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Chalcocite from
Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Comments:ACTINOLITE.
ALBITE. (Reported by J. Griesbach, 1975).
ANTHOPHYLLITE. Creamy gray veinlets in serpentinite float.
ANTIGORITE. (G. T. Faust, 1967). Constitutes bulk of serpentinite as interlocking microscopic laths and plates or as tough, brittle, dark
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:36808
Long-form Identifier:1:3:36808:3
GUID (UUID V4):bec5072b-c613-4d63-87b2-d72213775f6e
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
26.9km (16.7 miles) Chantilly Prospect A, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
28.9km (18.0 miles) Spencer Farm Prospect, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
36.3km (22.5 miles) Fairfax Quarry, Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
38.4km (23.8 miles) New London Mine (Linganore Mine), New London, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
40.0km (24.9 miles) Springfield Mine (Mr. Tysons Mine; Sykesville Mine), Sykesville, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
43.9km (27.3 miles) Hammond Prospect (Pittinger Prospect), Frederick County, Maryland, USA
44.5km (27.7 miles) Dolyhyde Mine (Dolly Hyde Mine), Libertytown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
44.6km (27.7 miles) Unionville Mine, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
44.6km (27.7 miles) Hines Prospects, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
45.0km (28.0 miles) Liberty Mine, Libertytown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Serpentinite and Rodingite in the Hunting Hill Quarry, Montgomery County, Maryland By DAVID M. LARRABEE GEOLOGICAL...Description of rocks exposed in the quarry near the center of the Hunting Hill ultramafite UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...distribution of rocks in the Hunting Hill serpentinite pluton, Montgomery County, Md ____ In pocket 2. Geologic...Geologic map of the Hunting Hill serpentinite quarry __ In pocket 1. Index map showing location of the...the Hunting Hill serpentinite pluton, Montgomery County, Md______________ 3 2. Photograph of the Hunting
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^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...of the Baltimore Gabbro Complex at Ilchester, Maryland. Figure 6. Triassic diabase dike forming a ridge...Arundel, Prince George's/and Baltimore Counties, Maryland (Sterrett, 1911). Figure 9. Distribution of
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...G. Tribbey The minerals of the Hunting Hill quarry, Rockville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Henderson County, Illinois, and near the towns of Dallas City, Hamilton and Plymouth in Hancock County, Illinois...examples include the Dallas City High School (Hancock County), The Mineralogical Record, volume 36, September–October...(Fig. 3), and the Mormon Temple at Nauvoo (Hancock County), construction of which was begun in 1841 and completed
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N of Calloway
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Journal (issue)
acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineralnews.com...grow to around J t/4 inches (3 cm). The Chavan Quarry (W agho li. 12 miles (20 km) east of Pune (Poona)...and less green than s pecime ns from the Dhoot Quarry, producing the first Indi a n specimens. The crystal
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preparation by Capitol Communications, Crofton, Maryland. Printed in the United States by Bookcrafters...ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187
Journal (issue)
CONTENTS HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE The Mineralogy of Maryland: A Hiswrical Sketch by Jay L. Lininger HISTORIC...MINERAL FEATURE A History of Chromite and Copper in Maryland: The Tyson Years by Sally Newcomb HISTORIC MINERAL...Mine at Bare Hills, Maryland by Herbert C. Moore HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE Maryland GOLD by Walter A. Goetz...FEATURE William Keith's Copper Mine: Prelude to the Maryland-Pennsylvania Border War by Paul Chrastina 112...Lininger 125 HISTORICAL MINING CERTIFICATES The Maryland Gold Company by Walter A. Goetz 128 ON THE COVER
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PREFACE V TABLE OF CONTENTS V I CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey ........Pennsylvania___ _ _ _ 1 _ 2 _ 2 1 CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West...n g y e l l o w " c o l o r " i n y o u r pan. Maryland: M o n t g o m e r y, Frederick, H o w a r d ...n d a n assortment o f fossils. Photograph b y Maryland Board o f Natural Resources. 2 K e n t u c k...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and
Report (volume)
Pond Schist___---_--_-____--__--_-_----_-_----_ Hunting Hill Greenstone_______________________________ Blackstone...Granite Gneiss...-__-_--_-___-.....-.....-_ Potter Hill Granite Gneiss...-._-__________.-_ Quartz diorite...Group...----___--_--_-_.-_-_-_____________ Spencer Hill Volcanics__-__-_--__-____--_-___-_-_-.-_ Maskerchugg...quartzite, the overlying Sneech Pond Schist, and the Hunting Hill Greenstone. We accepted Emerson's correlation...undivided. Only the Quinnville Quartzite and the Hunting Hill Greenstone are readily distinguished lithologically
Book (edition)
g gold). ductile (e.g. copper). sectile (e.g. chalcocite). elastic Optical co11sta11ts ill reflected light...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Rare-with scorodite in U-bearing lignite in the Caves Hill and Slim Buttes areas, both Harding Co .. South
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HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...COLLECTORS AND GUIDE T( HUNTING LOCATION 0-690-00687-X $17.50 263 color photographs 20 tables and charts...charts 100 detail maps 1500+ hunting locations: sites in North America A directory to coUpcfing O E Pi...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...on back flap) vb 00 m o o n AND GUIDE TO HUNTING LOCATIONS Minerals and Gems \o collect'^- his
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from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Ruby mine, Cowee Creek, North Carolina 6. Corundum Hill, North Carolina 7. Eldorado Bar, Montana 8. W. D...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and..."ariscite rough, A ma trice mine, Utah 51. Jade hunting, Fraser River, British Columbia 52. Map of nephrite...View of Clear Creek, San Benito County, California 55. Monterey County jade-producing shoreline, California
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,s 20 tables and charts 100 detail maps 1500+ hunting locations: A directory to co!le.cling sites in...GEMS A COLOR TREASURY FORCOLLECTORS AND GUIDE TO HUNTING LOCATIONS Russell P. Macfall MINERALS AND GEMS...100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...GEMS: A Co/or Treasury for Collectors and Guide to Hunting Locations •• Digitized by the Internet Archive... A COLOR TREASURY FOR COLLECTORS AND GUIDE TO HUNTING LOCATIONS AND Russell P. MacFall THOMASY. CROWELLCOMPANY
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Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy...sne-aseseeateeCounty, Can tess ccraccacaerscsascn enaeantsrse Figure
Journal (issue)
Sabelli & G. Brizzi Osarizawaite from the Silver Hill mine, Arizona ........................ 311 by C... Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud M m 7 JTQ MINERAL...(1st in USA) of this rare sodium phosphomolybdate! Rich yellow in schorl/moly matrix. Gold Hill, Utah....Wilton, CT 06897 (203) 762-0796 • Dept. MR Gold Hill, Utah. Over 750 Mineral Listings — Send three stamps...hardware 196 Beechwood Ave. Bogota, N .J. 07603 USA (201) 487-3254 The Mineralogical Record , volume
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MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described
Report (issue)
Connecticut, USA © 2008 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 263 • East Hampton, CT 06424 • USA Phone 1.860...diopside; 7.1 cm tall Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada Paul Stahl specimen Jeff Scovil...a/bite from the Little Three Mine in San Diego County, California; 6. 6 cm tall; Bryant Harris specimen...from the deposits around Emerald Creek in Latah County, Idaho, is brought about by inclusions of microscopic...specks) in the Entrada Sandstone, Laguna, Valencia County, New Mexico; field of view 8 mm Hans Jurgen Wilke
Book (edition)
Haven, Connecticut. James A. Ferraiolo: Bowie, Maryland. Michael Fleischer: Dept. of Mineral Sciences...M. J. Buerger (1958), The Powder Method, McGraw Hill, New York. (B) Bunn, C. W. (1961), Chemical Crystallography...Brittle Gold, silver, copper Chlorargylite, chalcocite Tale Mica Characteristic of most minerals...Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri...important gold mining districts in Australia, including Hill End, Hillgrove, and Mt. Boppy, NSW;; Mt. Morgan
Report (volume)
Earthquake Notes - Earthquake Notes. America. Rockville, Md. Eastern Section, Seismological Society of...of Science. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, N. C. Empire State Geogram - The Empire State Geogram...Engineering and Mining Journal. Co. New York, N.Y. McGraw-Hill Publishing Eng. Geology - Engineering Geology....of Kentucky Geol. Survey County Rept. - Kentucky Geological Survey County Report. University of Kentucky...Analysts. Houston, Tex. Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci. - Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science
Report (issue)
A293-A298 of this chapter. Numerous Federal, State, county, 1and local agencies and other organizations and...- - Pennsylvania __________________________ _ Maryland _____________________________ _ Virginia ________...cooperators ____________________________ _ 251 State, county, and local cooperators ______________ _ 251 Other...geochronologic studies in the Bodie district, Mono County, Calif., by M. L. Silberman and F. J. l{leinhampl...rocks from the Gold Acres open-pit mine, Lander County, north-central Nevada. Titanium, chromium, calcium
Report (volume)
Earthquake Notes - Earthquake Notes. America. Rockville, Md. Casper, Eastern Section, Seismological...of Science. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, N. C. Endeavour·- Endeav~ur. Imperial Chemical...Engineering and Mining Journal. Co. New York, N.Y. McGraw~Hill Publishing Eng. and Sci.- Engineering and Science...Ky. Kentucky Geol. Survey County Rept. - Kentucky Geological Survey County Report. University of Kentucky...Analysts. Houston, Tex. Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci. - Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science
Report (issue)
A253-A258 of this chapter. Numerous Federal, State, county, and municipal agencies and other organizations...cooperators_-____ ---------_____-____ 209 State, county, and municipal cooperaters__________ 209 Other...silver-gold mining district in northwestern Elko County, has revealed evidence leading to a revision of...Md. Study of gold veins in Piedmont gneisses of Maryland near Great Falls on the Potomac River, north of...Gold Butte in the southern Virgin Mountains, Clark County, Nev., to the Gold Basin-Lost Basin district south
Report (volume)
are as follows: COLORADO. Mineralogy. Montrose County, uranium-vanadium deposits: Weeks, A. D., 13R....Iron, Cook County, titaniferous magnetite: Grout, F. F., 5. IRON. Minnesota, Cook County, titaniferous...Journal. Birmingham, Ala. Ala. Geol. Survey Bull.; County Rept.; Inf. Ser.; Map; Mus. Paper; Special Rept...Rept. Alabama Geological Survey Bulletin; County Report; Information Series; Map; Museum Papers; Special...Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society Journal. Chapel Hill, N.C. Emory Univ. Quart. Emory University Quarterly
 
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