 | | Report (issue) | | so-called Pennsylvanian basins of southeastern Massachusetts. Three papers deal with the geology of alkali...alkali plutonic-volcanic areas in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. High-grade and low-grade (prehnite-pumpellyite)...(prehnite-pumpellyite) metamorphism in Massachusetts and Maine, respectively, are the subjects of two of the papers...and the geology of the Ayer Granodiorite of Massachusetts. JOHN R,. GRIFELN STUDIES IN NEW ENGLAND...Brownlow V1 Vil iX Part I. Geology of eastern Massachusetts INaTOROVGNNE TON “5. B bo 8 OR Bo ee ek 5 ee |  | | 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) | | whole-rock slate/phyllite, Narragansett Basin, RI-MA, USA: implications for rejuvenation during very low-grade...Geology,Universityof Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA 2 Department of Geology,ShimaneUniversity,690 Matsue...Undifferentiated Basement g km ~'g~"~ )' /;:'z Norfolk !~/ Basin . . ;;Voonso0 et ~ ~]"~ Narragansett...41~ ~ 72 ~ Narragansett Pier Granite I Massachusetts (Fig. 1). The variably m e t a m o r p h o s...of the Narragansett Basin (Rhode Island and Massachusetts) showing locations sampled for the present study |  | | Report (issue) | | - • • • • - • •- • • .I. •- .. - • • - MASSACHUSETTS 7~ .- ··· ·- · -·-· · -··-· · -· · ··- · ·+...in the area are, in generally decreasing order, quartz, biotite, muscovite, plagioclase, kyanite, garnet...crystalline rocks of western Connecticut and Massachusetts that range from 9.5 X 1o-6 to 2.3 X 1o-2 ft/d...simple and complex :fiow systems, Cape Cod, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-159...study, Town of Wolcott, Connecticut, New Haven County: Community number 090093, 17 p.,16 pl., 8 maps |  | | Report (issue) | | reworked and segregated into texturally mature quartz sand by coastal processes that formed a segmented... The Narragansett basin is in southeastern Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island and structurally is...coal-bearing Narragansett basin and the adjacent Norfolk basin, which does not contain minable coal, is...time, which first affected the northern region (Norfolk basin and northern Narragan- sett basin) where...1978, Coal and graphite mines and prospects of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, in Skehan, J. W., and Murray |  | | Report (issue) | | Bedrock geology of the Niantic quadrangle, New London County,^Connecticut: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map...map of the Norwalk South quadrangle, Fairfield County, Conn.: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-718...geology of the Uncasville quadrangle, New London County, Conn.: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-576...geologic map of the Montville quadrangle, New London County, Conn.: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-609...geologic map of the Fitchville quadrangle, New London County, Conn.: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-485 |  | | Report (volume) | | topographer. XXIII. Geology of the Green Mountains in Massachusetts, by Raphael Pumpelly", J. E. Wolfl', and T....meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S.Williams...cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885., 8°. 80 pp...57 pi. Price 25 cents. 38. Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky, by J. S. Diller. 1887. 8°. 31pp. 1 pi...Mountains, New Mexico, and on the occurrence of Primary Quartz in certain Basalts, by Joseph Paxson Iddings. 1890 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hayes .................. 753 1WO LOCALITIES NEAR PLAINVILLE, MASS. By A. M. Dixon ................754 AUGITE................................... 760 HERKIM ER COUNTY ''DIAMONDS'' ·································...the southwest face of the Cedar Mountains, Tooele County, Utah. Its geo- graphic position, as indicated...Lower Manhattan Island old stamping grounds-Oxford County, (New York City ) After many Saturday afternoon...available again, I also took found nice apatite, quartz, 1epidolite, many pictures for my photographic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bailey, But one day he found, right there on the Plainville Ave., Unionville, Conn., is the ground, U N D...dug for Rt. 22 through Jugtown Mountain, Warren County, N . J. The 120 foot cut, deepest in the East makes...one-half mile south of the old Hiway, Hunterdon County. "The western exposures are in a CambroOrdovician...CambroOrdovician limestone containing much chert and massive quartz. "The more extensive and interesting eastern cuts...MINERALS "The gneiss is composed of microcline, quartz, hornblende, biotite and much magnetite. Very large |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the pebbles we found red jasper, brownish quartz, milky quartz, whitish chalcedony, black basanite, gray...slender black xls of rutile in a massive smoky quartz which is stained green by green malachite. COLORADO...tractor has scraped and turned over many schists and quartz rocks which contain kyanite xls and ilmenite. P...item dated April 22, 1963, from Harvey Bailey, Plainville Ave., Unionville, Conn. FLORIDA — Key West, Fla...the Gulf of Mexico. Key West is the county seat of Monroe County. The name, Key West, is said to be a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | as calcite, prehnite, and several varieties of quartz. Through the kindness of Mr. Angelo Tomasso and...addition, the inactive quarries in Cheshire and Plainville were visited: the North Branford quarry was surveyed...Route 6 between Bristol and Farmington, Hartford County. Calcite (yellow; colorless crystals; druzy masses)...octahedrons (1/2 inch) in trap rock with calcite and quartz. Reed s Gap quarry; collected 1979. NEW BRITAIN...s t of Route 1-84, Hartford County. Calcite Prehnite Datolite Quartz (Note: Despite heavy blasting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fine fire opal and a perfectly beautiful, perfect quartz crystal from my own collection. The monetary value...Bailey, But one day he found, right there on the Plainville Ave., Unionville, Conn., is the ground, U N D...dug for Rt. 22 through Jugtown Mountain, Warren County, N . J. The 120 foot cut, deepest in the East makes...one-half mile south of the old Hiway, Hunterdon County. "The western exposures are in a CambroOrdovician...CambroOrdovician limestone containing much chert and massive quartz. "The more extensive and interesting eastern cuts |  | | Journal (issue) | | , dip vertical co 80°SW . west side of H udson County Boulevard These interecting joi nt systems made...lepidolite, tourmalines (fink, black and green), quartz crystals o various sizes, etc. One thing that interested...for mer site of Bigelow Pond, in Union, Tolland County, Conn. (See Three Connecticut Localities, by Wilbur...chairmanship of Dr. Karl T. Compton, President of Massachusetts Institute of Techno'ogy. The membership comprises...direction of Professor Frederick K . Morris of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, assisted by Professor |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | held a field trip to the trap rock quarry at Plainville. Conn. I was there along with Don Presher (Près...amberyellow rhombohedral calcite xls occurred in a quartz vug. Chalcopyrite: Small brassy-yellow masses with...Limonita: Yellow to dark brown earthy masses in quartz—quartz partly stained brown by it. Microcline: Whitish...large white plates with whitish microcline, smoky quartz, and purple fluorite. Some of the muscovite is...in a quartz vug as a single brassy-yellow cube with tiny pale amber-yellow stilbite xls. Quartz: Noticed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 36849-5305 C h a l c o c i t e BRISTOL, HARTFORD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT This classic chalcocite is representative...finely intergrown or admixed pyrite, bornite, and/or quartz. 2 Chalcocite occurs principally as a supergene...1 c m have been found in the Magma mine, Pinal County; and small steel-gray prisms and pseudohexagonal...the Campbell and Cole shafts at Bisbee, Cochise County. Single pyritohedral pyrite crystals up to 2 c...collect ed in the B l u e Stone mine, Stevens County, Washington. Large chalcocite crystals up to approximately |  | | Journal (issue) | | than it takes you or me to do a round brilliant in quartz. The encouraging ne,.vs is. not n1any masters learned...tourmaline. feldspar , topaz. iolite, spinet. and quartz. Water is the only flu sh/ lubrica nt I use. No...black "onyx". 8mm round black "onyx" beads. frosted quartz crystal rounds and 14k gold make up this 28" necklace...ips). Next is a two-strand necklace of amber and quartz crystal. and at the bottom is a strand of amber...diamond sparingly. particularly when polishing quartz! • In the next installment, Dean Williams will |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2l/> black tourmaline with green beryl and smoky quartz. The specimen came from an abandoned mica mine...One hematite pebble had a few spots of whitish quartz. ARIZONA — "The Glove Mine, from where the fine...more. "The Glove Mine is located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, near the little town of Amado, on the...separate cover which I'm sending you. The smoky quartz crystals are grab samples of some 288 that were...by Mr. Graham. They consisted of: Quartz: Beautiful, dark smoky quartz xls, loose, slender and up to 2 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1985 No.575 MINERALS AND COVER DATA A beautiful quartz specimen, engraved jewelry and gem cutting equipment...Zircons Page 38 102 THE WIDE, WONDERFUL WORLD OF QUARTZ The many varieties of this mineral make it a collector's...collector's dream by Si Frazier 103 A PICTURE GALLERY OF QUARTZ MINERALS Specimens from around the world, all...MIUonlte-ScapoHta 8k>Od1tone Tlgereye 11• • Amber Smoley Quartz Peridot Axln,te Umonlta Pteudomorph ConcretlOn...Otabaae P1ratonI1e - 111 Gastropod Rock Crystal Quartz - • I Coqulna 'Oblld1an "apache 11111• Bryozoa |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of lapidary materials (such as cryptocrystalline quartz and silicified wood). A l l distances are given...Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...muscovite, quartz (Hurst, 1956c). Wood pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8 |  | | Book | | V/C/N/TY ^^o Red beds MAP of fhe. /=zh NORFOLK SELL IS(^HAM ° HARVARD CONGLOMERATE andL SCI...I 5 iiJ DIORITE ANDOVER QUARTZ QU/NCY SHARON GRANITE SYEN/TE DIORiTE ^, ^^^...Department of Geology Boston University Boston, Massachusetts 02215 to; PREFACE In 1966, John Rodgers...Davis in the Connecticut Valley of western Massachusetts, and gradually extended itself. oo over New...Brown University The Foxboro Co., Foxborough, Massachusetts Geography, University of Toronto U. S. G, S |  | | Report (issue) | | ------------------------------------------Polk County-----------------------------------------------...-----------------------------------------Floyd County.•...• ----------------------------------------...----------------------------------Ch_a t tooga County.•••.• ----------------------------------------...------------------------------------------Dade CountY-------------------------------------·--·------...----------------------------------------Walker County----------------------------------------------- |  | | Journal (issue) | | produced very fine specimens of amethyst and clear quartz not much else is commonly reported from these mines...11758-5707 specimen from an old collection in Massachusetts from the United Verde Mine (burning pyrite orebody...orebody in 1934) in Jerome, Yavapai County, AZ, thought to be native selenium which was established from...copper sheet from the White Pine Mine, Ontonagon County. MI, thought to be calumetite. The mineral forms...Mariposa Mine, Terlingua mercury district, Brewster County, TX. A new mineral for this famous locality. Parnauite |  | | Report (issue) | | SECTIO HOUSE BARYTES MINES IN CAR'l'ERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY. THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE Geological Survey.................................. .44-142 Bartow County ......................... ' · ·................... . . . . . . . . . Other localities in Bartow County ...................... 126-129 Brandon property.................................. 127-129 Murray County ...... !......................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Whitfield County .................... ~ ...................... 134-136 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Series of Morgan County and elsewhere in Ohio (Carman, 1927; Baird, 1952); Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania...the Narragansett Basin of Rhode Island and Massachusetts (Woodworth, 1900; Willard and Cleaves, 1930)...material from Tennessee are tracks from Marion County (probably Cincosaurus cobbi) from Lower Pennsylvanian...erosional surfaces and often display layers of quartz peb bles, shale rip-up clasts, and thin lenses...a few centimeters to over 30 meters. They lack quartz pebbles and are usually micaceous. The thicker |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rock which follows the Connecticut River from Plainville, extending for a distance of.25 miles or so....somewhat similar to the Amelia Court House material, quartz coated with byssolite, tourmaline, beryl, and large...getting good specimens of tourmaline, distorted quartz crystals and apatite. As we were working our way |
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Masslite Quarry, Plainville, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA