 | | Book | | MtN€RfllS of New Vork Stole David €. Jensen Includes 16 pages of minerals in full color jgS0% MIN6RRLS... MIN6RRLS of New Vork State David E. Jensen up WARD PRESS Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc...Inc. Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David E. Jensen All rights reserved...mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York State. While obtainu University of Roc Science...Kay Preface This report on the Minerals of New York State is partially a sum mary of published knowledge | | | Book | | T TLIBRAr 3 1223 90016 3958 of New York State David E. Jensen .. . , ,,, Includes 16 pages of...Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn Yan, New York...blossomed into a lifetime interest in the minerals of New York State. While obtaining his M.S. in geology at...the outline of New York State is LABRADORJTE from the Saranac Lake area. of New York State David E....Natural Science Establishment, Inc . • Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITES OF NEW YORK STATE, USA Marian V. LUPULESCU§ Research and Collections, New York State Museum...Museum, Albany, New York 12230, USA Jeffrey R. CHIARENZELLI Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University...Canton, New York 13617, USA David G. BAILEY Geosciences Department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York...York 13323, USA Abstract Pegmatites in New York State are largely restricted to areas of exposed Precambrian...(scheelite). The pegmatite bodies from southern New York State and from some of the southern Adirondack |  | | Report (volume) | | Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...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 |  | | 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 (volume) | | ...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey............ New Mexico............................................................. New York. ...........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;... S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico mines and minerals, World's Fair edition, |  | | Report (issue) | | Description of the common manganese minerals Pyrolusite, "polianite," "psilomelane-type" minerals Manganite...localities Bedford County Berks County Bradford County Bucks County Cambria County Centre County Chester...Chester County Cumberland County Reading Banks and White Rocks McCarrick prospect < ,.... Wharton mine Clever...Clever Mammoth and Laurel banks Delaware County Franklin County English bank Promise and Squire Stinger...92 92 93 Little Cove area 94 Fulton County Huntingdon County East Pennington Huntingdon Furnace banks |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | California; in the Petaca district of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; from the Harney Peak region of South...Reagan mining district, Kern range, White Pine County, Nevada. SULFUR, S, occurs very rarely in pegmatites...Noted in grains also at Shaft 7 near Fishkill, New York. GRAPHITE. C, is rather uncommon in pegmatite...eastern and southeastern Adirondack region of New York particularly at Ticonderoga it occurs in graphitic...sulfide, has been found in the Ben Nevis ville, Union County, Georgia. It has been mine on San Augustin Peak |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | St. Just-in-Penwith: danal- ire, seheelite, 921 New Tolgus shaft, Redruth: axinite, danalite, garnet...pharmacosiderite, plumbojarosite, seorodite, 430 Devon Bedford United mines, Tavistock: eornubite, 2 Ford mine...uraniferous asphaltite, 705 Eskdale: p-veatchite, 500 New Eddlington, Doncaster: galena, uraniferous asphaltite...TOPOGRAPHICAL INDEX Garbham, Vizagapatam: epimorphs of pyrolusite over cryptomelane, 169, 334 Garividi: jacobsite...Africa Driekop mine, Transvaal: geversite, unnamed new Pt and Pd minerals, (Fe,Ni)2S, braggite, cooperite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | meteorites have recently been recovered by Mr. R. Bedford of the Kyancutta Museum, South Australia. The first...33o20'S., 135'30'E. in the hundred of Kappakoola, county Le Hunte, Eyre Peninsula. It is a small, completely...Fedorov method. (4) X-ray stud.ieson psilomelane, pyrolusite, and. holland.ite. By Mr. Gnoncu VAUx. Specimens...Bohemia, are identical with pyrolusite (Haidinger 1827). Therefore the name pyrolusite should be used both for..., are found to be simply related to those of pyrolusite. (5) Biographi.cal notices of mineralogists recently |  | | Report (issue) | | Manhattan Island. o__Quartz var. Citrine (yellow), Bedford, N. Y. 3—Tourmaline (brown), Broadwav’and 218th... BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS ENVIRONS...ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY ... James G. Manchester AFFERTON PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author has...his recreational hours collecting minerals in New York City and its environs. A record lias been personally |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AREA, NEW YORK BY DAVID M. SCOTPORD ABSTRACT The Poundridge area in northeastern Westchester County, New...New York, is underlain by the Poundridge and Siscowit granites, the Fordham gneiss, Inwood marble, and...and the Manhattan formation, comprising the New York City group. Field evidence, including the fact that...seem to exist, leads to the conclusion that the New York City group is a conformable sequence either of...limestone-Hudson River shale sequence of Dutchess County to the north. The area has been subjected to regional |  | | 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...and other nearby orebodies were discovered by the New Jersey Zinc Company when it was exploring for zinc...earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite at the same location (Shepard |  | | Book (edition) | | MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n !* ‘Vi ,...Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON PARADE Recommended for Children...W*T H COlO* * • TfXT COMF11 MINERALS ON PARADE A New Series of Teaching Filmstrips in Full Color. A Valuable...Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State...........................................from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material Page |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...crystals, muscovite crystals, tourmaline AMHERST COUNTY Crystals of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite;...1 inch across; found near Briar Fork, Albemarle County (photograph by T. M. Gathright, 11; W. F. Giannini |  | | 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...cuprite, goethite, malachite, siderite Alleghany County Peters Mountain—(roadcut outcrops) near Jordan |  | | Report (issue) | | deposits in limestone quarries near Bloomington and Bedford, Indiana, reveal aspects of indianaite structure...indianaite at the Sieboldt Quarry (SQ) near Bedford, Indiana. New data from BCS and SQ was compared with existing...and precipitation of indianaite. In both old and new studies, however, the mechanisms of indianaite mineral...extending northward 80 miles from Crawford County to northern Monroe County (fig. 1). This area is underlain by...the SW¼ NE¼ section 34, T. 9 N., R 2 W., Monroe County, Indiana. Quarrying operations are in the Blue |  | | Report (issue) | | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...(Turgite) Ilmenite Rutile (Leucoxene) 4 Checklist Pyrolusite (Varvicitc) Wad (Lampaditc) (Lirhiophorirc) Rancicitc...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com mon rock-making materials |  | | Journal (issue) | | TeHurium Sulphur Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt...east of South western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold...error and should refer to Spotsylvania County.) Fairfax County.-A specimen of gold with galena in quartz |  | | Catalog/List | | crystals Pb Cu O (ClBrJ Rare anes: Scrutinyite, Also new: Dufrenoysite, Ferroactinolite From England: ...slightly crystalline masses in matrix (M~:!a~hderg,County D~~ega.l,Irel~nd) lil fl lx2 f2 023 ~!~YDBITEC2lciumSulphate...cl~,1·-.:2~l1: r2ss. (lZeysto":c,South r::';Gtil, USA) l~l 701 lx2 f1.20 L2 f2. -:~· ~::3 f.~. 50 OJ.9...Hidalgoite_. rich matrix. (Gold Hill Hine,Tooel County, Utah, USA) lxl f2.50 lx2 ES .. 066 ASTROPHYLLITE...unusual clay mineral. (CoconinoCounty, Arizona, USA) lxl El.BO lx2 E4.00 051 BERTHIERITE F~ Sb/2 S/4 |  | | Report (edition) | | succeeding revisions and maintained an active file of new localities, minerals, and corrections which greatly...collecting than ever before, yes; but new minerals for the state and new localities are springing up almost...list on page 20; how many do you recognize as being new? This is an exciting time for mineral collectors...particular site, remember it is possible to visit the county courthouse in which the site is located, and trace...Mineralogy, Region III, we are indebted or most of the new localities listed in this edition (Martin L. Anne |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collection of the late Professor J. W. Gregory. (1) " Two new Meteoric Stones from South Australia—Lake Labyrinth...meteorites have recently been recovered by Mr. R. Bedford of the Kyancutta Museum, South Australia. The first...20'S., 135° 30'E. in the hundred of Kappakoola, county Le Hunte, Eyre Peninsula. It is a small, completely...method. (4) " X-ray Studies on Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, and Hollandite." By Mr. George Vaux. Specimens... are identical with pyrolusite (Haidinger, 1827). Therefore the name pyrolusite should be used both for |  | | 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...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Items on new finds wanted. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...quarry in Wilm- ered in the past for jewelry. ington, New Castle Co., Del. "I recently sent to Kane Lapidary...Georgia. The Cobb p:bbles have been found in Chicago, County specimen was collected by Bob Cook Co., III., on...away." Delphi is in the western part of Carroll County in the central part of the state. IOWA — A nice...is on a hillside on State highway 385, in Owen County, about 10 miles southeast of Gratz, Ky. LOUISIANA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Thomas Murby & Co., Lond.on. D. Vair Nostrand Co., New York,1929. Price $3.50. This book is an adaptation...impossible. Cses. W. Coor PROCEEDINGSOF SOCIETIES NEW YORK Ifinutes MINERALOGICAI CLUB of the October...October Meeting A regular monthly meeting of the New York Mineralogical Club, attended by 39 members, was held...Mr. James Collins and Miss Ellen M. Shattuck of New York City, Mr. Ralph Pastor of Brooklyn, N. Y., and...reported a successful Club trip to the quarries at Bedford, N. Y., on Decoration Day, May 30th, which was |
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