 | | Report (issue) | | shape.......................... 5 Distribution of steatite and grit ..•.••• : • • . 5 Structural details...•...•...••. 14 The Belvidere Mountain asbestos quarry, locality 9 ... ~ •................. 14 Locality.....•..••••.••......••.• 15 The VVaterville talc quarry, locality 22 •.......••..••........•.•.•. 15 The...• . . • • • . . 25 The Rochester verde antique quarry, locality 73. . . • • . . • . . . • . • • • . ....................... 28 The Hammondsville talc quarry, locality 117.......................... 28 Locality |  | | Report (volume) | | furthermore, neither usage is entirely consistent. "Steatite," as a geologic term, denotes a rock composed...It varies widely in mineral composition, from steatite (in the geologic sense of the term) to talcose..."block talc," both industrial types of massive steatite. Most commercial talc deposits are associated...mineral talc is of importance only in industrial steatite and in tales for a few other ceramic uses. Though...fabricators often require a small percentage of CaO in steatite, and tremolitic talc is in demand for some paints |  | | Catalog/List | | CRYSTALS A SPECIALTY. ROY HOPPING, 5 & 7 DEY NEW STREET, YORK NEAR BROADWAY, CITY, U. S. 1899...Scientific and Educational Purposes. ROY HOPPING, 5 NEW & 7 DEY STREET, YORK, U. S. A. J. L. DOWNER...DOWNER, PHOTO-ENGRAVING, 202 Broadway, NEW S. MORRIS HULIN, PRINTER, BLOOMFIELD, N. J. YORK....Hopping. CONTENTS. New Arrivals. Krokoite from Tasmania. Endlichite from New Mexico. Selenite Crystals... Education, LARGE Clerk's QUANTITY Office. New York, Nov. 18, 1897. No. 10728 MR. ROY HOPPING |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about...river this rock was largely quarried. The first quarry opened was irnmediately on the river bank. When...from about 30th Street to 34th Street, and a large quarry, or a series of quarries afterwards merged into...that found on Ridley and Crum Creeks in Delaware County, contained segregated masses of coarse orthocl...the Park north of Girard Avenue, and also in a quarry on Girard Avenue about 38th Street, menaccanite |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VANDALL T. K I N G P.O. Box 90888 Rochester, New York 14609 NEW YORK £ J A N E T W. C A R E S 18 Singletary...map; adapted from U.S. Geological Survey map of New Hampshire and Vermont (1972). 324 ROCKS & MINERALS...manufacture of nails and simple iron objects. Talc and steatite were mined for use in such things as hot plates...minerals found in Ver mont slate. Figure 2. Slate quarry, Poultney; photo by Roger Bacon. The granite industry...small particles is widely distributed over northern New England in glacial gravels, and many swiftly moving |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...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...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Report (issue) | | their alteration products-serpentinite, chrysotile asbestos, steatite, talc-carbonate rock, and carbonate-quartz-rock-and...Bibliography: p. Supt. of Docs. no.: I 19.16:1016 1. Chrysotile-Vermont-Belvidere Mountain region. 2. Petrol...----------------------Antigorite ___________ -------38 39 Chrysotile ------------------40 Lizardite -------------------40...---------------------41 Graphite ------------------------Steatite, talc-carbonate rock, and carbonate41 quartz rock...rock ---------------------------41 Steatite -----------------------------42 Talc-carbonate rock -----------------43 |  | | Report (volume) | | Carbonate rock._____________-_-_______-_----__--__ 43 Steatite ________-_____----___-__-_-_-_-___________ 44...present production is from the Lowell quarry and from the C-area quarry. The principal physical exploration...proportionately the most abundant type of ore in the Lowell Quarry and C-area deposits. Veins of cross- and slip-fiber...important sources of fiber. In the well-exposed quarry areas, the zones of schistose serpentinite are...Newport Center. The St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad provides freight service with stations |  | | Book (edition) | | channels of trade, transportation and consumption, new utilizations, and recent discoveries, have, to a...most part, have been progressive. In addition to new finds of valuable deposits, many of the occurrences...has therefore seemed advisable to pre sent such new information as may bring the whole subject more nearly...gas fields occur in almost every State except in New England and a few Southern States, but the discoveries...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und |  | | Report (issue) | | Calculations upon analysis of talc in veinlike mass in steatite, Johnson mine_______________________-__--_--Calculations...---_Calculations upon analysis of high-grade chrysotile asbestos, Ontario, Canada___________________..._______________ Calculations upon analysis of steatite, Waterbury mine______________________________..._______________ Calculations upon analysis of steatite, Rousseau prospect_____ _____________________...successively, by shells of talc-carbonate rock and steatite. A thin zone of blackwall a generally schistose |  | | Report (volume) | | Lamellibranchiata of the Raritan Clays and Greensand Marls of New Jersey, by Robert P. "Whitfleld. 1885. 4°. xx, 338pp...Fishes and Fossil Plants of the Triassic Rocks of New Jersey and the Connecticut Valley, by John S. Nbwberry...Cephalopoda of the Raritan Clays and Greensand Marls of New Jersey, by Robert P. Whittteld. The Penokee Iron-Bearing...Mollusca and Crustacea of the Miocene Formations of New Jersey, by R. P. Whitfleld. Geology of the Eureka Mining...by J. S. Newberry. The Glacial Lake Agassiz, by "Warren Uphani. BULLETINS. 1. On Hypersthene- Andesite |  | | Report (issue) | | .............................................57 New Mexico ..................................................................................... 99 New Jersey ..................................................................101 Appalachian Mountains in New England, Introduction ..............102 Connecticut...............................................110 New Hampshire .....................................................................................123 New York ........................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Belvidere Moun- tain in the town of Eden, Lamoille County. The Lowell quarries are on the east side of the...the mountain in the town of Lowell, Orleans County. The village in closest proximity to the mountain is...locality one of the most famous collecting sites in New England. History The history of asbestos mining...in which the fibers are found. The high-grade chrysotile asbestos-bearing rock was first discovered in...established a small village called Chrysotile on Belvidere Mountain. In the 1920s a new player named Gallagher bought |  | Carlsen, Kenneth S., Gale, Marjorie H., Thompson, Woodrow B., Kierstead, Matthew (2015) Belvidere Mountain Asbestos Quarries, Lowell/Eden, Vermont. Rocks & Minerals, 90 (6) 510-551 doi:10.1080/00357529.2015.1080535 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | passes between North Hyde Park and the Gallagher quarry because it broke up the roads. Former Roger Jones...Heritage Consulting 156 Western Avenue Marlboro, New York 12542 matt@milestoneheritage.com sbestos Figure...found there through the years. The mining of chrysotile asbestos in northern Vermont was a major industry...approximately 10 percent of national consumption. Chrysotile is valued for its physical properties including...the Maine, New Hampshire, and U.S. Geological Surveys. He has published extensively on New England Pleistocene |  | | Report (edition) | | antigori te, generally lamellar 01~ scaly, and chrysotile, generally fibrous. Serpentine is often more... Various methods of separation are available. Steatite colour. is massive fine-grained talc, usually...means of avoiding the crazy-cracking of tiles • • Steatite is scarce and not found in large masses. It is...powdered talc with a binder, such as sodium silicate. Steatite is also savm into crayons. Soapstone is usually...(see Section III) and in 11ifales talc tal0, steatite and soapstone is recorded frorr1 Anglesey. have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes...now Rhode Island—for example, steatite from Johnston in Providence County for carving bowls and pipes;...from the Dex ter quarry (originally Hackleton's Rock) at Lincoln, Provi dence County, in 1640. Limestone |  | | Book | | cee Specimens illustrating the distribution of chrysotile or so-called asbestus..... IATHIGleSs made: OL...used for furnace hearths......,... Soapstone or steatite ote” Riis ene Bib,folde Us ies 40) co 8 161s....Graphite.—Lot 3, range II. of Grenville, Argenteuil county, Q.—Coll., R. Bell, 1856. (1228.) — columnar.——Lot...Ottawa county, Q.— Coll., H. G. Monae 1877. (1249.) — Walker’s property, Buckingham, Ottawa county, Q.—Coll...Ottawa county, Q.—Coll., Table-case 49, E. D. Ingall, 1891. (5186.) — Lochaber, Ottawa county, Q. (1254 |  | | Report (issue) | | ^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...mines in the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Adapted from Pearre and Heyl , 19.60...barrens of the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Figure 11. Water-filled adit of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | weathering origin. The 6D values of the lizardite-chrysotile serpentines from all of the ultramafic rock types...latitude of the sample locality. The lizardite-chrysotile samples show a progressive change in 6D that...- 162 to -205). The 601* values of lizardite-chrysotile range from +8*7 to -5.0 per mil and are more...serpentinization, suggest that much of this lizardite-chrysotile serpentinization probably formed by waters of...of serpentmization. In contrast to lizardite-chrysotile, the pure antigorites have very restricted ranges |  | | Report (volume) | | minerals. The important commercial varieties are chrysotile of the serpentine group, and crocidolite, amosite...radiating aggregates but commonly as felted masses. Chrysotile commonly occurs as cross and slip fiber, whereas...mass fiber. Tremolite is ordinarily slip fiber. Chrysotile, anthophyllite, and tremolite are the only commercial...asbestiform minerals that occur in the United States. Chrysotile is associated with ultramafic rocks that occur...Washington, and Idaho contain chrysotile. The large commercial chrysotile deposits associated with ultramafic |  | | Report (issue) | | ................... Comptroller-General HoN .. WARREN GRICE ........................ Attorney-General...two reports more than to any others, namely: "Chrysotile Asbestos, Its Occurrence, !J~xpioitation, Milling... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83-86 Chrysotile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 99-106 Chrysotile asbestos'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................... 100-101 Formation of chrysotile in veins ................................. 101-102 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINENAIAGIST 57 THE MINERALS OF BRINTON'S QUARRY, CHESTER COUNTY, PA. HUGH E. MCKINSTRY Wesl, Chester,Pa...will therefore be of interest to collectors. The quarry is locatedin WesttownTownship,ChesterCounty, Pa...along the Birmingham road (continuation of South New Street, West Chester) southeastof its crossingwith...ChesterCounty. Hrsrony eNo Pnnsnwr Cor.rprrrox The quarry was first openedin 17301and many farmhouses of...and the operationwas by hand and horsepower. The quarry affordedstonefor four buildingsof the University |  | | Journal (issue) | | are slippery and easily carved with hand tools. Steatite is a variety of talcbearing rock which has fewer...Cosmetic-grade talcum powder is produced from steatite-grade talc. In the massive form, sawed soapstone...growing Oregon ind ustry based in Grants Pass. Steatite of Southern Oregon. Inc .• a family-owned and...and 11. T. 41 S., R. 3 W.) in southern Jackson County (Figures 1 and 2). Geology Talc and soapstone deposits...actinolite and tremolite, crystalline talc, and chrysotile are other minerals present in the soapstone outcrops |
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