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Arsenopyrite from
Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:763055
Long-form Identifier:1:3:763055:2
GUID (UUID V4):18ac06a7-1ea6-41f9-83af-120019122824
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
18.3km (11.4 miles) Scadden Silver Mine (Uxbridge Silver Mine; Tucker Prospect), Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) Beacon Pole Hill quarry, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
38.4km (23.9 miles) Diamond Hill Granite Company quarry (Catamint Hill quarry; Calumet Hill quarry), Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
41.2km (25.6 miles) Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
43.4km (27.0 miles) Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
43.9km (27.3 miles) Long Hill, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
51.6km (32.1 miles) Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
52.9km (32.9 miles) Route 13 area, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
55.9km (34.7 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (San-Val Quarry), Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
72.0km (44.7 miles) Blueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
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...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Silicate Anatexis in the Balmat Zinc Deposit (New York, USA) and its Implications for Ore Remobilization Peter...Silicate Anatexis in the Balmat Zinc Deposit (New York, USA) and its Implications for Ore Remobilization, Ore...Silicate Anatexis in the Balmat Zinc Deposit (New York, USA) and its Implications for Ore Remobilization Peter...Center at CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences...NY 11210, USA, wpowell@brooklyn.cuny.edu c 1 Indian Head Trail, Gouverneur, NY 13642, USA, wdellie@gmail
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2016, Vol. 80(5), pp. 739–748 Mapping arsenopyrite alteration in a quartz vein-hosted gold deposit...vein-hosted gold deposit occurs in the Clew bay area of County Mayo, western Ireland. The veins are late-Caledonian...Silurian quartzites. The veins contain disseminated arsenopyrite that may be a primary mineral source for elevated...linked to an energydispersive spectrometer (INCA® Oxford Instruments) and mineral distribution maps generated...used to map the distribution of the primary arsenopyrite and related secondary As-bearing phases. Laser
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatite in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite, noted for its...eastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain in Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. At times, the Emmons pegmatite has been...commercial mining for feldspar began in 1931, when the Oxford Mining and Milling Company leased the area from...assistance of Massachusetts collector Dana Jewell. Bearss often grumbled that he needed a Massachusetts collector...now-assembled Pangea Figure 4. Map showing the Oxford pegmatite field in the Migmatite Granite Complex
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 (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Massachusetts ....... 34 Table 7 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of eastern Massachusetts.........................36 Figure 9. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of western Massachusetts.........................37 Figure 10. Uranium...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a
Catalog/List
Outstanding Natural Beauty \vith its highest peall Worcester Beacon, at 1394 feet (pictured on back cover of...We will be exhibiting at four shows in 1996, viz Oxford (July), Southampton (Sept), Bakewell (Oct) and...clove-brown Axinites. LC,£6. AGATE VAR THUNDER EGG. Oregon,USA. Large,polished h alf-geode shov­ ing scarlet and...colour, TN,£65. 11. ANATASE. Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA. Perfect,off-matrix,cube-octahedral 4mm xtl. Boxed...£4. 12W. ANDRADITE GARNET. San Benito County,California,USA. Ex George Holl­ oway collection. Single
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. The locality may also be given as 6 miles east...sent in by Sgt. Brown. Wynne, in southern Cross County is in eastern Arkansas. CALIFORNIA—"Thought you...very interesting. Plaster City, in S/W Imperial County, is in southern California. GEORGIA—In the last...unusual will advise." LaGrange, in central Troup County, is in western Georgia. ILLINOIS—An unknown reader...Illinois."—on label. Libertyville, in central Lake County, is in N/E Illinois. MAINE—The following note was
Book (volume)
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...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...Needles Eye Tunnel, on the W side of Hwy. 87Arsenopyrite, Fluorapatite (fluorescent orange). BUFFALO GAP
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Earth Science, University of Oxford, South Parks Rd., Oxford OX1 3AN, United Kingdom 2 Department...Physics of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Rd., Oxford OX1 3PH, United Kingdom Department, Universidad...University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, USA Abstract Carlin-type gold deposits are one of the...Sheep Creek Mountains n Humbolt County Lander County Elko County nta dM goo so Ì eM ttl Ba ucca...the Department of Earth Science, University of Oxford) using a 25-keV and 200-nA electron beam. Because
Catalog/List
Outstanding Natura) Beauty with its highest peakt Worcester Beacon at 1394 feet (pictured on back cover of...1995, viz London, St. Albans, Keele University, Oxford, Harrogate and Bakewell. Hope to see you at ane...fragment richly veined with silvery-white,massive Arsenopyrite. Top of specimen with vugs in terminated Quartz...Quartz with several terminated xtls of Arsenopyrite(2mm+).sc,t7.Specirnen B-very rich with upper surface...bearing lots of 2mm tarnished xtls. SC,t.6. 19. ARSENOPYRITE(CHLORITOID), Penlee Quarry,Newlyn,Cornwall.
Report (edition)
contributed much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals...development of the mineral-rich pegmatite mines in Oxford and Androscoggin Counties. She also describes ...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
Catalog/List
Mastercard. Future Mineral Shows I I March 2007, Oxford Spring 17-18 March, Kempton 9-10 lune, Kempton... Superb salmon pink bow. 65x44x30mm. £54 8 ARSENOPYRITE on FLUORITE, Yaogangxiam tungsten Mine, Yizhang...£38 12 AURICHALCITE, 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA. Fine turquoise acicular crystals. 59x43x28mm. £24...RED BERYL, Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Utah, USA. Rare 6mm xtl with smaller. 60x40x35mm. £95 20 CASSITERITE... £32 22 VARISITE, Maudlin Mountains, Arkansas, USA. Attractive apple green velvety druse. 60x40x35mm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 J A N E T W. C A R E S 18...18 Singletary Lane Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 ONE HUNDRED T H I R T Y - S I X M I N E R A L SPECIES...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
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)
Concession V I I , Wollaston Township, Hastings County. The new occurrence is only 4 km east of Coe Hill...Metropolis, Harvard Mineralogical Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138. T H E GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF T H...scheelite, joseite, aikinite, bismuthinite, arsenopyrite, etc. Later supergene effects produced such...fans from basalt vug); 3. Berlin, Worcester County, Massachusetts (H99013, gray, 1-cm spherical aggregates...heulandite on chlorite schist); 4. Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey (HI07139, buff-colored crystals to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with such interesting associated minerals as arsenopyrite, wolframite-ferberite, apatite, topaz, or scheelite-are...at the Martin prospect and Bennett quarry in Oxford County. Good crystals up to 25 mm have been found with...tourmaline at Chesterfield and other nearby sites in Massachusetts (Emerson 1895). Cassiterite has been reported...crystals up to 1 cm at the Gillette quarry, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Cassiterite as small crystalline...Conway Granite north of Moat Mountain, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Good cassiterite specimens, a few
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mine cookeite, 318; Magnet Cove eggonite, 114 Arsenopyrite, 189 Art, mineral, 328 Assembling a Microscope...Boston Mineralogical Symposium, Cam­ bridge, Massachusetts, M. Ryan, 270 Boulangerite, 190 Brazil, Minas...Wollastonite and Titanite Near Natural Bridge, Lewis County, New York, 78; 13th Rochester Academy of Science...Pegmatite Bodies in the Wausaw Pluton, Marathon County, Wisconsin, 188 Fascinating Story of Mount Mica's...Localities in the Beaver Creek Area of St. Lawrence County, New York, W. S. Condon, S. C. Chamberlain, 105
Catalog/List
Outstanding Natura! Beauty with iis h:s>2st peak Worcester. Beacon at 1394 feet (pictured on back cover of...1995, viz London, St. Albans, Keele University, Oxford, Harrogate and Bakewell. Hope to see you at one...Intimate mixture of massive Cassiterite and Arsenopyrite vith Quartz. sc,L4. B ., ,. -3- 22. ARTHURITE...also present. SC,.E.8. 20. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine,County Galvay,Eire. Tvo specimens. Specimen A-heavy,flat...vugh. SC,LlO. 29. AZURITE. Bisbee,cochise County,Arizona,USA. Royal-blue,bladed xtl aggregates intergrovn
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)
North University Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1005, USA b Departamento de Geologı́a, Facultad de Ciencias...mixtures of FeS2 (pyrite or marcasite) and FeAsS (arsenopyrite) are energetically more favorable than the solid...before unmixing into (pyrite or marcasite) + arsenopyrite. This finding is in agreement with previously...of randomly distributed domains of pyrite + arsenopyrite at the nanoscale. According to the calculations...such as pyrite/marcasite polymorphs (FeS2) and arsenopyrite (FeAsS), and arsenides such as löllingite (FeAs2)
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
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
 
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