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Chalcopyrite from
Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:350678
Long-form Identifier:1:3:350678:3
GUID (UUID V4):4197fffc-07b1-485b-a4ab-6a2d23af8287
Localities for Chalcopyrite in this Region
PJ Keating Quarry (Lunenburg Quarry), Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Route 13 area, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
2.5km (1.5 miles) Route 13 area, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) PJ Keating Quarry (Lunenburg Quarry), Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (San-Val Quarry), Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
21.7km (13.5 miles) Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
24.0km (14.9 miles) Souhegan Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
24.7km (15.3 miles) Route 62 locality (Potash Hill), Hudson, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
29.4km (18.3 miles) Chelmsford Lime Quarries, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
32.9km (20.4 miles) Marlborough Junction locality, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
39.5km (24.6 miles) Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
near Milford, New Hampshire,lle and in Riverside County, California.r20Qtartz diorite pegmatites occur...Maine; Madagascar; Wodgina, Western Australia; Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia; IJto, Swedenl east Transbaikalia;123...286,1907. l1e Dale, T. N., The granites of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island: tI. S. Geol...of southern Norway; Ytterby, Sweden; and Llano County, Texas, and in an alkalic granite pegmatite at...magnetite is abundant in some pegmatites (as at Llano County, Texas) and in the New Jersey Highlands it occurs
Report (issue)
86 percent of the districts in Nova Scotia. Chalcopyrite was "very minor" in the Mother Lode (Knopf,...Victoria (Junner, 1921). Hotz (1971) reports that chalcopyrite was uncommon in deposits of this type in the...tracked data on pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, pyrrhotite, stibnite, galena, calcopyrite...two. Three sulfides galena, arsenopyrite, and chalcopyrite are reported in over half the deposits considered...Subset One (N=148) pyrite galena arsenopyrite chalcopyrite sphalerite pyrrhotite Subset Two (N=88) pyrite
Report (issue)
.......................11 The Ledge (Charlotte County Granite) quarry.................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 67. Lunenburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Junction, Oak Bay Road to The Ledge (Charlotte County Granite) quarry (p. 12). km 6.7 Junction, road...schist Nova Scotia gold mines Argillite, slate Lunenburg Bay area ------------------------------------... Todd (St. Stephen Nickel) mine PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PENTLANDITE, SERPENTINE, CHLORITE, GOETHITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden)...the Blueberry Mountain pegmatite at Woburn, Massachusetts,are Devonian in age.7The famous Bedford pegmatite...A. L Genesis of mica pegmatite deposits, Latah County, Idaho: , Econ. Geology,vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 41-58... p. 315. 30Lovering, T. S., Magmatic chalcopyrite, Park County, Montana: Econ. Geology,vol 19, pp 636-640...Geology and mineral resources of eastern Cassia County, Idaho: Brill. Id.aho Bta. Mines ond.Geology,vol
Report (volume)
.................................. 10 Franklin County.................................................................................... 11 Lamoille County..................................................................................... Washington County......................................................................................... Orange County........................................................................................ Addison County...............................................
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
REVIEWS 673 Ross, Lunenburg County, manganese deposits are describedas occurring along a fissure in...peridotite-pyroxenite rocks; second, in association with chalcopyrite deposits; third, in shear zones in typical granite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
By E. L. BRUCE. eastern of Area, South- i. Chalcopyrite was discovered along joint or fracture zones...coal horizons. The New REVIEWS 673 Ross, Lunenburg County, manganese deposits are describedas occurring...peridotite-pyroxenite rocks; second, in association with chalcopyrite deposits; third, in shear zones in typical granite
Report (Issue volume)
magnetite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, tennantite-tetrahedrite, bismuthinite...galena, native bismuth, calcite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite. The country rocks consist of...specks in grey sandstone. Covellite, azurite and chalcopyrite are associated with it, and malachite is conspicuous...is accessible by a gravel road. Lumsden Mine Chalcopyrite, tennantite, sphalerite, galena and pyrite occur...of the southwestern peninsula of West· morland County. The peninsula juts out into Chignecto Bay and
Journal (issue)
J. Mossman The Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California: a modem source of crystallized gold...ounces, from the Harquahala gold mine in Maricopa County, Arizona; Smithsonian specimen. to the collecting...Auriferous quartz; “Nigger” lead, Tangier, Halifax County. Height of specimen, 4 inches. Gold occurs as a...1850 are given by Graves (1976). No. Gold Area County 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19...Kemptville Killag Lake Catcha Hants Halifax Lunenburg Queens Halifax Yarmouth Hants Yarmouth Halifax
Journal (issue)
near the f a l l s of the Jams River in Amherst County as well as several placer mines were opened in...operated a t the Grasty mine t r a c t i n Orange County from 1831-1834. This area has been operated intermittently...Valzinco zinc, lead and copper mine in Spotsylvania County in 1947. Besides the placer prospecting a t the...the old dump a t the Franklin mine i n Fauquier County i n the 1960's. Select assays on material £ran...mine tract, Orange County. quartz vein along Polebridge Creek in Patrick County w a s a l s o prospected
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials...to occur only as traces. ACCOMACK COUNTY: none given. ALBEMARLE COUNTY: actinolitc, agate, almandine, amethyst
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
years by membersof the GeologyDepartmentof the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The accompanying map...in contact with Silurian-Devonianrocks in Kings County. No distinct stratigraphic breakbetweentheseandthe...nativeantimony,arsenopyrite, pyrite,sphalerite,chalcopyrite, low iron ankerite,albiteandchlorite,valentinite...found replacingthe quartz along fractures. Chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena,are later than arsenopyrite...Goranson, E. A.: Indian Path Scheelite Deposit, Lunenburg Co. Can. Geol. Surv., Summ. Rept., p. 4xD, •93•
Report (volume)
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...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Report (volume)
Proceedings, vol. 13, pp. 1-46. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, no....Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Kanawha County; Preston County; Map of... coal, oil, etc....16. Ancient auriferous gravel channels of Sierra County, California: Am. Inst. Min. Eng., Bull., no. 91...deposits of the San Juan district, San Luis Obispo County, California: California Acad. Sci., Proc., 4th...35. Mammalian fossils from Devil's Gulch [Brown County, Nebr.]: Nebraska Univ. Studies, vol. 14, no. 2
Journal (issue)
Shelburne, and Queens counties, nearly all vf Lunenburg and Halifax, and parts of Guysborough, Colchester...early discoveries, however, is doubtful. Pyrite, chalcopyrite, and mica scales have frequently been mistaken...of the Cobequid mountains. In northem Annapolis county, where a belt of soft sandstones lay between an...finally crossing into Digby county. Kames are found also in Shelburne county. They are several miles long...ridges is the so-called "Boars 'back" of Digby county, which is 20 miles long. "As usual this kame consists
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
regional metasedimentary samples from throughout the Lunenburg, Halifax, and Guysborough counties into four varieties:...[arsenopyrite (dominant), pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and galena 6 sphalerite and molybdenite], together...arsenopyrite, with subordinate galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite), together with chlorite, siderite...metasediments were obtained from throughout Lunenburg County (Appendix 1, Fig. 1). From these, 24 (18 chlorite...and two biotite greenschist facies) from Halifax County (Appendix 1, Fig. 1). Mounts were produced for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bunches of well-crystallized galena, with a little chalcopyrite. This vein has clearly been deposited in a fissure...occurs with lithia-mica, fluorspar, apatite, and chalcopyrite, and in the south part of the Sierra de Cordoba...wolframite, apatite, mica, molybdenite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite. Similarly, in granite near Encruzilhada, Kio...these three types of pegmatite-veins are and chalcopyrite. closely allied, and, further, they show clear...these are the quartzveins in granite at New Ross, Lunenburg, N.S., where scheelite and cassiterite occur with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, and galena. Chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite only occur in minor amounts...stockwork bear pyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, rare scheelite, and siderite. All analysed...stockwork bear pyrite, galena, sphalerite and chalcopyrite. All analysed sam- U.A. Glasmacher et al....bedding-concordant veins within the ovens anticline, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Bachelor thesis Dalhousie University...metasediments of the Meguma Group, Eastville, Colchester County, Nova Scotia. Bachelor thesis at Dalhousie University
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 (issue)
from the copper minerals, copper ( see under chalcopyrite) . All which included the arsenic minera~ enarthree...three of these mines equipped with ver Bow County which county is in the 4,500 h.p. electric hoists, capable...chalcocite, bomite and enargite with minor amounts of chalcopyrite, te:nnantite and covellite. In compiling the...in so-called intergrowths with chalcocite and chalcopyrite. Very rarely found crystallized. Crystals have...copper minerals. It usually occurs with born1te. Chalcopyrite and tetrahedrite are the only copper minerals
Journal (issue)
REFERENCE INDEX ALBEMARLE COUNTY Southern: Pegau, A. A., 2. ALLEGHANY COUNTY Clifton Forge-White Sulphur...AMELIA COUNTY Morefield mine: Pegau, A. A., 3. AMHERST COUNTY Cormack, W. B. ARLINGTON COUNTY Great Falls...Washington, D. C. to Luray: Stow, M. H. AUGUSTA COUNTY Afton-Staunton, north: Appalachian Geol. Soc.,...area, storm-damaged areas: Webb, H. W., 1. BATH COUNTY Warm S ~ r i n e sand Nimrod Hall area: West Virginia...Virginia Geol. and - --- - BEDFORD COUNTY Lynchburg area: Brown, W. R., 1. BLUE RIDGE Fancy Gap-Galax
Report (volume)
Geographic Monthly, vol. 1, vol. 2, nos, 1-6. Worcester, Mass. Idaho, Bureau of Mines and Geology: Bulletin...West Virginia Geological Survey: (County Reports) Randolph County. Morgantown, W.Va. Wisconsin Academy... 1930. 10. (and Arick, M. B.). Geology of Bell County, Texas: Texas, Univ., Bull., no. 3016, 92 pp.,...Geology and mineral resources of eastern Cassia County, Idaho: Idaho Bur. Geology and Mines, Bull. no...geology of the Engels and Superior mines, Pl'umas County, California, with a note on the ore desposits of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, Fe-oxides, galena, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, silicates and minor Fe, Cu, Pb...an internal core consisting of a mixture of chalcopyrite ŽCpy., cubanite ŽCub. and galena ŽGal.. R...Ag, Pb, W. surrounded by sulphides Žcubanite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, leollingite...Upper Seal Harbour gold deposit in Guysborough County, eastern Nova Scotia. ŽA. Photo of the auriferous...turbidite-hosted auriferous quartz veins, southern Guysborough County. In: Mines and Minerals Branch, Report of Activities
Book (edition)
semirefractory clay products. The rich oil shales of Pictou county will, in the course of events, prove a valuable...mines at West Gore in Hants County, N.S., and at Lake George, York County, N.B. The latter has been a...1863. Quebec- known to occur at South Ham, Wolfe County, Quebec, but no record of these having been worked...Nova Scotia: In the Cheticamp district, Inverness County, Cape Breton, mispickel occurs, reported to carry...Auriferous mispickel ores are found in Hastings County and other parts of Ontario, one of the largest
 
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