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Microcline from
Pelton's Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Muscoviteⓘ2 photos of Microcline associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ2 photos of Microcline associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pelton's Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:130229
Long-form Identifier:1:3:130229:5
GUID (UUID V4):ad1b337f-981d-4bbb-9bd7-1e667942fb4a
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘSynnott Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘPenfield Quarry (Oak Leaf Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘSchoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘHale-Walker prospects, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘGotta-Walden Prospect, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘWalden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘCase Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘBordonaro Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘAppletree Lane, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
Rocks & Min.: 70:403
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Grauch, Richard I., Zarinski, Katrin (1976) Generalized descriptions of uranium-bearing veins, pegmatites, and disseminations in non-sedimentary rocks, eastern United States. Open-File Report Vol. 1976 (76-582) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr76582
Report (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Connecticut ......... 6 Table 3 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Connecticut...................................11 Figure 4...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...Schairer, 1931. Fairfield County. Proceed up hill Cameron, et on Portland Ave. from Branchville; al,
Dana, James D. (1887) Manual of Mineralogy and Petrography (4th ed.) John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Book (edition)
in the polysynthetic twinning of the feldspar, microcline, arising probably from the fact that the angle...or orange. A massive fluor, from Huntington, Connecticut, shows beautifully the emSome kinds of white...near Clear Lake, in California; Inferno, Humboldt County, and Rabbit Hole Mines, Nevada; near Evanston,...Y.; Greenville, N. C.; near Attleboro, in Bucks County, Pa.; Wake, N. C. ; on Tyger River, and at Spartanburg...the eastward of Halifax; GOLD. 125 in Beauce County, Canada; also, north of Lake Superior; and in the
Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Book (volume)
Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey," by Charles Palache. U. S. Geol. Sur...(1931). " The Minerals of Connecticut," by John Frank Schairer. Connecticut State Geological and Natural...Oregon. Placer County, Calif. Breckenridge, Oolo. Breckenridge, Colo. Placer County, Calif. Habit...of the Sierra Nevada and stretches from Mariposa County for more than 100 miles toward the The veins occur...chiefly from the Homestake mine at Lead in Lawrence County. In Alaska the most important lode mines are in
Dana, Edward Salisbury (1891) A Text-book of Mineralogy - Newly Revised and Enlarged (16th Edition) (1st ed.) John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York.
Book (edition)
ordinarily referred. For example, see'Des Cloizeaux on microcline and milarite ; Rumpf on apophyllite (Min. Petr...hyalophane ; oligo3. albite ; 219 orthoclase (microcline). ; (7) SUBSILICATES. Q. ratio for bases to...and other parts of North Wales in Scotland in the county of Wicklow, Ireland ; in Sweden, at Edelfors. In...sands of the Rhine; at St. Aray, val du Drac ; county of Wicklow, Ireland ; on the river Jocky, St. Domingo...the eastern United States, in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and more abundantly in NCM No known locality
Dana, Edward Salisbury (1889) A Text-book of Mineralogy - Newly Revised and Enlarged (15th Edition) (1st ed.) John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York.
Book (edition)
LIBRARY Connecticut Agricultural College Vol. Class No. Cost 1^ . £. Ji^o JLcL^^M^ RRITL 5490191T...to which it has been ordinarily referred. on microcline and milarite Rurnpf on apophyllite (Min. Petr...R R= : : clase ; albite ; orthoelase (microcline). ; (7) Sl'bsilicates. Touriiialiiie. (5) ...and other parts of North Wales in Scotland in the county of Wicklow, Ireland ; in Sweden, at Edelfors. In...the sands of the Rhine ; at St. Aray, val du Drac county of Wicklow, Ireland; on the river Jocky, St. Domingo
 
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