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Marcasite from
Pownal, Bennington County, Vermont, USA


Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:Abundant in sericite schist.
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pownal, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:715122
Long-form Identifier:1:3:715122:4
GUID (UUID V4):1475475c-1f47-4c65-9dc4-56fc9ba8afe2
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
10.2km (6.3 miles) Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
31.6km (19.6 miles) Davis Pyrite Mine, Rowe, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
40.6km (25.2 miles) Betts Manganese Mines (Anson Betts Mine; Plainfield Manganese Mines; Taconic Manganese Mines), Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
90.6km (56.3 miles) Monadnock Mountain, Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
GEOLOGIST ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES AND GEOLOGY OF VERMONT 1929-1930 SEVENTEENTH OF THIS SERIES GEORGE H...H. PERKINS State Geologist STAFF OF THE VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1929-1930 GEORGE H. PEinuNs, State...University of Vermont. ELBRIDGE C. JACOBS, Assistant CONTENTS Geologist, University of Vermont. CHARLES...PHYSIOGRAPHY OF VERMONT, G. H. PERKINS ..................... THE aEOLOGY OF VERMONT OCHER DEPOSITS,...107 MOUNT MONADNOCK III VERMONT, J. E. Worr ................... LIST OF VERMONT MINERALS, G. H. PERKINS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...(green, in granite), limonite (dark brown pebble), marcasite (tiny flat crystals in rock), microline (reddish...granite which comes from Bradbury's Mountain at Pownal, Cumberland Co. ; Opal (hyalite) colorless crust...M by Oliver Mason, 330 23rd St., Ogden, Utah. Vermont—Nice specimens of chalcopyrite with pyrrhotite
Report (edition)
much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming industry based on...specimens of minerals and fossils in Aroostook County and elsewhere in northern Maine. Most of the bedrock...rocks. There are lime quarries in the Aroostook County agricultural belt, where calcite crystals and other
Journal (issue)
Quarry Mine, Eureka County, Nevada. from the Radersburg District, Broadwater County, Montana Mike Hedtke...small wulfcnite crystals found at the Broadwater County, Montana (Sec. 28, T 5 N, R 1 W), some interesting...F. Kunz Competition Papers, four articles on NE USA mineral occurrences. 73 pages, 55 illu tra1ions,...George F. Kunz Competition Papers, six articles on NE USA mineral occurrences, 84 pages, $ I 0.00 Add $3.00...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny@mineralnews.com
Catalog/List
iron) Acti11olite Xline, fibrous ; California or Vermont ............ . 13 3 Complete prices in TABLE...I N C. CA LCITE . . Continued ,Harble, white; Vermont . . .... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6...carbonate) Prices on request MARBLE-See Calcite MARCASITE (iron disulfide}. Prices on request. MARGARITE... . . . . . . 4 Fuchsitt (green mica-schist) ; Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 NEOTOCITE (hydrated...and iron aluminum silicate) Dark Grun Masses; Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Journal (issue)
News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny@mineralnews.com...caretaker-and I) visited Iron Mountam 111Sierra County. Iron Mountain is known for producing helvite crystals...~ydroxypyromorphite from the Pea Ridge Mine, Washington County, Missouri Jeffrey G. Weissman 8429 East 81 st Street...of bazzitc from the Pea Ridge Mine. Wa hington County, Missouri. A mall grain of an unknown lemon colored...The Minerals of the Pea Ridge Mine, Washington County, Missouri: Rocks & Minerals, Vol. 73, p. 90-97
Book (volume)
has had its own philosophy. The mineralogy of Vermont (Hall, 1824) served as a list of localities with...greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite... Catalogue of minerals, found in the State of Vermont, and in the adjacent states; together with their
Catalog/List
enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...iron) Actinolite Xline, fibrous; California or Vermont ............ .30 Radiated on rock; Ontario ......limestones, see section on rocks. Marble, wh ite ; Vermont ...................: ...... .2 5 .60 Mexican Onyx...metaferrite) Xis in prochlorite, brilliant octahedrons; Vermont.... Xline mass; New York, 1 0 lbs. or more, 15c................ 2.00 1.00 MARBLE-See Calcite MARCASITE (iron disulfide) Pr ices on request. it' \ '
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
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
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 (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
Report (volume)
changes in stratigraphic nomenclature in Oregon, Vermont, Massachusetts, and southern Pakistan U.S. GEOLOGICAL...stratigraphy of the Connecticut Valley trough, eastern Vermont, by Norman L. Hatch, Jr. S 3. Revisions to the...Massachusetts, and the southern Green Mountains, Vermont and Massachusetts, by Nicholas M. Ratcliffe 9 4...Foulweather and Euchre Mountain quadrangles, Lincoln County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations...Stratigraphy of the Connecticut Valley Trough, Eastern Vermont By Norman L. Hatch, Jr. Abstract Proposed changes
Book (volume)
these coal seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Book (volume)
these coal seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
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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 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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,
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
Book
commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...will help you prospect and explore any state and county. etc., for mineral deposits in Finding Suitable...detailed reports on special areas, according to county. The bibliography of the United States Geological
Book
South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user...guide can determine the collecting sites in that county by range and distance from the major cities and...information to reach a specific spot within a particular county. Many old localities listed here have, literally
Journal (issue)
limestone quarries of York County, chromite and lead-silver mines of Lancaster County, and the large iron mine...mine at Cornwall, Lebanon County, are but a few of the many good localities in southeastern Pennsylvania...his city. The most famous localities in Lancaster County are the Wood's and Line Pits chromite mines which...caves of various mineral species such as calcite, marcasite, galena, sphalerite, fluorite, and many others...netite crystals in the prochlorite from Chester, Vermont, are representative of this 'fill-in' precipitation
Book (edition)
near Clear Lake, in California; Inferno, Humboldt County, and Rabbit Hole Mines, Nevada; near Evanston,...and sulphates, Among the sulphides are pyrite, marcasite and pyr^hotite, iron sulphides; galena, a lead...Y.; Greenville, N. C.; near Attleboro, in Bucks County, Pa.; Wake, N. C. ; on Tyger River, and at Spartanburg...annually nearly a million of dollars; sparingly in Vermont, New Hampshire, and other New England States; in...the eastward of Halifax; GOLD. 125 in Beauce County, Canada; also, north of Lake Superior; and in the
Journal (issue)
the truths from Green Mountain National Forest (Vermont) generally differ from those of Talladega National...seen on specimens include cerussite, sphalerite, marcasite and/or pyrite, and (colorless, non-fluorescent)...This, together with the presence of unoxidized marcasite and/or pyrite, may indicate that the original...CONSERVATION Due to the presence of small amounts of marcasite and/or pyrite, the matrixes of many of the Bage...use water to clean specimens associated with marcasite/pyrite. If possible, avoid cleaning the spec­
Book
long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite specimens
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
between Manilla, in Crawford County, and Coon Rapids, in Carroll County, Iowa [abstract and discus­ sion]...Virginia coal beds in Mingo County, West Virginia, with those of Letcher County, south­ eastern Kentucky...study of the chemical behavior of pyrite and marcasite. Amos P. Brown. Proceedings of the American Philosophical... He was bom in the village of Culloden, Oxford County, Ontario, on the 21st of August, 1879, and was...before the Professional Club of Brattleboro, Vermont The Vermont Phoenix, May 20, 1892, page 2. The Mesozoic
 
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