 | | 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...there's gold. Real gold. The stuff of the Old West, here in the Old East, and worth $400-plus per ounce, if |  | | Report (issue) | | 23 23 Introductory Remarks Sapphire Corundum Emery Physical Properties Artificial Production of Corundum...A. Burdick, Manager of the Laurel Creek Corundum Mine, Pine Mountain, Rabun Co., Ga., Mr. Corn of Visage...improbable, that they were familiar with the use of emery, at the time, when that substance, which is met...corundum is the emery of the supposed that the early Egyptians obtained emery from this point, and...arts. Indeed, up to the time of the discovery of emery in Asia Minor, in Grecian Islands. 1847, by Dr |  | | Report (volume) | | LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN KENDALL EMEKSON WASHINGTON...inineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass. This lexicon was prepared to accompany...MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES, MASS. By B. K. EMERSON. INTRODUCTION...within the area of the three river counties in Massachusetts. Each citation from the original documents is...the eastern border of the area find in AVorcester County. TRIASSIC. The Suf/ar Loaf arko*e, or feldspathitf |  | | Report (issue) | | .......................................105 Massachusetts ..............................................blackwall or a soapstone containing talc, chlorite, actinolite, serpentine, carbonate, and Fe-oxide minerals...is extracted from both open-pit and underground mines. Some is dry-ground, other material undergoes complex...Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Districts in California...of the recorded production. Talc deposits in Massachusetts are mostly located in a north-trending belt |  | | Report (volume) | | .......................................... Massachusetts...............:............................... Willis, C. F., and others, Arizona State Bur. Mines Bulls. 1-8, 1915-16. Comstock, T. B., A preliminary...and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico mines and minerals...minerals of the Black Hills: South Dakota School of Mines Bull. 10, 1914. Purdue, A. H., The minerals of Tennessee...by K. A. A. Johnston, Canada Geol. Survey Dept. Mines Mem. 74, Geol. Ser. 61. This list does not record |  | | Report (volume) | | Sanford. Upon Mr. Sanford's transfer to the Bureau of Mines the work was put into the hands of Frank L. Hess...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) | | Muscovite crystals forming a 10-cm rosette, Jose Pinto mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Table 3. Interlayer-deficient...spectacular recent find of muscovite was at the Jose Pinto mine, where more than a ton of beautifully crystallized...(manganoan) varieties are found at the Harding mine, Taos County, New Mexico (Jahns and Ewing 1977). Fuchsite...divergent “books” are found at the Little Three mine near Ramona, California, associated with orange...and fluorite. A classic association from El Paso County, Colorado, is well-crystallized zinnwaldite with |  | | Report (volume) | | OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................ |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............219 by Robert I. Gait The Chester Emery Mines ...........................................the recent paper, “ Uralolite from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine: a second occurrence” (vol. 9, p....localities: 1 the j Elmwood and Gordonsville zinc mines near Carthage,Tennessee by Lance E. Kearns and F...Elmwood and Gordonsville zinc mines, near the town of Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Relatively little...of ore per day. The present working level of the mine is between 100 and 113 m. In the spring of 1976 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ELECTRIC LIGHT ON OBSCURE POINTS , MINERALS or MASSACHUSETTS , ORIGIN OF AMBER , SINGING SANDS , NAMES OF...crystals. At Eskifjord is the noted Iceland spar mine. It is owned by the Danish government and leased...chance of getting any more Iceland spar from the mine. He had a large stock on hand, and his prices were...Eskifjord. Stilbite is found near the Iceland spar mine, and chabazjto in the 18 THE MINERAL COLLECTOR...a guide, who led this man to an abandoned " iron mine " — which contained no iron except limonite stains |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Report (issue) | | INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Inventory of Metal Mines and Occurrences Associated with the early Mesozoic...the U.S. Government. 1992 INVENTORY OF METAL MINES AND OCCURRENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EARLY MESOZOIC...Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude ................. .14 VII. Table 1: Inventory of metal mines and occurrences associated with the early Mesozoic...located in the Hartford basin and vicinity, Massachusetts .................... .72 C. Section C: Occurrences |  | | Report (issue) | | THE TALG. SOAPSTONE AND ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF MASSACHUSETTS by E. Chute Prepared under a cooperative project...investigations in the Coraroonvealth of >! Boston, Massachusetts CONTENTS Abstract .........................and aoapatone deposits... k Talc and soapatona mines, prospects, and quarries^ ......... ...... ........ 9 10 Appraisal^ ..^.^.... ........ , Massachusetts Talc Coapany stine^ $*pl°gy..........;.,;,...soapato&e deposit near the Hassachuaetta Talc Ccapany mine. a ^ . B4 a ......... ........ ..... ...... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on the Post territory which covers most of Yuma County, Arizona, and a small area in California."—letter...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U. S.) that has been opened up...Liggett military reserjade deposits in (Monterey County) Cali- vation are some of the very few found on...Middlesex signed to conserve the stone for removal County, Conn., was sent in by Richard by legitimate collectors... The firms have been of quartz, diopside and actinolite, associblasting the deposits at Jade Cove and |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fred Lincks. We have cor neighboring state of Massachusetts. Many responded and had the pleasure of a of...who are willing to get-togethers are held in Massachusetts pass on information of localities they as well...this column. chusetts - the Manhan Silver-Lead Mines Many collectors know little of the - or more familiar...collecting in the state of Lead Mine. Here, many fine specimens, Massachusetts. The tendency is to pass both...beautiful specimens of wulfenite. some of the fine Massachusetts specimens in This last species can be found |  | | Report (volume) | | -....... 20 21 22 22 22 22 23 24 24 25 25 25 Emery .......................................... ^..................... 85 35 Corundum (emery) in amphibolite at Chester, Mass...........' . In anorthosite...deposits..........-.---...----..-.------.----..61 Emery in undetermined association. ...._.........--,--.......................... Origin of emery in amphibolite at Chester, Mass.................. * 81 86 92..... ........ ....-.-.----..--..-.-.--...... Massachusetts............................................ |  | | Report (issue) | | 4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...colorless crystals), Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating...42 9.86 4.77 13.60 100.69 2.277 LOCALITY: Berks County: Birdsboro. MESOLITE m Na Al Si3Oio.2H O 2 2 |  | | Report (volume) | | 21 Corundum (emery) in amphibolite at Chester, Mass......._.--... . Origin of the emery...................... Macon County .........._. ...........,..-...........-......,.._, Sheffield mine .......... .....Clay County.. ................................................. Buck Creek or Cullakeenee mine.........tracts...................... ......... Jackson County ................ ..................................... Laurel Creek mine ........................................ Track rock mine ......-......'..... |  | | Report (volume) | | Clay County. Macon County. Jackson County. Transylvania County. Swain County. Haywood County. Buncombe...Buncombe County . Madison County. Yancey County. Mitchell County . Watauga County . Wilkes County. Ashe County...County . Alleghany County . Physiography and ecology of the peridotites. 28 28 29 32 34 35 36 38 42 46...mag¬ nesian rocks. Shooting Creek region, Clay County, North Carolina. Elf dunite. Elf amphibole-peridotite...Dunite at the Bad Creek mine. Dunite of the Asbestos mine. Dunite of the Sapphire mine. Vicinity of Glenville |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...and the extensive pegmatite dike exposures and mines. BON HOMME & CHARLES MIX COUNTIES SCOTLAND to WAGNER...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos...pseudomorphs after pyrite, pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine—near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous |  | | Report (volume) | | DIRECTOR THE GEOLOGY EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY BENJAMIN KENDALL EMERSON WASHINGTON... 101 101 Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County .... .... ....'.......... .......... 103 Albite...-CONTENTS. Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County Continued. Page. Opal..................................................... 30 3. Section at lead mine east of Washington Station.................... 36...Limestone pinched into pre-Cambrian gneiss, Cleveland mine, New Marlboro.................................. |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...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...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | have been found along the Cahaba River in Shelby County, Ala. The colors are gray with red veins, red and...abandoned diamond mine near Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark. Murfreesboro has the only diamond mine in the United...United States and though the mine is no longer in operation it has been "opened up" as a tourist attraction...close by, quartz crystals, of odd, ago at the same mine in Arkansas. Howard A. Millar, Manager, Crater of...Thanking you." CALIFORNIA—Patrick Baird, 2805 Chester Ln., Bakersfield, Calif., has sent us a nice loose |
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