 | | Report (issue) | | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Massachusetts ....... 34 Table 7 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of eastern Massachusetts.........................36 Figure 9. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of western Massachusetts.........................37 Figure 10. Uranium...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a |  | | Report (volume) | | Resources of the Hudson and Maynard Quadrangles Massachusetts By WALLACE R. HANSEN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Prepared in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Works UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...formation __________________ .:_________________ Biotite gneiss_ _ _ ___________ _________ ___ _________...geology of the Hudson and Maynard quadrangles, Massachusetts. 2. Map showing surficial geology of the Hudson...RESOURCES OF THE HUDSON AND MAYNARD QUADRANGLES, MASSACHUSETTS By wALLACE R. HANSEN .ABSTRACT The highest |  | | Report (edition) | | much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...(which was mined at numerous localities) or black biotite. Large flat sheets ofbiotite are especially common...Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming industry based on...specimens of minerals and fossils in Aroostook County and elsewhere in northern Maine. Most of the bedrock |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Crawford, 1970; Tull and Talladegaterrane Stow, 1980a and b, 1982; Whittington,1982), very little...felsic submarinevolcanicrocks(Neathery,1973; Tull and Stow, 1980a) containinglaterally extensivezonesof conformable...continentalshelf.Althoughcorrelations salient centered in Clay County and a southern are uncertain, the overlying carbonaterocks...diamictiteand metasiltstoneappearto representa garnet biotite muscoviteschist, metagraywacke, steepslopedepositindicativeof...southern distalpart of a volcanic-arcsystem(Tull and Stow, Appalachiansand not too unlike the rift setting |  | | Journal (issue) | | M.P.B.W. Bucks Bucks Bucks Bucks County County County County Museum Museum Museum Museum London...transverse slices. In contrast to this, sporadic brown biotite, mainly in larger flakes (up to 100 x 20 fj,) is...oriented at random. Among the hones of this type biotite varies somewhat in colour, from reddish to greenish...EUington (3)) it is ; absent. Resembling the biotite in habit, grain-size and orientation is a pale...Sherborne specimens of which occasional non-oriented biotite tion of the quartz crystals differs appreciably |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | REGION, MONTANA, BY HEAVY MINERALS BY MARCELLUS H. STOW CONTENTS Abstract Introduction Purpose of work Acknowledgments...675.pdf by Cornell University user 676 M. H. STOW—BEARTOOTH MOUNTAIN REGION The investigation indicates...INTRODUCTION PURPOSE OF WORK Previous investigation (Stow, 1938) of the clastic sediments of the Lance, Fort...675.pdf by Cornell University user 678 M. H. STOW—BEARTOOTH MOUNTAIN REGION clature and Correlation...into the Bighorn Basin. The Lebo has been traced (Stow, 1938, and this paper) from its type locality nearly |  | | Book (volume) | | greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...Pennsylvania Amherst College Library, Amherst, Massachusetts Gail and Victor Blomquist library, Dresden,...Museum Archives, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Richard P. Hauck library, Bloomfield, New Jersey |  | Higgins, M.W., Atkins, R.L., Crawford, T.J., Crawford, R.F., Brooks, Rebekah, Cook, R.B. (1988) The structure, stratigraphy, tectonostratigraphy, and evolution of the southernmost part of the Appalachian Orogen. Professional Paper 1475. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp1475 | Report (issue) | | thrust sheet. Stonewall slice: medium-grained biotite gneiss and fine-grained hornblende-plagioclase...proportions, and lesser amounts of sillimanite-biotite schist. Clarkston slice: Ison Branch Formation:...Formation: biotite-plagioclase gneisses, hornblende-plagioclase amphibolites, and biotite-muscovite schists...coarse-grained schists with lensoidal units of biotite-plagioclase gneiss (metagraywacke or metasiltstone)...others, 1981; Appendix A) is a sequence of schists, biotite gneisses (metagraywackes), quartzites, and lesser |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | muscovite, and microcline, and total fusion ages of biotite from metamorphic rocks of the Inner Piedmont, Pine...follows: hornblende, 320 Ma; muscovite, 296 Ma; biotite, 293 Ma; and microcline (diffusions! release patterns)...hornblende, from 297 to 288 Ma; muscovite, 285 Ma; biotite, 276 Ma; and microcline Tmax = 261 Ma, Tmin 230...probable early Paleozoic arc or back-arc complex (Stow and others, 1984; Steltenpohl and others, 1990d);...Paleozoic arc or back-arc complex (Stow and others, 1984; Neilson and Stow, 1986; Steltenpohl and others, |  | Defant, Marc J., Drummond, Mark S., Arthur, Jonathan D., Ragland, Paul C. (1988) An example of trondhjemite petrogenesis: the Blakes Ferry pluton, Alabama, U.S.A. Lithos, 21 (3) 161-181 doi:10.1016/0024-4937(88)90007-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pluton that is exposed in southwestern Randolph County, Alabama, U.S.A. The petrogenesis of the Blakes...modelling and mixing calculations suggest that the biotite-muscovite-sphenerich schlieren observed within...assimilated metasedimentary rock. Furthermore, the biotite chemistry of the Blakes Ferry pluton is quite similar...garnet-muscovite schist and quartzgraphite-muscovite schist. Biotite gneiss, quartzite and amphibolite units are occasionally...equigranular granitic rock composed ofoligoclase, quartz, biotite and muscovite with various accessory minerals including |  | DRUMMOND, M. S., WESOLOWSKI, D., ALLISON, D. T. (1988) Generation, Diversification, and Emplacement of the Rockford Granite, Alabama Appalachians: Mineralogic, Petrologic, Isotopic (C & O), and P--T Constraints. Journal of Petrology, 29 (4) 869-897 doi:10.1093/petrology/29.4.869 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | refractory restite, expressed as centimeter-size biotite clots, normal oscillatory zoned plagioclase with...schists with the assemblage quartz, muscovite, biotite, and feldspar with accessory graphite, garnet,...ilmenite, and pyrrhotite. Biotite-muscovite schist and migmatitic biotite-muscovite paragneiss (feldspathic...refractory source constituents. Some plagioclase and biotite in the Rockford Granite are interpreted as restite...the grains; and (3) spatial relationship with biotite clots which may also represent restite. The core |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona Leicht specimen, Harold...310-13 Amethyst Discovery on Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, W. B. Thompson, 44-51 Anatase, Colorado...Walker Vein, Caldwell Stone Company Quarry, Boyle County, Kentucky, 254-58 Andorite, 27 Andradite, Arkansas...Minerals, 16-38 Benitoite, California, 379, 392-95 Biotite, Arkansas, 185 Blakeite, 367 Boleite,27 Bookplates...Barite, Wasta, Pennington County, South Dakota, 188-90; Benitoite, San Benito County, California, 392-95; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | felsic schistis characterizedby quartz-pyrrhotite-biotite-muscovite-plagioclase-rutilesphalerite_ chalcopyrite_...garnetschist is characterizedby garnet-hornblende-quartz-biotite-pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite _ sphalerite _ pyrite_...al,polycrystallineaggregatesof quartzfeldspar-biotite that superficially resemblesedimentary clastsbut...Whittington, 1982; Neathcry and Hollister, 1984; Stow et al., 1984; Schaferand Coolen, 1986), but poor...TennesseeCopperCorpora- graphitic biotite schist; garnetiferous quartz-muscovite-biotite tion (StoneHill mine area) |  | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Manasquan, New Jersey, visited Calamity Wash, Yavapai County, and collected several exciting and Figure 7: Arizona...Ray Sprague and Tony Wielkewicz of Andover, Massachusetts, are veteran miners in the Greenwood area. For...crystals found at the I-IerbbeNo. 2 quarry, Powhatten County, Virginia. Numerous additional finds were made...crystals (to 3 cm). Robyn Green of Attleboro, Massachusetts, found a crudely terminated triphylite crystal...near the margin of biotite laths but can be found embedded in almandine near biotite. Some uraninite crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals of a Weathered Allanite Pegmatite, Amherst County, Virginia R I C H A R D S. M I T C H E L L University...peg matite near the Lynchburg Reservoir, Amherst County, Vir ginia. Until now the mineralogy has not been...at their annual meeting in May, 1953 (Cormack and Stow 1953). A prelimi nary list of minerals from the...crys tals and massive weathered allanite and biotite. Commonly the garnet is altered to a grayish olive-green...Spectrochemical data also support the identity of almandine. Biotite is the major mafic mineral o f the pegmatite, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...iron-rich minerals, such as black tourmaline, biotite, pyrite, magnetite, triplite, and triphyllite....Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Aquamarine (8.8 cm long), Black Panther mine, Riverside County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...8 cm long), Blue Lady mine, Aquanga, San Diego County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 15:39 10 August 2015 Amethyst Discovery on Stow, Oxford County, Maine WOODROW B. THOMPSON Maine Geological...Amethyst Localities THE DEER HILL amethyst deposits in Stow, Maine, have been known to New England mineral collectors...the best-known localities are situated in Oxford County in the southwestem part of the state. These are...Sweden, and Deer Hill in Stow. Other amethyst deposits occur in Oxford County, but they are either insignificant...visited amethyst locality in the state, is located in Stow, Maine, near the New Hampshire border; its geography |  | | Report (issue) | | Copper Anomaly at the Peachbottom Deposit, Alleghany County, North Carolina (John E. Callahan, J. Hatten Metal...Mine, 97 F. Hollister) Lancaster Mines in County, is 124 (Henry Bell) Mountain Alteration Zone...Abrams) Hydorthermal Alteration and Southern Union County, (Linda H. McKee and J. Some Die Coolen) Stratigraphic...Signature of Some Major Dahlonega District, Lumpkin County, Jc., and James R. Burnell, Jr.) Gold Mineralization...300 m strike lentgh Dietrich, 1959 chlorite-biotite wall rock alt. pods in ore zone stratiform |  | | 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............................................ |  | | Report (issue) | | Cwaela Huwp gro^ *...*,* 25 d* Exposuree of the Stow* foraaation . . . . . t » . 3b o. Expo«urcs of...chloritoid or biotite may occur* depending primarily upon tho aluminum content of the rock* Biotite is rare....,m,o p . to J o c o lit ie s >- ---A / MASSACHUSETTS la. 40 MILES -lex t topography and The...my occur depending m)xm the alumina content* Biotite ic rare in the Kyda p&rk but chloritoid is locally...hoinibleadei siinor constituents ar* taagnetlte and biotite* The parallel orientation of esjphibole and chlorite |  | | Report (chapter) | | Lower Palaeozoic fine-grained turbidites D.A.V. Stow, M. Alam and D.J.W. Piper S U M M A R Y : The Halifax...University of St Andrews on March 10, 2015 I28 D.A.V. Stow, M. Alam and D.J.W. Piper Downloaded from http://sp...University of St Andrews on March 10, 2015 I30 D.A.V. Stow, M. Alam and D.J.W. Piper magnetite, ilmenite,...in lower grade rocks is of chlorite, muscovite, biotite and sericite and where the metamorphic grade is...turbidite sequences defined by Piper (1978) and Stow & Shanmugam (1980). These units are variable and |  | | Report (chapter) | | fan sedimentation Stephen F. Crowley, Dorrik A. V. Stow and Ian W. Croudace Geological Society, London,...basaltic and (or) high-grade metamorphic CROWLEY,S. E, STOW,D. A. V. & CROUDACE,I. W. 1998. Mineralogy and geochemistry...Detailed descriptions of these facies are reported in Stow et al. (1990). Grain-size characteristics, mineralogy...groups based on general facies associations (see Stow et al. 1990), similarities in mineralogy, major...characterized by the occurrence of mica (muscovite, biotite), chlorite, amphibole, sodic plagioclase and potassium |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | plutonic-volcanic series. The Conway Granite is a biotite granite that is typically pink or tan and made...made up of 65% feldspar, 30% smoky quartz, and 5% biotite. It occurs in several phases, ranging from a fine-grained...less commonly hendenbergjte, ferrorichterite, biotite, and fayalite. The contacts between the Conway...back as the 1850s. In May 1888, E . A . Andrews of Stow, Maine, discovered topaz and phenakite at South...and contained topaz, smoky quartz, micro cline, biotite, muscovite, and phenakite crystals. Figure 3 |
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