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Chalcopyrite from
White Rock Quarry, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view White Rock Quarry, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:892605
Long-form Identifier:1:3:892605:0
GUID (UUID V4):c0eb9b97-9d4d-46e5-a9c1-0298ad83baf5
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
49.8km (31.0 miles) Interstate highway 295 road cut, Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
53.1km (33.0 miles) Interstate 295 / US Route 6 road cuts, Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
55.9km (34.8 miles) Nemo's Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
56.0km (34.8 miles) Long Hill Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
56.0km (34.8 miles) Gulf Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
56.1km (34.9 miles) Arnold Granite Quarry (General Brainerd Quarry; Great Hill Quarry; Hazelton Quarry; Haddam Quarry; Brookes Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
56.2km (34.9 miles) Hewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
56.4km (35.0 miles) Manton Avenue Quarry (Manton Quarry; Violet Hill Quarry), Manton, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
56.8km (35.3 miles) Linkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
56.8km (35.3 miles) Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AMERICA NOTES ON THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF RHODE ISLAND PART II. REMAINING COUNTIES Lrovn W. FrsnBn...Staurolite Stilbite Zoisite BRISTOL COUNTY The major portion of Bristol County shows sedimentary rocks consisting...consisting chiefly of the Rhode Island formation of shales, con_ glomerates and sandstones. B. K. Ernerson2has...similar to the Diamond Hill area of Providence County. The Bristol area, in the vicinity of portsmouth...Limonite Melanterite Pyrite Rrulms After pyrite White; encrusting shale. Crystals as large as 1 cm. I
Book (volume)
Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional
Book (volume)
Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional
Report (volume)
COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL MINERALS...about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five tunes the combined production and...than 80,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South...STATES. Tennessee........Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips
Report (volume)
GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1917............................................... Washington gneiss......,- .................................................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...formation......................................... Rhode Island...............................................formation........................................... Rhode Island formation .................................
Book (volume)
A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunter’s visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills
Report (volume)
AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS............................................... Rhode Island........................................................................................... Washington................................................about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five times the combined production and...than 86,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so
Book (volume)
A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...438 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1
Book (volume)
A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 2014 Fourth...Fourth Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...printing December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page...................389 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Page Ohio ...................................................412 Rhode Island ...........................................
Book (volume)
A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 1996 Second...Second Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...63125 December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page...................333 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Ohio ........................................................352 Rhode Island ...........................................
Book (volume)
A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 2005 Third Edition...Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...63125 December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page...................333 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Page Ohio ...................................................352 Rhode Island ...........................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Small lustrous brassyyellow xls of pyrite on snow-white marble have been found in the marble quarries at...tonnage of rich milling ore. It is reported that wall rock impregnated with gold to the extent of assuring...crushed material and breccia paralleled by a barren white quartz vein 6 feet wide. In the contact zone some...blackish, brownish, and large crystalled pure white, the white calcite being the bonding agent of the breccia...darkish calcite, adjacent to or paralleling seams of white calcite generally, occasionally both may be rich
Book (edition)
from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material Page...Directions to the Mineral Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut .... Additional Locality...booklet devoted to the mineralogy of the Middlesex County region. Invaluable assistance in preparing the...the same minerals that are found in the igneous rock granite: quartz, feldspar, and mica. However, the...formed deep within the earth from the same igneous rock magma that formed the granites. At about five thousand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California. What your correspondent writes is...several tons of these crystals were dumped on the rock dump. One large cavity even larger than 20x20 feet...quartz vein and all these many tons of rock were dumped on the rock dump, so whatever crystals there may...used that tunnel later on as a rock dump to avoid hauling the waste rock to the surface. The mine has been...1953). "Fresno collector uses giant saw to split rock specimens," is the caption of the item which is
Report (volume)
Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1911 CONTENTS....Connecticut granites________ __ _ __ 25 Structure, rock variations, weathering, and discoloration of granitic...______________i________ 39 Snbjoints____________________ ______ 39 Rock variations_____ 39 Dikes (granitic) ____________________________...__________________ Voorhis quarry _________________________ Ritch quarry _____________________ _____...__________ Norwalk ____________________________. __ Hall quarry __________________________ Hartford County____
Report (volume)
COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1923 ADDITIONAL...SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVEENMENT FEINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 50 CENTS A COPY PUECHASEE AGEEES NOT...Maine____________________ Milford, N. H________________________ Westerly and Charlestown, R. I____________ Conclusions...___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________
Report (issue)
INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation...Hot Creek district '-Huntington Creek district Island Mountain district. Ivanhoe district Jarbidge district-...district . Railroad district Robinson Mountain district-Rock Creek district Ruby Mountain Range district-Ruby...Creek district Wells district Wendover district White Horse districtGuide to exploration Selected references...Illustrations . Plate 1. Mineral resources map of Elko County. Figure 1. Index-map of mining districts 2. Exploratory
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite at the same location (Shepard...Sevier County (Coskren and Lauf 2000). The following index is arranged alphabetically by county. It is
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (edition)
ls, Inc., Auglaize quarry (formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is...earned a B.S. in geology from the University of Washington (1956), a M.S. from the Un iversity of Co lorado...mines and • quarries, river beds, outcrops, and rock cores, and he was fasc in ated by the minera logy...Auglaize quarry near Junction, Paulding the Huron River, resulting in the discovery of two County, Ohio...figures and photograrhs, origi nally in black and white, are now presented in ful l co lor to n1ake them
Report (issue)
4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses... Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC ...east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating needles
Report (issue)
commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic...nickel telluride, melonite, found in Calaveras County in 1867. New minerals and new mineral this is ...tributed throughout the State in small bodies or as rock-forming would be impossible to cite all of their...products. The gem-bearing pegmatites of San Diego County have aroused special masses, interest. Many ...near Oroville of an apparent pipe of serpentinized rock bearing a resem- blance to the diamond pipes of
Report (Issue volume)
Carrington area. Map 7 – Geology and workings of the Red Rock area Disclaimer :- This report and accompanying...Formation, intrusive name. Member name. General rock type (see list below) The letter symbol is unique...England Fold Belt metallogenic sheets. The general rock type symbol indicates the most common lithology...basalt Undifferentiated volcanics, multiple different rock types Hydrothermally altered and/or affected q...Plan ..... Titles map DME plan ....... Topo map County map Parish map ∗ Annual Report of the Department
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Paul E. Dcsautels, Roy S. Clarke, Jr., and John S. White, Jr. of the Smithsonian Institution and to G. K...Anthraxolite Asphaltic residue Silicates Quartz (Rock Crystal) (Amethyst) (Green quartz) (Cairngorm) (Blue...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning
Report (issue)
71 71 Northern Quebec ............ .. Abitibi county .......... .. ... . Savard-Poulin claims. Preissac-Lacorne.... .... .. .. ...... .... .. . . Terniscamingue county .. ..... .. ............ ...... .... ..... ....... ..... . ... ... .. .............. .. Pontiac county ..... .. ............. ...... .. .. .. ...... ... . ... . . .......... .. .. Southe rn Gatineau county ...... ..... .. ... .. .. ... ...... .. ... ...... .. . ..... ....... .. .. . Northern Gatineau county .... .. .. .... .... .. .. ... .. .... .. .. .
 
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