 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Carlton Quarry Chester, Windsor County, Vermont ROBERT CLEMENTS 2 Southern Avenue Brattleboro, Vermont...Hampshire 03607 T he Carlton quarry is located in Chester, Windsor County, Vermont. This and many other...Soapstone Finish Company, which began operations in Chester in February 1887. According to Jacobs (1912), “The...its material for the last six years from the Carlton quarry,” dating their operation to at least 1905....owner in the State Report of 1919-20, and the Carlton quarry became known locally as the Dodge property |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GRAND, ISLE: L Jirrwowwux/ lot* llMt UK* U'A VERMONT Mineral Locality Index VANDALL T. K I N G P.O....Massachusetts 01776 MASSACHUSETTS Figure J. Vermont political divisions map; adapted from U.S. Geological...of New Hampshire and Vermont (1972). 324 ROCKS & MINERALS he state of Vermont is relatively small,...quar ry in the world is in Rochester (Windsor Co.), Vermont. Min eral products mined "as is" for their...minerals found in Ver mont slate. Figure 2. Slate quarry, Poultney; photo by Roger Bacon. The granite industry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Through the ’Scope SEARCHING VERMONT for MICROMINERALS MARCELLE H. WEBER 1172 West Lake Avenue Guilford...last place one would look for microminerals is Vermont. One of the state’s collectors of such material...about Chester and Eden Mills (Lowell) and that’s it, but it isn’t.’’ Nor should that be all. Vermont is...photographing, and to Johannes “Hans” Swarts, Vermont micromineral collector, who met one of the authors...In the past, a pamphlet could be secured at the Vermont welcome centers listing minerals and where they |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cerussite and fluorite, Blanchard mine, Socorro County, New Mexico. Peter J. Modreski photo. MarchlApril:...Van Pelt photo. July/August: Grossular, Lowell, Vermont. Robert Whitmore specimen, Jeffrey Scovil photo...chalcopyrite, and quartz, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen, Jeffrey Scovil...NovemberDecember: Silver, Bulldog mine, Mineral County, Colorado. F. John Barlow specimen, Malcomb Hjerstedt...Colorado, 97 Actinolite, Vermont, 234, 239, 262 Albite, Michigan, 388; Vermont, 235, 239, 262 Alexander |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ORIGIN WITH OF THE VERMONT TALC DEPOSITS, A DISCUSSiON' ON' THE FORMATION' OF T^LC IN' GEN'ERAL....................... 246 General Geology of Vermont .................................... Talc Deposits...Property, Chester, Windsor County.................... 253 254 Talc and Verde Antique Quarry, Stockbridge...Stockbridge,Windsor County Williams Mine, RochesterTownship, Orange County........ ... Verde Antique Quarry, North...Prospect at Hammondsville, Reading Township, Windsor County .......................................... |  | | Book | | TRAILS OF NEW ENGLAND by Ed & Bert Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S... Enosburg Falls, Vermont Boston Mining Company Mine Hyde Park, Lamoille Co. , Vermont Copper Mine Locality...Locality Milton, Vermont Parrot Jasper Mine Reading, Windsor Co., Vermont Reading Talc Mine Saxtons River...River, Vermont Davis Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE Center Strafford... Massachusetts Pfitzer Quarry Ashland, Massachusetts Bayer - Mingolla Quarry Blandford, Massachusetts |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Please Send Them In. calcite from the West End quarry, Inyo Co., Calif., and the other is a bluishwhite...in Georgia at the fo'lowing localities: Cherokee County —2V2 miles northeast of Ball Ground, 1 mi'e northwest...of Cherry Grove School; Fayette County—near Fayetteville; Fulton County—near College Park. (Georgia Mineral...still to be found at the abandoned emery mines in Chester, Hampden Co., Mass. The best specimens occur at...grayish cephalopod from the world's largest limestone quarry, located in Rogers City, Presque Island Co., Mich |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the recent discovery of bornite in the Fairfax Quarry near Centerville, Va., (25 miles from Washington...on Mine Hill, Roxbury Sta., Conn. (arsenopyrite, pyrite, quartz xls, siderite and sphalerite collected)...Sunday, Augus't 18th, to the noted talc quarry near Chester, Vermont. This locality, which has become very...prominent during recent years for its very fine pyrite crystals, contains a number of interesting minerals... ----- Mineralogical Society of Springfield, Vermont The Society has been active since its organization |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the recent discovery of bornite in the Fairfax Quarry near Centerville, Va., (25 miles from Washington...on Mine Hill, Roxbury Sta., Conn. (arsenopyrite, pyrite, quartz xls, siderite and sphalerite collected)...Sunday, Augus't 18th, to the noted talc quarry near Chester, Vermont. This locality, which has become very...prominent during recent years for its very fine pyrite crystals, contains a number of interesting minerals... ----- Mineralogical Society of Springfield, Vermont The Society has been active since its organization |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1940 Contents for November, 1940 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ......................................................................... 368 A TALC QUARRY NEAR CHESTER, VERMONT. By Peter Zodac 369 MORSE HAS SUCCESSFUL...]oJces Ca11e 3-Crysta/ Cave S< 4- Government Quarry .5- Chalk Cave 6--Col/ophanite Locality l< 1...but the best collecting place is the Government quarry. H ere one is almost sure to find the mineral in...have taken place General View of the Gove,-nmenl Quarry F f C t f· r R OCKS AND MlN ERALS elsewhere |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "Limonite after pyrite, I have found in fairly nice specimens in an old road bed in Lee County, Alabama, about...near the old HaleWalker Quarry —perhaps a third of a mile from the Strickland Quarry. Chalcopyrite is disseminated...green coating on pegmatite, at the Hale-Walker Quarry itself, was seen a few years ago. It was probably...of Milledgeville who discovered them in Baldwin County, Ga., between the State Sanitarium and Oconee River...of my men brought in a perfect clam altered to pyrite with a xl cluster o. l"xUA" on o^.e end; the entire |  | | Report (volume) | | GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR 4O4 THE GRANITES OF VERMONT BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...distribution of Vermont granites............................ General petrography of Vermont granites ........................ 12 Geologic relations of Vermont granites................................. 13 ... Outline of the earlier geologic history of Vermont granites............... Important geologic features...quarries................................ Caledonia County .............................................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the recent discovery of bornite in the Fairfax Quarry near Centerville, Va., (25 miles from Washington...on Mine Hill, Roxbury Sta., Conn. (arsenopyrite, pyrite, quartz xls, siderite and sphalerite collected)...Sunday, Augus't 18th, to the noted talc quarry near Chester, Vermont. This locality, which has become very...prominent during recent years for its very fine pyrite crystals, contains a number of interesting minerals... ----- Mineralogical Society of Springfield, Vermont The Society has been active since its organization |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Devil’s Den Locality Mount Tabor Rutland County Vermont DOUGLAS ROBINSON Figure 1. Locality map,...ROBERT CLEMENTS 9 Southern Avenue Brattleboro, Vermont 05301 rwc2esj@comcast.net T HERE ARE SEVERAL...SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT QUARTZ LOCALITIES IN VERMONT, of which the Devil’s Den (figs. 1 and 4) in Mount Tabor stands...Additionally, calcite, ilmenite, pyrite, and goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite occurred at the locality. Because...& Minerals was titled “The Carlton Quarry, Chester, Windham County, Vermont” and was coauthored with Robert |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Ridel, 228 So. Center St., Windsor Locks, Conn. The specimen consists of small, white...was reported in 1843 at Williams Ferry in Hall County by Dr. Stevenson while panning for gold. The stone...Creek corundum mine in Town County. At Piedmont Orchard in Habersham County, beautiful nodules of deep...related to granitic rocks, has been found in Troup County near La Grange. All of the stones are a rich blue-green...I stopped off at Turkey Run State Park in Park County, Indiana. I found that by wading into streams (outside |  | | Report (volume) | | Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips, Austin. Vermont..........Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | existence. Mrs. Marguerite R. Collyer of the Rockland County Gem and Mineral Society remains as Chairman of... Jacobs of the Bellows Falls Mineral Club, of Vermont, took charge from here, and on Tuesday led the...Connecticut River to Gassetts, Vermont, to pan gold, stopping on the way at the Carlton, Vt., talc mine. Associated...Competition TROPHIES Best in Show—Mineral Div.— Carlton Davis, Boston Mineral Club, with almost complete...2nd—North Jersey Mineralogical Society. 3rd—Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society. M-4 One Locality Group: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerdogical Society plans a Field Trip to the Cedar Hill Quarry, while the Gem and Lapidary Society is planning...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, presented a well liked slide program...Always list the exact location first. The town, quarry or mine name, and the date when the samples were...Cranford, on its Field Trip to the Showalter Trap Rock Quarry at Blue Ball, Penn. 772 NEW YORK "Minerals Used...Petrified Wood was used as the program of the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc., Suffern. The Northland |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Vermont..................................................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; |  | | 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...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE, |  | | Catalog/List | | Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....CROSSITE Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite...sodium potassium alumino-silicate Arizona Final County, Christmas Dark green cleavages in andesite .. |  | | Report (volume) | | Method of treatment__________________________ Vermont _________________________________ Distribution...Geologic relations of Vermont granites_,__________ Outline of earlier history of Vermont granites_________...___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...the quarries, granites, and product Continued. Vermont Continued. Page. The quarries, their granite and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | About 40 miles northeast of Montgomery in Coosa County there is an outcrop that carries considerable tin...kyanite, magnetite, microcline, muscovite, olivine, pyrite, quartz, sillimanite, topaz, tourmaline, zircon...Street Pike Quarry, Little Rock, Ark. Some years ago I had the pleasure of collecting at this quarry and would...the better known accessory minerals found in the quarry is reddish brown titanite, found in flat crystals...found small purple cubes of fluorite (y4 in.) and pyrite (]4 in.). One piece of the weathered rock had a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Marble Peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains, in Pima County, Arizona. A note from him reads: "I have done some...taken from the Cherokee district placers in Butte County, California. Mineral Information Service, July...for aegirite is the abandoned Flatrock granite quarry at Waterford, New London Co., Conn. Trie aegirite...State's most noted locality, the Brandywine (Hubbard) quarry, in Wilmington, New Castle Co., Del. A note from...old Brandywine quarry which is along Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Del. This quarry, of course, was |
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Carlton Quarry, Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, USA