rocks in the Vicinity of Boston. In Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 19:217-238.
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
      • Townsend
Dale, T. Nelson (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England. (USGS Bulletin 470).
      • Westford
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
        • Snake Meadow Hill
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
      • Woburn
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
    • Norfolk County
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
      • Randolph
Smithsonian Institution (1889): "Catalogue of the Collection of Building and Ornamental Stones in the U.S. National Museum," Appendix G in Annual Report, Year Ending June 30, 1886.
      • Sharon
Whitehead, Walter L. (1913): The Geology of the Rattlesnake Hill Granite of Sharon, Massachusetts (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy).
    • Plymouth County
      • Brockton
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
Dale, T. N. (1910), Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England, in: Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470, 275-276.
Smithsonian Institution (1889): "Catalogue of the Collection of Building and Ornamental Stones in the U.S. National Museum," Appendix G in Annual Report, Year Ending June 30, 1886.
    • Worcester County
      • Bolton
(1917) Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Bulletin Vol. 597. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b597
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Smithsonian Institution (1889): "Catalogue of the Collection of Building and Ornamental Stones in the U.S. National Museum," Appendix G in Annual Report, Year Ending June 30, 1886.
      • Fitchburg
Hitchen (1935)
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
      • Holden
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
      • Leominster
Dale, 1910. Supp. Notes on the Commercial Granites of MA
P Cristofono collection
P. Cristofono collection, 2012
P Cristofono collection
Emerson, 1917. Geology of MA & RI
(1917) Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Bulletin Vol. 597. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b597
      • Northbridge
Smithsonian Institution (1889): "Catalogue of the Collection of Building and Ornamental Stones in the U.S. National Museum," Appendix G in Annual Report, Year Ending June 30, 1886.
(1917) Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Bulletin Vol. 597. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b597
      • Royalston
Billings, Marland P. (1941): Pegmatites of Massachusetts. (Prepared under a cooperative project for geologic investigations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
      • Sterling
(1917) Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Bulletin Vol. 597. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b597
Barker, 1962. Cordierite Garnet Gneiss and Associated Microcline-Rich Pegmatite at Sturbridge, Massachusetts and Union, Connecticut in AmMin 47, July-August 1962
USGS Open File Report 45-63
Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Dale, T. Nelson (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470)
 
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