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Quartz from
Mine Mountain, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Formation:Primary
Colour:white
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Graphite5 photos of Quartz associated with Graphite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mine Mountain, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1442923
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1442923:9
GUID (UUID V4):b7b277c4-9d8a-44d8-a19f-38deb2042f52
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.2km (0.2 miles) Mine Mountain graphite prospect, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Green Mountain Quarry, West Cornwall, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) Barrack Mountain, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) Redwing Quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
16.5km (10.2 miles) Conklin Limestone Company quarry (Falls Village Quarry), Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) Town Farm Road, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) Kent Iron Mine (Limonite mine), Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) New Preston, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n...250 SPECIES iBooks by Ronald Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON...THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP* THREE...to enrich our knowledge of the mineralogy of Connecticut: James Dwight Dana Samuel L. Penfield Edward...Minerals from the Principal Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State.............
Report (volume)
Bristol Quadrangle, Hqrtforct litchfield, and New ~Haven Countie&, Connecticut U.S. G EO LOG I CAL SURVEY...3 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Bedrock...Bristol Quadrangle, Hartford, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties, Connecticut By HOWARD E. SIMPSON Prepared...Prepared in cooperation with the State of Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Metamorphosed...Bristol Quadrangle, Hartford, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties, Connecticut. (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin;
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....... 3 NOTES ON GYPSUM CRYSTALS IN MORTON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. By Robe,-, H. Mitchell and Wilson...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 3. Rincon, Sao Diego County. By f ark Schwartz ............... ...................................................... 21 CONNECTICUT VALLEY MINERAL CLUB ...........................U. S. A. The official Joun1al cf the Rocks and Mine,alt Aaoc~ation 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS e I I I I...of phlogopite from Clark's H ill, St. Lawrence County, New York (page 633, figure 2) ; and a crystal
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mineralization in the southwestern Nevada volcanic field, USA S t e p h e n B. C a s t o r a a n d S t e v e n...School of Mines, Universityof Nevada, Reno, NV 89557. USA bDepartment of Geological Sciences, Mackay School...School of Mines, Universityof Nevada, Reno. NV 89557, USA (Received August 27, 1991; accepted after revision...mineralization in the southwestern Nevada volcanic field, USA. Ore Geol. Rev., 7: 193-223. The southwestern Nevada...stages: the main stage (ca. 15-13 Ma); the Timber Mountain stage (ca. 13-9 Ma ); and the late stage (ca.
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut........................................ 433... Mandarino COVER: BORNITE crystal, 1.6 cm, on quartz , from Dzezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Houston Museum of...in the U.S.A. notesfrom th r EDITORS OLD YUMA MINE Another great mineral locality has now been closed...longfamous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, “Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine,” in vol.
Report (volume)
Lower Jurassic Portland Formation, Suffield, Connecticut 24 By Nicholas G. McDonald and Peter M. LeTourneau...Portland Formation of the Hartford basin in Connecticut. They interpret this sequence as the shoaling...Palisades sill near the Ramapo fault in Rockland County, New York, as an intrusion of fine-grained diabase...produced basalt flows equivalent to the Orange Mountain Basalt, but it is likely that a later phase of...Basalt. Chemical variations within high-titanium, quartz-normative diabase sheets in the Culpeper (Froelich
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Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Connecticut] at 20:42 14 January 2015 South Dakota is perhaps...including gold. However. except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most...FiridofGt~rnSphultirite ut IIIP Bulinut Zinc Mine, St. Luwrence County, tditor of NPW b r k ” unrl iipptwwl...ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by [University of Connecticut] at 20:42 14 January 2015 from Triscori and...and additions. Mlneral Index by Counties Brule County Elm Creek, IS mi. S. of Chamberlain, near junction
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.... ....... ; .Funeral Mountains .- . . Bare Mountain ....... ..........i .............. Skeleton Hills...- .--. ..* .... Las Vegas Valley shear zone Mine Mountain ~ ..... . .... ....... Eleana Range ..... .-...-... Belted Range and Quartzite Mountain Caldera structures-: ^- ; Summary References . -.... 4 6 7...analysis of gravity data across Kawich Valley, Nye County, Nev. 21 A two-dimensional graticule analysis...of gravity data across the Amargosa Desert, Nye County, Nev. 25 TABLE Table 1. Density range and average
Report (volume)
Pre-Cenozoic Rocks in the Vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NevadaA Potential Nuclear-Waste Disposal...Pre-Cenozoic Rocks in the Vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NevadaA Potential Nuclear-Waste Disposal...pre-Cenozoic rocks in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada--a potential nuclear-waste disposal...Doc. No.: I 19.3:1647 1. Geology--Nevada--Yucca Mountain Region. 2. Geology, Structural. 3. Radioactive...Radioactive waste disposal in the ground--Nevada-Yucca Mountain Region. I. United States. Dept. of Energy. II.
Report (issue)
MINERALIZATION IN THE VICINITY OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By EDWIN H. McKEE 1 and JOEL R....Spengler, Zell Peterman, and Larry Hayes of the Yucca Mountain Project Branch provided much appreciated administrative...through the paperwork maze. GEOLOGIC SETTING Yucca Mountain is in the western part of the southwest Nevada...continental shelf. Nearby, southwest of Yucca Mountain, are several geologically young (ca. 140 thousand...(Turrin and others, 1991). Exposures on Yucca Mountain are entirely Miocene ash-flow tuffs no Precambrian
Book
Society of Cornwall, for 1848 ; and a table of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Reports of the Devonshire Association for the...BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHESHIRE 31 CORNWALL . 32 52 CUMBERLAND DERBYSHIRE DEVONSHIRE 55...LONDONDERRY LONGFORD LOUTH MAYO MEATH MONAGHAN . QUEEN'S COUNTY . . . SLIGO TIPPERARY TYRONE . WATERFORD
Report (issue)
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MINE MOUNTAIN AREA, NEVADA TEST SITE, SOUTHERN NEVADA By...S. Geological Survey GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MINE MOUNTAIN AREA, NEVADA TEST SITE, SOUTHERN NEVADA By...[on plate 1] Plate 1.-- Geologic map of the Mine Mountain area, Nevada Test Site, southern Nevada.......................[in pocket] ABSTRACT The Mine Mountain area is a small range of hills on the west side...central Yucca Flat basin on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada. This map portrays the very complex relationships
Journal (issue)
interview: Gail and Jim Spann (USA) Tourmaline Queen Mine, California, USA Tomasz PRASZKIER In our Collector...collectors who are ... INTRODUCTION The Tourmaline Queen Mine is one of the most famous localities among mineral...mineral collectors. For over 100 years the mine has produced hundreds of kilograms of gem tourmaline crystals...Among many pockets the “blue-cap” find made the mine so famous. Some collectors believe it is the most...extensive descriptions of history and geology of the mine which were used to compile this text. The most important
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117°00' 37°30' 116°00' 116°30' 116°45' Groon Mine NV 1:24 000 PAHUTE MESA MOO 000 *. f. OrMct Otaor...*A to>y«-. Hit W*M wul JC. CoU> 37*13' TIMBER MOUNTAIN CALDERA 1.48 000 CBytrs tnd ott>«r& 37«00'...'Tobcha Peak NC | 1 I 1 1 1 N. HALF BLACK MOUNTAIN PAHUTE MESA M8 000 (northern part) Xe. and...fjt Varren, uvufe. data) Toiicha Peak SV LACK MOUNTAIN SV 144 Mt CNeMe and TOLICHA PEAK M4 OM ISA MOT...Valley t«*4 MM 9f+ ^»* MOUNTAIN L62 500 BULLFROG 1.62 500 QUt. Conmtl end FJ
Report (issue)
hydrology Stop No. 5 Mine Mountain Yucca Flat hydrology Stop No. 6 Timber Mountain caldera 30 31 34 36... 28 9. Map showing geology in vicinity of Mine Mountain 10. Map showing approximate altitude of water...Yucca Flat 33 34a 11. Index map of the Timber Mountain caldera complex and adjacent region showing the...diagrams illustrating volcanic history of the Timber Mountain-Oasis Valley caldera complex 13. Map showing geology...vicinity of the northeast scallop of the Timber Mountain caldera wall 39 40 14. Map showing location
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Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................AMAZONITE with smoky quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A...significant mineral localities in C o l o r a d o ,by county. In addition, there is a complete listing o f all...type localities, and an alphabetical cross-index by mine name. T INTRODUCTION In the Spring of 1976 a group...invited. COLORADO LOCALITY INDEX BOULDER COUNTY Caribou Mine Caribou (near Nederland), Caribou District
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SEPTEMBER 2020 38 PENNSYLVANIA’S PEQUEA SILVER MINE 10 Agate Origins and Formation Natural Treasures...clearly defined orange banded agate with small quartz crystals present. Getty Images Be Part of the...material is a hydrothermal silica solution from which quartz separates, moving from an area of high concentration...bands are made of millions of micro-crystals of quartz, estimated to be about 30,000 to an inch. When...heat generated by those millions of quartz crystals as they form quartz bands. With an increase in heat,
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HENDERSON COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA, AND GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA Carolina Geological Society – Guidebook...Henderson Counties, North Carolina and Greenville County, South Carolina.” John M. Garihan, Department of...The field trip area lies within Standingstone Mountain quadrangle, Transylvania and Henderson Counties...Carolina, and Standingstone Mountain and Cleveland quadrangles, Greenville County, South Carolina. Earlier...Geologic maps covering South Carolina portions of the Mountain Bridge Area and farther east (Figure 1a) were
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HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it should...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic
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......44 Another New Mlneral from the Big Chief Mine by Martha Llnde .........................66 8 111...nodules from Mexico may be hollow and hned with quartz crystals or solid agate with nice patterns of blue...come to our shop. Fire Obsidian Is from a remote mountain region In California. Cutting and polishing Instructions...only . . . $1 .25 per lb. CONCHO& - Beautiful quartz flowers from Brazil that are sought after by wire-craft.............................. $2.00 per lb. Blue Quartz, Brazil, deep blue, bargain ..................
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definition of a deposit (how close to one another mine workings need to be for grouping, minimum size,...Information given includes deposit name; district name; county; pluton name, age, type, average silica content...source(s). Deposits are sorted alphabetically by county. Data sources used in the compilation are listed...for most vein-type deposits (e.g., low-sulfide Au quartz veins (Bliss, 1986)), and some other mineral deposit...terranes (Black Rock, NAbc, NAURz, and Roberts Mountain, see Appendix A) with five or fewer deposits were
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Information on the locations were obtained from the county reports and other literature. Even though the individual...references, and is organized alphabetically by county and district name. The locations of the districts... Commodities Host rock References CHURCHILL COUNTY Alpine (Clan Alpine) Bernlce 18 N. 37 E. 19...Ag Vein/Shear zone Ag, Hg, Sb, Au Rhyodadte, Quartz Latite 90, 179 Slltstone, Shale, Sandstone, ... 3, 88, 170, 179 Limestone Chalk Mountain 22 N. 38 E. 23 N. 38 E. 17 N. 34 E. Fracture filling
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1965. 1966. 1967. 1968. Numerous Federal, State, county, and local agencies and other organizations and...Arkansas-_________----_--------------72 Rocky Mountain region-__ -----72 Montana.________--__----------------73...investigations Continued Water resources Continued Rocky Mountain region Continued Arizona _ ____________________...cooperators________-____________________ State, county, and local cooperators_____________ Other cooperators...identified occurrences at Costello Creek and Lookout Mountain and vein and associated disseminated deposits
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But if antiquities, so an and scriptions quartz] “it of a to seems only two that be For...pearl, zircon, coral, soberyl, garnet, carnelian, quartz, and 10 as The shown gems on a emerald...the emerald mine through stones. Qift as as other mineral, one Ball. massive quartz vari- called...to smooth a the to case that it would be quartz that This that to more engraved noted the...includes much “one of the best and most length and quartz, Chapter 3. Magnus’ as The first minerals
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Volcanic Suites and Related Cauldrons of Timber Mountain-Oasis Valley Caldera Complex, Southern Nevada...TIMBER MOUNTAIN-OASIS VALLEY CALDERA COMPLEX, SOUTHERN NEVADA Panorarmc v1ew of Timber Mountain cal dera... Volcanic Suites and Related Cauldrons of Timber Mountain-Oasis Valley Caldera Complex, Southern Nevada...structural relations of igneous rocks of Timber Mountain-Oasis Valley caldera complex, including calc-alkalic...between Pah Canyon and Yucca Mountain Members................... Yucca Mountain Member..................
 
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