 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PETROGRAPHICAL COUNTY, PROVINCE MASS. I. OF ESSEX THE area of igneous rocks in Eastern Massachusetts, especially...especially in Essex county, has been, as the late Geo. H. Williams said, " more discussed than any other...pages are written. I have visited the region of Essex county several times and collected a large number of...of its chief features. The igneous rocks of Essex county extend along the coast from Lynn to the New...Basin, but this paper does not include them. In Essex county they form a long ridge "extending in a northeasterly |  | | Report (issue) | | Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts by Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvin...Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvln This...contains the records of radlometrlc ages for Massachusetts from the Radlometrlc Age Data Bank of the U...portrayed on a new bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). The compilation Is believed to...they appear on the Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). Steiger, R. H., and Jager, E. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dr.H.E. Wadsworth—Syenite and Gabbro in Massachusetts. 207 nation of the aperture apparently round and...THE PRESENCE OF SYENITE AND GABBRO IN ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. By Dr. M. E. WADSAVORTH. Syenite.—Much...—Much of the eastern coast of Essex County, Massachusetts, extending from Salem to a point beyond West... 208 Dr.M.E. Wadstcorth—Syenite and Gabbro in Massachusetts. region, and hence, for convenience of description...gabbro. In the granite of Davis Neck, Bay View, Gloucester, a variety of gabbro occurs quite abundantly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S.G.S. Professional Paper, l8O,...PnrBsrr-BvToururN rrr, Haraard.IJnitersity, Cambrid.ge38,Massachusetts. The writer has recently had the opportunity...described as allanite in a granite from Gloucester, Massachusetts, but the pleochroism and extinction angle...associated with the clusters of riebeckite needles. Zircon is quite rare in the section examined; the few...quite similar to certain granites of Cape Ann, Massachusetts,in which fayalite and allanite (the latter "very |  | | Report (volume) | | 704 GEOLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS BY CHARLES H. CLAPP WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT....... 9 9 9 10 11 11 11 15 j ( Geology of Essex County.................................................. 26; . . 3 4 CONTENTS. Geology of Essex County Continued. Igneous rocks Continued. Subjacent...Biotite. .......................................... Zircon............................................. Allanite...reconnaissance map and structure section of Essex County, Mass...................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF OHE IPSWICH QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS 8 10- by William H. Dennen 11 1975 12 13... BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE IPSWICH QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS Introduction Rocks of the Ipswich quadrangle...quadrangle is situated on the northeastern 19 20- Massachusetts coast within the Seaboard Lowland section of...-fA9 maters on Fifteen Mile Hill in the Town of Essex to 21 -11 maters under the salt marsh at Six Goose...quadrangle are completely tidal; the 6 Ipswich and Essex Rivers are tidal inland to "falls" above which they |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FAYALITE AT ROCKPORT, MASSACHUSETTS* Cn,lnrns Pa.racne, H arvard, U niv ersity, Cambri,dge, M assachusetts...of fayalite at four Iocalities on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, with a description of one of them which yielded...known in the granite of Rockport on Cape Ann, Massachusetts,to the description of which the following pages...the surfaces of the crystals as well as minute zircon crystals. The main purpose of this paper was to...GeologicalSurveywrote on the Commercial Granites of Massachusetts. ln describing the Rockport granite he states |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | which in 1865 absorbed the collection of Sussex county minerals made by Samuel Woodruff, of Sparta, New...Hill and Harmony, Warren county. tals in calcite at Franklin, Susse_: county. _gate, (Quartz.) Very...Very tlne crys- Silica. Hoboken,Hudson county. Bound Brook and LibertyCorner, Somersetcounty. NEW JERSEY...cavities in amygdaloidal trap at Plainfield, Union county. See L C. Russell in Am. J. Set. III., XVL, 112...crystals imbedded in gneiss at Franklin, Sussex county. A pebble of alla,ite was found eight feet below |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1899 THE PETROGRAPHICAL PROVINCE COUNTY, MASS. III OF ESSEX ROCKS OCCURRINGIN DIKES THE rocks described...an approximate idea of the intrusive rocks of Essex county. GRANITIC DIKES of this rock are confined...one cutting a granite exposure near Bass Rocks, Gloucester. It is the same mass as that mentioned previously... 536, 1893. PETROGRAPHICAL PROVINCE OF ESSEX COUNTY 107 of Arran it is easy to explain this by...Ann. Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Plate LXXVII. OF ESSEX PROVINCE PFTROGRAPHICAL - - - - - - - |  | | Report (issue) | | SYSTEM IN THE REGION OF GREENWICH TOWNSHIP, GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY By Cynthia Barton and Jane Kozinski...quality in the region of Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey....................... in pocket...sites in the region of Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, at which ground-water contamination...and Greenwich and West Deptford Townships, Gloucester County, New Jersey, 1980-88.............. in pocket...system in the region of Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, 1980-88.............. in pocket |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CROSBV, REVIEWER The Petrographical Province of Essex County, Mass. BY HENRY S. WASHINGTON. J . Geol., 6...787-808 ; 7 , 53-64, 1051 2 1 , 284-294.-Although Essex county is a region of great petrographic diversity...include danalite, fayalite, allanite, epidote, zircon, magnetite, apatite, fluorite. T h e feldspar is...arid soda. Diorife has a large development in Essex County. It is highly varied and represents transitions...slight amount. Other component minerals include zircon, apatite, magnetite, garnet, hornblende, oligoclase |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | recovered by Mr A.W. Chubb of Gloucester during prospecting operations at Gloucester Tops in the early 1970s...D49689). Alluvial ruby and accompanying sapphire and zircon appear in many drainages dissecting the Barrington... Eastern Australia Locality Lat.S, Long.E Gloucester TopsBarrington Tops 310500-32005 ', 151~176...which extends from 850 m to 1545 m a.s.1. Around Gloucester Tops, single ruby grains weigh up to 3 carats...interfluve between the Kerripit and Gloucester Rivers near Mt McKenzie on Gloucester Tops (Fig. 1). The Barrington |  | | Report (issue) | | PRELIMINARY BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GLOUCESTER QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS Correlation of Map Units Pxcl...PRELIMINARY BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GLOUCESTER QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS Description of Map Units X «...occasionally present. Accessory minerals include sphene, zircon, apatite, fluorite, allanite, magnetite, and ilmenite...exsolved blades in pyroxenes. Accessory apatite,zircon, 13 and sphene are also present as grains and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quartz, green epidote, red garnet and some colorless zircon (fl. orange). San Francisco, the most important...and black ilmenite. Augusta, in N / E Richmond County, is in eastern Georgia, and on the west bank of...green epidote, black magnetite and some colorless zircon (fl. orange). Cak Bluffs is near the N / E tip...south coast of Massachusetts. Marthas Vineyard forms the greater part of Dukes County. Limojiire sand...whitish muscovite. Mullica Hill is in N / W Gloucester County in S/W New Jersey. Beach sand from Cape Halteras |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Comparison with syenite (andesine anorthosite) of Nelson County, Virginia........................................Front Royal, in Warren County, southward to Hightop and beyond in Greene County. Farther southwest, at...norite from a locality in the northern part of Floyd County, Yirginia. Attention was called to the close similarity...similarity of the syenite from Floyd County to the unakite-bearing syenite at Milams Gap, in Page and...of the Blue Ridge farther southwest in Roa noke County. The Amherst-Nelson counties rock series shows |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of Selected Quadrangles In Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This volume was printed as separate...quadrangle, Worcester and Franklin Counties, Massachusetts, by Donald F. Eschman. (D) Geology of the Taunton...quadrangle, Bristol and Plymouth Counties, Massachusetts, by Joseph H. Hartshorn. o ; Bedrock Geology...Vicinity Massachusetts > w By PRIESTLEY TOULMIN 3d GEOLOGY OF SELECTED QUADRANGLES IN MASSACHUSETTS ~s -GEOLOGICAL...1163-A Prepared in cooperation with the i Massachusetts Department of Public Works « UNITED STATES |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 53 5.5-7.5 9. Tourmaline - .30 .43 7.0-7.5 10. Zircon 45 .59 7.5 11. Rutile 51 .68 6.0-6.5 (Hardness...me numbers of specimens, among them being one of zircon sand. Sandstone Cast from Signal Mountain There...University of Chattanooga. This sand came from Jackson County, Mississippi, from a depth of 4700 to 4900 feet...What are 2000 years to a grain of quartz ! Massachusetts Sand Mr. Hans Thurnauer of Chattanooga has...several sand specimens, among which are those of Gloucester and Provincetown, Mass. The former is darker |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS OF ROCKPORT. I{. E. MCKINSTRY MASSACHUSETTS Cambrid,ge, Mass. More than fifty years ago...obtained at this locality. Cyrtolite. "Hydrous zircon" in groups of brown, curved-faced tetragonal crystals...closely to the description of gadolinite from Llano County, Texas, altho the careful qualitative analysis...along the railroad track between Rockport and Gloucester. Pyrite, Found occasionally in small grains with...fractures. Also in the quarry between Rockport and Gloucester as a decomposition product of danalite. Tantalite |  | | Report (volume) | | OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | near Glen wood, Pike ROCKS AND MINERALS, p. 123. County, Arkansas. Mr. Young also sends a note on a Downloaded...development near Mountain Pass, San Bernardino County, Calif. Molybdenum Corporation of America is at...Idaho, gives this interesting information: "Lemhi County, Idaho, Fair held at Salmon, had a new treat this...tusks were found ROCKS AND MINERALS in Phillips County, Kansas, buried in a sand pit. The tusks measured...concretions have also been collected, (p. 14). MASSACHUSETTS—Gunnar Bjareby, 147 Worthington St., Boston |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mine, 6 or 8 miles southeast of Marysville, Marion County, Iowa. The rattleboxes were sent in by Robert Stech...lustrous black ilmenite, red rutile, colorless zircon (fl. golden orange), and a tiny amount of lustrous...Chesapeake Bay) is on the S/E coast of Calvert County in southern Maryland. Cave sand from nr. Springfield... 2, 1964, from Phil Betancourt, Box 13421, No. County Branch, St. Louis, Mo. 53137. The sample is a coarse...spotted. Springfield is in the center of Greene County in S/W Missouri. Glauconite sand from Sewell, N |  | | 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...magnetite, apatite, garnet, fluorite, sphene, and zircon; secondary 14 minerals include sericite, epidote...Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded 19 a 620 + 15 my,Precambrian,zircon age. 20- According |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in th e v icinity of Loon lake, in F ra n k lin county, New York, an d m an y of th e exposures are easily...shows th e presence of the following m in e ra ls: Zircon, apatite, m agnetite, garnet, hypersthene, augite...resent in varying and com m only slight am ount. Zircon and ap atite are very sparingly present, are th...cloudy, dust-like inclusions, and also include th e zircon, apatite, titan ite, and sm all augites, these...Bulletin no. 148, p. 68. IY. Akerite, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Description and analysis by H. S., Wash |  | | Journal (issue) | | province, 250 of of Sydney, New South Wales. Corundum/zircon suites suites are marked by inclined province,...250kmkmnorth north Sydney, New South Wales. Corundum/zircon are marked by inclin crosses. The sites areare...were studied from Gloucester Tops, in the headwaters of the Kerripit and Gloucester Rivers. Zircons with...pyrope-almandine garnet Phnum Ko Ngoap material is and little zircon. Phnurn dominated by pale pink to red, light-blue...sapphire predominates over ruby East PaiIin and zircon zircon isis aa common common accessory accessory (about |
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Blackburn Circle locality, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA