 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1294-1299 MagnetiteVeins in Diabaseof Laurel Hill, New Jersey j. H. PUFFEa^•D J. J. PETEaS Abstract ...occursin a Triassic diabasepluton at Laurel Hill, near JerseyCity, New Jersey. The veins are typically lessthan...transferred iron from the wall rock to the joints at Laurel Hill and may alsohave formedthe Cornwall-typemagnetitedeposits...mineralogyand chemistryare ap- parent. The Laurel Hill diabaseis composedpreVE•s of magnetiteoccupya...nearly vertical jointsin a diabaseplug knownas Laurel Hill. The dominatelyof medium- to fine-grainedplagioclase |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Corporation of America Mine No. 4, St. Lawrence County, New York T he technological development of mankind...famous zinc mines of Franklin “Furnace,” New Jersey, for example. New York was also the home of many small...United States in recent decades have come not from a New York iron mine but from one of its interesting zinc...5-cm group of cubic magnetite crystals from Balmat, New York. A. Sebeia specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. ROCKS...Typically associated minerals include chromite, ilmenite, ulvospinel, rutile, apatite, the common sulfides |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Natural History New York, New York 10024 The Triassic traprock quarries of New Jersey have been a prolific...supplement previous publications dealing with New Jersey traprock* minerals, especially those of Manchester...40 traprock localities in New Jersey. This article focuses on the Bergen Hill occurrence in the Palisades...in the First Watchung Mountain: Upper and Lower New Street quar ries, Paterson; Warren Brothers quarry...Rocky Hill and Lambertville) and two Hudson County localities, Laurel (Snake) Hill quarry, Secaucus, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...other nearby orebodies were discovered by the New Jersey Zinc Company when it was exploring for zinc deposits...earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite at the same location (Shepard |  | | Journal (issue) | | particularl y Greene County, comes news of advancing plans for some twelve major, new coal mines which will...ready for operation. Further east, in Montgomery County, construction of the Limerick nuclear power plant...is the Berwick nuclear power plant in Columbia County. Noteworthy also are the reports that there are...electric generation. Each of the above-mentioned new energy sources in Pennsylvania has utilized various...production in the Shanksville field in Somerset County, discovered by Amoco in 1973; reserves are unofficially |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Items on new finds wanted. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...Commission, 10.2% U 3 O g . I have been reading about the new mineral finds in each state in the copies of ROCKS...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...abandoned Flatrock granite quarry at Waterford, New London Co., Conn. Trie aegirite occurs here as greenish |  | | Report (issue) | | Rock samples collected from formations in Augusta County, Va____________________-_-_----_-------_----------_...terrace and high flood-plain soils from Augusta County.______-___-___-_-_-_-_-.____________________________...-8. Alluvial-soil samples collected in Augusta County--_------___---___---__--__---__-_--------__-----------------9...DOROTHY CARROLL ABSTRACT The Middle River in Augusta County, Va., drains an area of about 370 square miles...light fraction, and opaque grains (magnetite, ilmenite, and indefinite iron oxides), zircon, tourmaline |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Report (volume) | | in the current-year issues ofthe monthly catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices...Box 12 Fairbanks, AK 99701 • FAIRBANKS, Alaska-New Federal Building, 101 Twelfth Ave. Hydrothermal........................... .. Still Creek and Laurel Hill Intrusions ....................................wairakite from outcrops associated with the Laurel Hill intrusion.................... Electron-microprobe...hole and outcrop samples associated with the Laurel Hill intrusion................................... |  | | Book | | years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...evaluating proposed new species, it is difficult to apply them rigidly to accepted species. 1. A new zeolite mineral...must be demonstrated as a condition for approval of new species. Zeolites that have the same framework and...structure are acceptable as separate species. 2. A new zeolite mineral cannot be defined solely on the basis | | | Book | | years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...evaluating proposed new species, it is difficult to apply them rigidly to accepted species. 1. A new zeolite mineral...must be demonstrated as a condition for approval of new species. Zeolites that have the same framework and...structure are acceptable as separate species. 2. A new zeolite mineral cannot be defined solely on the basis |  | | Journal (volume) | | SECRETARY Tema J. Hecht 600 West 111th Street, New York NY 10025 TREASURER John Cianciulli 60 Alpine...or mining history of the FranklinOgdensburg, New Jersey area is invited to join the Franklin-Ogdensburg...Richard C. Bostwick Tema J. Hecht 600 W. lllthSt.,#llB New York NY 10025 EDITORIAL BOARD John L. Baum Peter...Museum News from Sterling Hill Field Trip Report 6 1998 Franklin-Sterling Hill Gem & Mineral Show 13...community which pertain to the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey area. The List: Changing of the Guard John Cianciulli |  | | Report (issue) | | Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Occurrences located north of the Hartford basin, New Hampshire ...................... .67 B. Section B:...Section D: Occurrences located in the Newark basin, New Jersey . .99 E. Section E: Occurrences located in the...given in the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2...nearby geographic feature, such as a hill, stream, or town. County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey ........... _ . _ 1 _ CHAPTER 3 Pennsylvania___...states each year give collectors a chance to buy new finds, see f i n e workmanship, a n d s h o w t h...r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania:...well known old localities are not all “has beens;” new hobbyists and experienced collectors alike prove...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and |  | | Report (issue) | | 26 GEOLOGY AN D MINERAL RESOURCES OF FAYETTE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA BY w. 0 . I-IICKOK I V AND F ... . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Structure in Fayette County, :!\{ercer group . . . . . . . . . 56 . by Ti'.... . . . . 21 Measured sections . . . . . 61 Laurel Hill anticline . . . . 22 Brookville coa 1 and clay........... 151 Jollyto"vn limestone ... 151 Brier Hill snndstone ... 152 Upper Washington limestone .....iroyer .... History of coal ancl coke in Fayette County . . . . . . 351 Coal and coke .statistics .. . |  | | Journal (issue) | | from small cabochons to large aQate slabs, etc. New and out of print books are also in stock. Friends...MINERALS 258 - CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY TO OUR READERS NEW MINERAL CLUB IN CHICAGO There is apparently a misunderstanding...may be devoted either to amethyst or geodes. A new society for the study of rocks, minerals, fossils...Menzel will be the chief speaker. The officers of the new society are: Chairman, H. C. Walther; Vice.Chairman...companions, all of Brooklyn, N. Y., are touring New England on bicycles. Many mineral localities are |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology Department Rutgers University Newark, New Jersey 07102 and Paul C. Ragland Department of Geology...references and index. ISBN 0-8137-2268-3 1. Magmatism—New England. 2. Magmatism—Maritime Provinces. 3. Geology...Geology, Stratigraphic—Mesozoic. 4. Geology—New England. 5. Geology—Maritime Provinces. I. Puffer, John...Basalt sample from the Haledon Quarry, Haledon, New Jersey. Field of view is 2.0 x 1.3 mm. 10 987654321...Preface . Acknowledgments . v ix I. COASTAL NEW ENGLAND (CNE) AND ATLANTIC CANADIAN MAGMATISM 1. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Before Hydroseals, pumps ores and slurry were and new parts handling abrasive expected frequently....given conditions. When you are in the market for new wire rope you can get any quantity and any type from... "How to Money on Industrial, 1i] 1 Equip" , a new let full of valuable information, is ready for you...located top of eccentric. iti at Longer af 5. New " Springs to pass larger tramp iron. — | :...parallel crushing zone for finer product. : : ; 3. New Gun-Lock type mantle and concave holding 3. More |  | | Report (volume) | | stratigraphic section through the northern Newark basin, New Jersey 19 By MichaelS. Fedosh and Joseph P. Smoot Paleoenvironmental...Mesozoic rocks of the northern Newark basin, New Jersey and New York 31 By R.A. Parker, H.F. Houghton, and...Palisades siii to the lava flows at Ladentown, New York, based on new core data 113 By Nicholas M. Ratcliffe...Palisades sheet: Further evidence from Weehawken, New Jersey 13S By David N. Shirley Significance of major-...variation trends in Mesozoic diabase, west-central New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania 141 By Jonathan M. Husch |  | | Book | | Rock Collecting HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS ....... New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London 1817 Portions...Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. Published simultaneously in Canada...Reading the Geologic Map; Geologic Maps as Guides to New Fields; Other Maps Useful to Gem and Mineral Hunters...Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota...the Old Stone Age) and Homo sapiens (men of the New Stone Age, our direct ancestors, the Cro-Magnon) |  | | Book | | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...historian-collector William J. Brunet set out to trace three ilmenite occurrences mentioned in late 19th-century literature...ridge had once been mined for quartz, and large ilmenite masses could be seen on the old dumps. In 1975-1976...Brunet collected sharp, black, flattened hexagonal ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm in matrix of massive quartz...for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many |  | | Book (volume) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVET OF NEW' JERSEY HENRY 8. %CMM@L,SUt. Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey BY Val. VIId the...7nWeq %em& -- Pm Wfe ]pro NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CONTENTS....history of iron-ore mining in New Jersey. .... Outline of the geology of New Jersey. ............. General character...farm exploration. ................... (ii i) NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 32 32 34 35 35 35 39 40 41...Mines near Carpentersville. ............... Silver Hill exploration. ................... Hamlen mine. . |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Markets A McGRAW-HILL PUBLICATION VoL. 37, No. 16 Second daa postace paid at New York, N.Y. Subecription...cans without using tin. Continental has developed a new electronic welding process-called Conoweld - which...production in 1967. Business here is still quiel In New York tin dropped better than 514 a lb over the week...the $4-6 freight charge from Oak Ridge, Tenn., to New York, plus the approximately $4 loss of the commercial...for export) . Production of ingot steel by Broken Hill Pty. for the first three quarters of 1965 increased |
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