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Actinolite from
Paxton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Paxton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:129973
Long-form Identifier:1:3:129973:1
GUID (UUID V4):dc88015f-dc3d-483a-93a1-56ecaaf51173
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
14.5km (9.0 miles) Ballard Quarry, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
25.8km (16.1 miles) Jungle Road area, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
28.4km (17.6 miles) Interstate 290/Interstate 495 interchange road cuts, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) Marlborough Junction locality, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
33.0km (20.5 miles) Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
38.1km (23.7 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (Bayer-Mingolla Quarry; Trimount Quarry), Ashland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
39.4km (24.5 miles) Monson quarries (Flynt quarries), Monson, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
40.0km (24.9 miles) Old Limestone Quarry Site, Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
42.4km (26.4 miles) Spring Lake, Harrisville, Burrillville, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
References
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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 (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
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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...Milford Granite from the Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded 19 a 620 + 15 my,Precambrian,zircon...the rock 17 (Hansen, 1956). 18 rock in the Worcester area coloring the feldspars pink, chloritizing
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
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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)
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...GRANOFELS 85 Chlorite Zone 85 Biotite Zone 87 Actinolite Zone 91 RELATIONSHIP OF METAMORPHISM AND DEFORMATION...andalusite schists -io Worcester Formation 97 Staurolite-Kyanite/Andalusite (Actinolite) Zone 97 Sillimanite...SYNTHESIS 102 ENVIRONMENT OF DEPOSITION 108 Worcester Formation 108 Merrimack and Oakdale Formations
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
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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...marcasite, pyrite, sphalerite, strontianite (r) Paxton quarry—Paxton calcite, chalcopyrite, dolomite, marcasite...marcasite, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite Eaton County anhydrite, carnallite (r), celestite, dolomite, gypsum
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...coarse-grained pyroxenewhichhasbeencompletely altered to actinolite (Fta4_aTTr61_6•Mt•_•). Fluid Inclusion Studies...TexadaIslandskarndeposits (after Sangster,1969). to actinolite(Ft40_4sTr•0_•0Mt2_a). Mostmagnetiteore occursin
Report (volume)
DIRECTOR THE GEOLOGY EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY BENJAMIN KENDALL EMERSON WASHINGTON... 101 101 Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County .... .... ....'.......... .......... 103 Albite...-CONTENTS. Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County Continued. Page. Opal............................11 THE GEOLOGY OF EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. By B. K. EMERSON. INTRODUCTION. The country...sheet, of the topographical map of the State of Massachusetts. On the east it adjoins the territory discussed
Report (issue)
quadrangle, Windham County, Connecticut. 3.--Geologic map of the Hampton quadrangle, Windham County, Connecticut...the new extension of the turnpike north to Massachusetts go through the eastern edge of the Plainfield...The most common new minerals are chlorite and actinolite from the pre-existing mafic minerals and sericite...bounds the synclinorium across most of eastern Massachusetts (Novotny, 1961). The internal structure within... These rocks have been traced north across Massachusetts to correlate with the dough, Fitch, and Littleton
Report (issue)
so-called Pennsylvanian basins of southeastern Massachusetts. Three papers deal with the geology of alkali...alkali plutonic-volcanic areas in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. High-grade and low-grade (prehnite-pumpellyite)...(prehnite-pumpellyite) metamorphism in Massachusetts and Maine, respectively, are the subjects of two of the papers...and the geology of the Ayer Granodiorite of Massachusetts. JOHN R,. GRIFELN STUDIES IN NEW ENGLAND...Brownlow V1 Vil iX Part I. Geology of eastern Massachusetts INaTOROVGNNE TON “5. B bo 8 OR Bo ee ek 5 ee
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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
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
Report (issue)
fluoborite occurrence Crystal Lake (Silver Crater) Mine Paxton Mine Davis Lake corundum occurrence Minden-Norland...the opening of several properties in Haliburton County but there was no commercial production during this...Bancroft 1955-58 Dungannon and Mayo Townships, County of Hastings, Ontario (O.G.S., 1 inch to Yz mile)...F/4 Bancroft 1955-8 Dungannon and Mayo Townships, County of Hastings, Ontario (O.G .S., 1 inch to Yz mile)...F/4 Bancroft 1955-8 Dungannon and Mayo Townships, County of Hastings, Ontario (O.G.S ., 1 inch to Y2 mile)
Report (issue)
POTENTIAL OF EPA REGION 1 Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont OPEN-FILE...POTENTIAL OF EPA REGION 1 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont R...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment of Massachusetts R. Randall Schumann and Linda C.S. Gundersen...aerial radioactivity, and indoor radon data by county. Because of constraints on the scales of maps presented...The reports are available in county formats and State summaries. The county reports typically contain both
Book
....243 APPENDIX II: MINERAL SPECIES LISTED BY COUNTY ...............................248 ABOUT THE AUTHORS...Marquette County include the Presque Isle body, the Yellow Dog body in the northern part of the county, and...Ishpeming. Several bodies also occur in Dickinson County near the mouth of the Sturgeon River. A distinctive...outcrops in the SW¼ section 27, T44N, R31W, Iron County, about 1.6 kilometers west of Lake Ellen, and about...Falls in Iron County and 16 MINERALOGY OF MICHIGAN Hermansville in Menominee County. Some of these
Report (volume)
Tennessee, Ohio, Georgia, ' South Carolina, and Massachusetts^and a revised Mississippiari time ,, *" scale...Formation, a Miocene formation in northern Elko County, Nevada, and adjacent Idaho, including a consideration...Revision of some stratigraphic names in central Massachusetts, by Peter Robinson and Gwendolyn W. Luttrell...FORMATION, A MIOCENE FORMATION IN NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, AND ADJACENT IDAHO, INCLUDING A CONSIDERATION...west and east sides of the Jarbidge River, in Elko County, Nev., and adjacent Owyhee and Twin Falls Counties
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EULALIA DISTRICT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO BY W ILLIAM PAXTON H EW ITT CONTENTS Abstract......................lime-iron silicates as garnet, tremolite, and actinolite; and tin and vanadium are important products...occasionally noted. The fibrous sili­ cates—tremolite, actinolite, and possibly hedenbergite—range from mi­ nute... epidote, garnet, heden­ bergite, limestone. Actinolite and tremolite are found in the middle, fre­ quently...galena, and pyrite cutting garnet, epidote, and actinolite. These small features are not typical of San
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
et al., 2007) and also the recently recognized Paxton Suite granites in the Tarcoola area (Budd and Fraser...Tarcoola Formation clastic sedimentary rocks and Paxton Suite granites (Budd and Fraser, 2004). Gold occurs...which plagioclase is progressively sericitized. Paxton Suite granites yield U-Pb zircon 1513 FRASER...abbreviations (after Kretz, 1983): ab = albite, act = actinolite, bt = biotite, carb = carbonate, ccp = chalcopyrite...magnetite, pyrite (Fig. 9a), serpentine, talc, actinolite, carbonate, and quartz, in places forming delicate
Report (volume)
FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN KENDALL EMEKSON WASHINGTON G 0 V...within the area of the three river counties in Massachusetts. Each citation from the original documents is...the eastern border of the area find in AVorcester County. TRIASSIC. The Suf/ar Loaf arko*e, or feldspathitf...v Hardwick saxonite, serpentine, steatite, and Paxton quart/ emery, and magnetite. schist. Rowe schist...Tourmaline. E. Hitchcock: Geol. Mass., 1841, p. 614. ACTINOLITE. See Amphibole. AGLAITE. 1877. Aglaite. (Julien
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GEOLOGY OF MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH by Lehi F. Hintze and Fitzhugh D. Davis Cover photo: East face of...Printed on recycled paper 3/03 Geology of Millard County, Utah iii Frontispiece. Northern House Range...the non-geologist to the rich geology of Millard County, but also to provide professional geologists with...paleontology, and structural geology of the county. Millard County is unique among Utah’s counties in that...million years ago the area of present-day Millard County lay near sea level and was awash in shallow marine
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
field Alteration zone Assemblage Actinolite zone(regional Actinolite-albite-chlorite-quartz metamorphic...consistent with observed Mya,Richard Rudowski, andShane Paxton withmineralsepgeologic relations between thetwodeposits
 
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