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Malachite from
Medford Quarry, Medford, Carroll County, Maryland, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hematite4 photos of Malachite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Calcite4 photos of Malachite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Medford Quarry, Medford, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:235832
Long-form Identifier:1:3:235832:1
GUID (UUID V4):97789d0e-2e4d-4d82-a5ea-63ebae794596
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
5.7km (3.6 miles) William Carbaugh's Quarry, New Windsor, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) Union Bridge Quarry & Cement Plant (Lehigh Portland Cement Company; Union Bridge Shale Pit), Union Bridge, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Cox Mines (Mountain View Mine), Frederick County, Maryland, USA
14.9km (9.2 miles) Unionville Mine, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) Repp Mine, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) Robert D. Repp Prospect (Portland Cement Company), Carroll County, Maryland, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) Mineral Hill Mine, Louisville, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) Monroe prospect, Eldersburg, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) Patapsco Mine (Finksburg Mine; Orchard Mine), Patapsco Mines, Finksburg, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) Dolyhyde Mine (Dolly Hyde Mine), Libertytown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
minerals and gems. It is obvious, though, that malachite, an ore of the heavy metal copper, or hematite...corundum (aluminum oxide), carbonates such as malachite (copper carbonate), phosphates such as apatite...banded agate. Cross section of unpolished green malachite, a copper carbonate marked with curved bands...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Forsyth, Gwinnett, Cherokee, Barton, Haralson, Carroll, Paulding and Cobb counties in Georgia. In Diamonds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
John T. Dyer trap rock quarry, Monocacy Station, near Birdsboro, Berks County, Pa. Registered attendance...attendance 154 members and friends. This quarry has produced many high quality zeolites in its long career...Harold Evans Hard at work collecting at Ferranti's quarry, Bernardsville, N . J . Left to right—Dr. Arthur...S.P. 502 ROCKS AND MINERALS deep pond on the quarry floor, formed by torrential rains in the past several...11th—New England Limestone Quarry, East Canaan, Conn. Oct 9th—Silex Quarry. Lantern Hill, No. Stonington
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
into coins and who in 1918 unwatered the Chester County lode identified the minerals and interpreted the...minerals and sourdough, Frank Waskey of Alaska and Maryland showed a most interesting collection of antique...minerals from the Cornwall Iron Mines of Lebanon County. In the adult mineral section, Chairman Charles...issued to date, the last one being on Gillette Quarry in Haddam Neck, Conn. (6 pp. with map and 5 drawings)...growing mineral society." Orville M. Hewitt Colonel USA Ret'd 6 E. Forest Road, Biltmore Forest, Asheville
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pacific R. R. "One of the largest producers in the county, it has yielded over 2 million dollars worth of...years ago, at the small abandoned Pelton feldspar quarry near Portland, Middlesex Co., Conn. The xls were...did not know, it is located near Clinton, Kent County, Delaware, about 40 miles south of Wilmington and...specimens. GEORGIA—Chromite has been found in Towns County at Hog Creek near Hiawassee, Ga., as minute black...Idaho. ILLINOIS — In southern Illinois, in Pope County, is the little town of Rock and we have often wondered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bonar discussed Minerals of Adams County, the R F D 1 , B o x 331 county in which the Club is located. Odessa...Johnson City, N.Y. 1 3 7 9 0 program for the Bucks County Earth Editor— Mrs. Betty Clauser Science Society...p r i n g , M d . 2 0 9 0 1 Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills. The theme was "Glaciers" and the...the hobby in which Chrome Lime Pits in Lancaster County, they are interested. Geology and the Herkimer...Identification of Minerals. Their field trip to Roseland Quarry resulted in the find of a dinosaur track!. The
Report (volume)
............................................. Maryland.................................................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 (issue)
Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...15 feet to the left, parallel to the wall of the quarry. This tube varied from 6 inches to 2 feet wide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
present. Members on the field trip to Vanartsdalen's quarry on Sunday, April 7, reported finding graphite,...quartzl and at Finney's quarry: garnet, blue qrartz, zircon, and traces of malachite- Other trips reported...asbestos); Mineral Hill (actinolite); Bridgeport (malachite, sphalerite) ; Parlin and South River, N. J. (petrified... pyrite, amber on pyrite and lignite); Stanley County, N. C. (limonite pseudomorph after pyrite). Mr...evening, Professor Alfred C. Lane, of Tufts College, Medford, Mass. He addressed the Club on the subject of
Report (issue)
OF THE CONDREY MOUNTAIN ROADLESS AREA SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA by R. G. Coleman, R. C. Jachens,...Klamath and Rogue River National Forests, Siskiyou County, California. The Condrey Mountain Roadless Area...of the Condrey Mountain Roadless Area, Siskiyou County, California. Geologic mapping, geophysical surveys...Upper Applegate mining district of southern Jackson County, Oregon. Averill (1935) reported that the first...of the Condrey Mountain Roadless Area, Siskiyou County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SECTION-Continued • Rough Gems. Chllean lapis $1.50; African malachite $2.50; Crocidolite-yellow and green $1.50; Red...lbs. or more assorted at 75c per lb. F. O. B. Medford, Oregon. Beautiful polished slabs 4 x 4 and up... Riverside, Medford Oregon. NEW ENGLAND MINERALS-WHITE BARite with streaks of Malachite; perfect cubes...- POLISHING COFFEE TABLE TOPS Petrified Wood Malachite Lapis Lazuli Amazonite Onyx Calcite Labradorite
Journal (issue)
fluorescence of calcite from Franklin, NJ and from the Medford quarry here in MD is due to Mn2+), but Mn3+ ions do...part of their makeup (as in siderite (FeCO3) and malachite (Cu2(CO3)(OH)2)), or as an impurity substituting...localities in northwest Ohio (white, cream); Hardin County, Illinois (white); Bingham, New Mexico (blue or...The Purple Passion Mine in Wickenburg, Yavapai County, produces good specimens of wulfenite (mostly nonfluorescent...Pure Potential Mine (North Geronimo Mine) in LaPaz County has red-fluorescing calcite and purple-fluorescing
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...(clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz...Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE, Hot Spring Co. Quartz Crystals
Report (volume)
Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman, Bangor. Maryland........ .Prof. E. B. Mathews, Johns Hopkins University...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. 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, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Book
11ne 2; ••• Amph1bo1ite--see Bolton, Worcester County M1nera1 Loca11t1es. page 85 ••• 11.8 3~ter cerium...•••••••••••••••••'.' •.••.•••• 2--6 Barn.table County ro •• il Localiti ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...Localit1e•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 21 Br1.tol County Mineral Localit1 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...24--25 Dukes County Mineral Loeal1tiea •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 26--21 Duk •• County Fo.sil Loeal1tie...Local1t1es •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 29--3? Bs.ex County Fo ••1l Localit1e ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jon Herndon. Gilman Notch, Center Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire Geology of the Ossipee Area...found near Gilman Notch in Center Ossipee, Carroll County. Upon hearing the news, I asked if my longtime...Fluorite Goethite Gold Ilmenite Limonite Magnetite Malachite Microcline Molybdenite Monazite Monazite-(Ce)...Professor Emeritus of Geology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, for the SEM work that identified
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Vanadinite from the J. C. Holmes claim, Santa Cruz County, A rizona........................................Dunn McGuinnessite from a serpentinite body in Maryland ......................127 by F. Magnusson Native...currence. Sometimes a village or township and a county, or a village and a state have the same name and...hap­ pens that the village or city is not in the county of the same name nor even in the state. For example
Journal (issue)
one or two inches to a foot in thickness, At a quarry of pudding stone, near Chestnut Hill Reservoir...The well known prehnite locality isin a syenite quarry on Granite St. Many years ago there were obtained...frag ments, though the quarry is still worked. At an argillyte or clay slate quarry on Winter Hill fine...Crystallized quartz is also found in this same slate quarry, but it is opaque and of the ferruginous variety...ever, in crystals of a milky white color. At this quarry there is a vein of trap -rock, approaching diabase
Journal (issue)
Production by Capital Communications, Crofton, Maryland Printed by Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas Front...scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...row, from left) Mesolite, 5.1 cm, from the F-Line quarry, Washington; John Cornish collection. Elbaite,...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...drug clerk and chemist for a drug company in West Medford from the late 1880s to the 1900s. He also collected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hands. Some of these minerals to be found at the quarry. He col- were "one-of-a-kinds" from historic localities...Gehman was at the meeting and was collecting at the quarry as a guest of the society. There was other radioactive...arranged in the show case specimens of Tourmaline, Malachite, Vanadinite, Rhodonite, Marcasite, Amethyst, Aragonite...Benn Franklin & Flower Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland Vice President: Mr. Virgil G. Sleight 4410 S....UNIVERSITY] at 22:32 25 August 2017 ville, Virginia, quarry. Honorable mention was given to the remainder of
Book
list— The Lure of Medford - Documentary. Bert and Margie Webber. Popular look ’ at Medford, how it started...long railroad that connected Jacksonville to Medford. $12.95 This Is Logging & Sawmilling - Documentary...RESEARCH GROUP, PUBLISHERS P.O. Box 314 Medford, OR 97501 USA >See Full Catalog on Internet: http://sharplink...WEBB RESEARCH GROUP PUBLISHERS P. O. Box 314 Medford, Oregon 97501 Some of the content in this book...sponsor of a major, annual, rock and gem show in Medford, Oregon in early spring. Photographs provided by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hasbeenmapped;theseincludethe Roseburg, Riddle,ButteFalls, Medford,and GrantsPassquadrangles. In addition, U.S. Geol...described by F. G. Wells,2 for the Granœs Passand Medford quadrangles.The olderschistsoccupy40 or 50 squaremilesalongthe...Pass and partly in the southwestern corner of the Medford quadrangles.Becauseof severemetamorphism they 2... Indus., 1940. Preliminary geologicmap of the Medford Quadrangle,Oregon. Oregon Dept. Geol. and Min....considerable part of the Grants Pass,Riddle and Medford quadrangles.The metavolcanics are pale greento
Journal (issue)
..... . CERUSSITE, Phoenixville, Pa. Xld. w. Malachite on rock. 2 ½ x 1 ½ .. ARAGONITE, Bllln, Bohemia...,_ - CONTENTS FOR APRIL, 1947 CHIPS FROM T HE QUARRY .................................................LOCALITIES OF NEW ENGLAND. CALCITE AND BARITE FROM MEDFORD, MASS. By Prof. Charles Pa/ache .................Shoup ................ 317 W URTZ IT E IN W ASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA. By Hat field Go11dey ...................LOCALITIES OF NEW ENG-LAND V. Calcite and Barite from Medford, Mass. BY PROF. CHARLES PALACHE Cambridge, Mass
Book (volume)
the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...of the National Belle mine, Red Mountain, Ouray County, San Juan Mountains, Colorado. GEOLOGY The National...usually covered with a thin moss­ like film of malachite and often with minute crystals of quartz. It [enargite]...1901). Some crystals may have a coating of velvet malachite. Crystals from the dump, gener­ ally under 5 mm...Longfellow mine just across the pass in San Juan County show a zonation from the center of the deposit
 
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