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Calcite from
Paxton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Paxton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:129978
Long-form Identifier:1:3:129978:6
GUID (UUID V4):81bb6201-af18-487c-af50-b586eb3d25dd
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
9.9km (6.1 miles) Quabbin Aqueduct Shaft #6 locality, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
10.7km (6.7 miles) Quabbin Aqueduct Shaft #2 locality, Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) Millstone Hill Quarry, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) Ballard Quarry, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) Pandolf-Perkins Quarry, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
20.5km (12.7 miles) Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
28.4km (17.6 miles) Interstate 290/Interstate 495 interchange road cuts, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) Route 62 locality (Potash Hill), Hudson, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) PJ Keating Quarry (Lunenburg Quarry), Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Geology of the land area of the Boston 2° sheet, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and 10- New Hampshire... 16 17 18 U. S. Geological Survey Boston, Massachusetts 19 ,U. S. Geological Survey* OPEN FILE REPORT...GEOLOGY OF THE LAND AREA OF THE BOSTON 2° SHEET, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...minerals include sericite, epidote, chlorite and calcite (Nelson, 1975] 15- - 16 Principal minerals are...Milford Granite from the Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded 19 a 620 + 15 my,Precambrian,zircon
Report (volume)
catalogs, announcements, and publications. The Paxton Group of Southeastern New England By PATRICK j...JR. The Paxton Schist -is herein elevated to group status. The upper part of the former Paxton Schist...Southbridge Formation, and the lower part of the former Paxton Schist is now called the Dudley Formation U.S...Cataloging in Publication Data Barosh, Patrick J. The Paxton Group of southeastern New England. (U.S. Geological...Stratigraphic-Pre-Ordovician. 2. Geology-New England. 3. Paxton Group. I. Moore, George E. II. Title. Ill. Series
Report (issue)
Geology of Massachusetts E. Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedharn Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Avalonian... Stratigraphy of the Nashoba Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Enigmatic Terrane G. Stratigraphy of the...Belt, Central Massachusetts H. Structural and Metamorphic History of Eastern Massachusetts I. Intrusive...Intrusive Rocks of Eastern Massachusetts J. Radiometric Ages of Rocks in Massachusetts L.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-E-J The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor E. Stratigraphy
Report (volume)
Correlation of the Oakdale Formation and Paxton Group of Central Massachusetts with Strata in Northeastern Connecticut...1922Correlation of the Oakdale Formation and Paxton Group of central Massachusetts with strata in northeastern Connecticut...Stratigraphic-Silurian. 3. Geology-Massachusetts. 4. Geology-Connecticut. 5. Paxton Group. 6. Oakdale Formation...Distribution 9 General description 9 Thickness 12 Paxton Group 12 Dudley Formation 12 Distribution 12 General...Connecticut with the Oakdale-Paxton sequence of adjacent Massachusetts 1. Contents Ill FIGURES 1
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON............................................ Worcester County, Mass.......................................member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................
Report (volume)
... .H33 6. Formation names in the Worcester area, Massachusetts, by Richard Goldsmith, Edward S. Grew........H43 7. Stratigraphic names in eastern Massachusetts and adjacent States, by Richard Goldsmith, David...Section of south wall of Lynn Griffin mine //I, Henry County, Ala., type locality of Baker Hill Format ion....H28 9. Core-hole section at Highland Park, Henry County, Ala., lithologies of the farthest downdip part...the east flank of the Merrimack synclinorium, Massachusetts and New Hamp shire.................... ....
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
\~'acliusett-Coldhrookk aqueduct tunnel in Central Massachusetts. I n that capacity he liad opportunity to examine...Bibliography. I CALLAQHAN, GEOLOQY OF CEXTRAL MASSACHUSETTS 29 I FIO. 1.-Areal geologic mnp ndapted from...between Shafts 4 and 5. I t corresponds to the Paxton schist of Emerson ( 7 , pp. 130-140 ;2, pp. GO...section nearly two miles east of Shaft 1 is the Worcester phyllite of Emerson (7, pp. 3-28; 2, pp. 60-61...there is very little Iiornblenile, titanite and calcite are scattered through the rock. There are occneional
Report (volume)
Structural Dislocations in Eastern Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1410 Structural Dislocations...Dislocations in Eastern Massachusetts By ROBERT O. CASTLE, H. ROBERTA DIXON, EDWARD S. GREW, ANDREW GRISCOM...faults and mylonite zones that form the eastern Massachusetts dislocation belt UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...under title: Structural dislocations in eastern Massachusetts. (Geological Survey Bulletin 1410) Bibliography:...119.3:1410 1. Faults (Geology) Massachusetts. 2. Mylonite Massachusetts. I. Castle, Robert O. II. Series:
Report (issue)
......... 4 Figure 3. Map of part of Otsego County, Michigan showing location of Antrim Shale gas...Borehole map of the Latuszak Bl-32 well, Otsego County, Michigan (Cain, 1991) showing fracture intensity...Borehole map of the Rachow B3-3 1 well, Otsego County, Michigan (Caramanica, 1993) showing fracture intensity...the Antrim Shale gas-producing trend in Otsego County and adjoining Antrim and Montmorency Counties,...Shale in a four-township area in southern Otsego County, Michigan (Manger and others, 1990) .... 16 Figure
Report (volume)
Northeast-Central Connecticut and Adjacent Massachusetts By JOHN D. PEPER, M. H. PEASE, JR., and VICTOR...in northeastcentral Connecticut and adjacent Massachusetts. (Geological Survey bulletin 1389) Prepared...Geological and Natural History Survey and the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Works. Bibliography: p. Supt...Stratigraphic-Paleozoic. 2. Geology-Connecticut. 3. Geology-Massachusetts. I. Pease, Maurice Henry, 1922joint author....Geological and Natural History Survey. IV. Massachusetts. Dept. of Public Works. V. Title. VI. Series:
Report (issue)
Bedrock Geoloqy of the Nashua River Area, Massachusetts - New Hampshire By Gilpin Rile Robinson, Jr...ZONE 12 ROCKS IN THE NASHUA RIVER AREA 15 WORCESTER FORMATION 18 Nomenclature, Historical Background...Retrograde alteration of andalusite schists -io Worcester Formation 97 Staurolite-Kyanite/Andalusite (Actinolite)...SYNTHESIS 102 ENVIRONMENT OF DEPOSITION 108 Worcester Formation 108 Merrimack and Oakdale Formations...dolomite, K-feldspar, quartz, biotite, chlorite, calcite, calcic plagioclase, zoisite, calcic amphibole
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrences. These localities have been listed by county; and, strictly for convenience, the list has been...None­ theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful...micromounting PENINSULA Wayne County International Salt C o . mine—Detroit Alpena County National G y p s u m...barite, calcite, chalcopyrite (r), dolomite, marcasite, pyrite, sphalerite, strontianite (r) Paxton quarry—Paxton...quarry—Paxton calcite, chalcopyrite, dolomite, marcasite, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite Eaton County anhydrite
Book
MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is more than 100 million years younger than the Paxton Granite, which is part-host to the mineralisation...Volcanics, geochronology, gold, Hiltaba Suite, Paxton Granite, Tarcoola Goldfield. INTRODUCTION The...Domain, and is hosted by the Palaeoproterozoic Paxton Granite (new name defined in Appendix 1) and Tarcoola...Tarcoola Formation sedimentary rocks. The Paxton Granite is considered at present to be of very limited...sedimentary rocks of the Tarcoola Formation and the Paxton Granite. Mining at Tarcoola has been small-scale
Journal (issue)
....................... A GEOLOGICAL PARK IN WORCESTER, MASS. By Harry C. Parker ......................in contact with a rather earthy, iron saturated calcite. Here and there were evidences of former workings...on indefinitely, both collecting in St. Lawrence County and writing about it. Let it suffice that we obtained...specimens with those collected in St. Lawrence County years ago. (.And I, for one, didn't do so badly...silverniccolite-chalcocite-malachite. silver arsenide-pyrite-calcite. galena. Thunder Bay District and Westward. Amethyst
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
South Australia is hosted by the Paleoproterozoic Paxton Granite and Tarcoola Formation metasedimentary...similar to Kfeldspar and whole-rock samples of the Paxton Granite. This is consistent with a common source...Variably altered and gold mineralized samples that had Paxton Granite precursors show a loss of Nd and a trend...Glenloth Granite Mulgathing & Sleaford Complexes Paxton Suite Muckanippie Mafic Intrusions Water Ì Deposit...lithologic packages; other units may be present. The Paxton Suite is of very limited areal extent and restricted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
H+) XRD-identified hexagonal birnessites Paxton Cave Paxton Cave, VA (Na0.02Mg0.06Ca0.17K0.03)(Mn(IV)1...40¨0.13 Si0.03Fe0.13)O4·xH2Oa birnessiteb,c, calcite/ dolomiteb,c, diatomsd,c DS1-M3f Coal mine drainage...70Si0.09Al0.07Fe0.05¨0.11O4·xH2O buseriteb,c, calcite?c, diatomsd,c, aluminosilicatesd,c DS2-M3f Coal...36Si0.10Al0.33Fe0.19¨0.02O4·xH2O buseriteb,c, calcite?c, quartzb,c, diatomsd,c, aluminosilicatesd,c ...31Fe0.04¨0.03O4·x·H2O buseriteb,c, quartzb,c, calcite/dolomiteb,c, aluminosilicatesd,c PBS-M2f-2 Coal
Book
GENERALIZED BEDROCK GEOLOGIC EASTERN MA5SACHUSSETS WORCESTER .W o] ~P- FM V/C/N/TY ^^o Red beds MAP...Department of Geology Boston University Boston, Massachusetts 02215 to; PREFACE In 1966, John Rodgers...Davis in the Connecticut Valley of western Massachusetts, and gradually extended itself. oo over New...Brown University The Foxboro Co., Foxborough, Massachusetts Geography, University of Toronto U. S. G, S...Boston State College Botany, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Marine Sciences, Virginia Institute
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Dinosaur-Astrodon johnstoni Gem-Patuxent River Stone * Massachusetts Gem-Rhodonite Fossil-Dinosaur Track Mineral-Babingtonite...Rock-Dighton Rock Building & Monument Stone-Granite Soil-Paxton Series Glacial Rock-Rolling Rock 65 66 66 68...made the “Magic City” of Birmingham, Jefferson County “The Pittsburgh of the South” during the turn of...feet thick, occurs near Sylacauga, in Talladega County, being fine-grained and mostly white, ofexceptional...exclusively of calcite. Alabama’s white Sylacauga marble from Sylacauga, Talladega County, is considered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copyright © 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/98 $19.00 1 .00 Pergamon...methane: Upper Devonian Antrim Shale, Michigan Basin, USA A. M. MARTINI,1 L. M. WALTER,1 J. M. BUDAI,1 T. C... Michigan 48109-1063, USA 2 Shell Western E&P Inc., Houston, Texas 77001, USA 3 Chevron Oil and Gas Co...Co., La Habra, California 90631, USA Abstract—Controversy remains regarding how well geochemical criteria...Enron Oil and Gas Int., Inc., Houston, Texas 77002, USA. 1699 1700 A. M. Martini et al. Fig. 1. Methane
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Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University...University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT06520-8109, USA c Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration and Production,...Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. Tel.: + 1 812 606 5339. E-mail address: zhuanggsh@gmail...meters thick. Overbank mudstone contains nodular calcite and burrows and is truncated by channel deposits...including flakes of mudstone, pebbles of nodular calcite and reworked siderite concretions, appear and occur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reconnaissance study of the Iron Crown, Iron Hill, Lake, Paxton,and Prescottskarn deposits.All mineralcompositions...Average Igneous Rocks e Nockolds Iron Hill ¸ Paxton [] Prescott o Iron e Merry (1954) 10. ...youngersericitizedporphyriticphasewhich, near the Paxton deposit, containsthin epidote-molybdenite veinswith...six deposits studied (Iron Crown, Merry Widow, Paxton, and Prescott).However,at eachdepositthe styleof...cooledsufficiently to sustain brittlefracture.At Paxton someof the epidoteveinscontainmolybdenite.Althoughnot
Report (issue)
Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine 1 . David C. Roy and Ely Mencher Discussion:...Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine... Louis Pavlides Lower Devonian Seboomook...Shride Pre-Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Massachusetts .Kenneth G. Bell and Donald C. Alvord Stratigraphic...Wachusett-Marlborough Tunnel, east-central Massachusetts .James W. Skehan. S.J.. and A. Adel Abu-moustafa...stratigraphy in the Brimfield area, Connecticut and Massachusetts .John D. Peper and M. H. Pease, Jr. Pre-Silurian
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California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA 2 Present Address: Earth & Planetary Science Department...University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA * sslotz@berkeley.edu Abstract As the most abundant...Formations, Vermont, USA and the Waterville and Sangerville-Vassalboro Formations, Maine, USA. Plotting iron...highlighted the importance of trace iron in phases like calcite, which otherwise might not be included in iron-focused...iron in carbonates either as minor components in calcite or as ankerite (Figs. 7d, EA-7d). Almost all of
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 71 Mineral Resources of Taos County, New Mexico by JOHN H. SCHILLING Description of mineral.......................... Copper King [Anaconda, Paxton] mine............................................ Illustrations TABLES Page 1. Climatological data for Taos County .............................................................. 105 FIGURES 1. Index map of Taos County ...................................................................... 5 2. Map of Taos County ......................................................
 
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