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Sillimanite from
Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, USA


Classification
Species:Sillimanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sillimanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:81268
Long-form Identifier:1:3:81268:1
GUID (UUID V4):5bd16293-cfb3-4662-817d-fa2c256bb2ea
Nearest other occurrences of Sillimanite
4.0km (2.5 miles) Crugers Emery Mine, Montrose, Cortlandt Township, Westchester County, New York, USA
9.4km (5.8 miles) Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) Stony Point (Woodbury), Rockland County, New York, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) VIllage of Monroe, Town of Monroe, Orange County, New York, USA
35.3km (21.9 miles) Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
41.8km (26.0 miles) Old Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
44.0km (27.3 miles) Redding Glen (Redding Ridge), Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
47.4km (29.4 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
50.8km (31.6 miles) Pochuck Mountain, McAfee, Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
53.3km (33.1 miles) Hamburg Mountain, Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphism in the Croton Falls area, southeastern New York: Summary PATRICK W. G. BROCK Department of Earth...Environmental Sciences, Queens College, Flushing, New York DOUGLAS G. MOSE Department of Chemistry, George...chlorite grade near the Hudson River to K-feldspar—sillimanite grade near the Connecticut border (Barth, 1936;...(Bence and Rajamani, 1972). In contrast, in the Peekskill area to the south of the Highlands, Ratcliffe...the Cortlandt complex (434 m.y.) the Acadian Peekskill granite is associated with F3 folding and some
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
contact metamorphism in the northern Appalachians, New York K. M. DORFLER, R. J. TRACY AND M. J. CADDICK Department...Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA (kmdorf@vt.edu) ABSTRACT Pelitic schists from contact...aureoles surrounding mafic–ultramafic plutons in Westchester County, NY record a high-P (~0.8 GPa) high-T (~790...consists of quartz–plagioclase– biotite–garnet–sillimanite–ilmenite–graphite–Zn-rich Al-spinel. Both K-feldspar...are absent, and abundant biotite, plagioclase, sillimanite, quartz and ilmenite inclusions are found within
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in New York, virginia, and North carolina were investigated. The North Carolina locality is a new hoegbomite...spinel and hoegbomite B. The hoegbomite of the New york emery deposits was formed later than the emery...of cortlandt township, New York. De Lapparenta reported the discovery of a new mineral which he termed... and Kania, J. J. E. A., Emery deposits near peekskill, N.y.: Econ. Geol., 25, 518 (1930). a De Lapparent...Mineralogy; I ed..,l, 723, John Wiley & Sons, New york (1946). s Sandrea, A., Sur la pr6sence de hoegbomite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SAPPHIRINE OCCURRENCE OF CORTLANDT, NEW YORK GBnnrr M. Fnrnnu.q.N,(Iniaersity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati...the emery. It also occurs in the cordierite-sillimanite hornfels close to the border of the Cortlandt...Township, Westchester County, New York, located to the south and southeast of the town of Peekskill, about...miles north of New York City. The mineral occurs in the emery and cordierite-sillimanite hornfels of Emery...metamorphism and converted into a cordierite-sillimanite hornfels. Sapphirine occurs in both the emery
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)
in turn is strongly dependent Prong and New Jersey-New York Highlands (Read- on the local structure....Introduction 970 Acknowledgments 970 Geology of New York City area 970 Reading Prong 970 Manhattan Prong...history of New Y ork City region 979 General statement 979 Manhattan Prong 979 New Jersey-New York Highlands...Highlands transition zone 987 Relationship of New York area to total Appalachian picture 988 Conclusions...Location of samples used for isotopic ages, New Jersey-New York Highlands (Reading Prong) 985 5. Location
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
emery, four--Greece and Turkey in Eurasia and New York and Virginia in the United States--are geneticallyassociatedwith...Virginia. The Chesteremery depositsin Hampden County, Massachusetts, have been traced for several miles...depositsof the Cortlandt area near Peekskill in WestchesterCounty, New York, occuras veins, pockets,or lensesassociated...lensesassociated with norite and sillimanite schist and, according to Rogers,6 have been formed by the...besidesquartz, someaccessoryfeldspar,often much sillimanite,and at timesmicroscopic crystalsof tourmaline
Report (issue)
Association: Magnetite, corundum, ilmenite, sillimanite, andalusite. Numerous localities; a few well-studied...and Vangaindrano, Madagascar. At Peekskill, Westchester Co., New York; near Whittles, Pittsylvania Co...and from Rice, near San Carlos, Gila Co, Arizona, USA. From Cuauhternoc, Chihuahua, Mexico. Found near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...E R A L LOC A L I T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in 1978. Our...Mode of Occurrence Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized into three groups based on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GENESIS OF THE EMERY PEEKSKILL, DEPOSITS NEAR NEW YORK. JOSEPH L. GILLSON AND JOSEPH E. A. KANIA...minedon a smallscale,are located35 milesnorthof New York city on the eastbankof the Hudson, alongandonbothsidesof...theMassive Rocksof theCortlandt Series, near Peekskill, N.Y." Amer..tour.Sci. (3), vol. 36, pp. 254-269...254-269,•888. 506 EMERY DEPOSITS NEAR PEEKSKILL, N. Y. 507 geologicaljournals. Later, however,when the...mostlysoutheast of Peekskill,a town on the eastbank of the Hudson River, about 35 miles north of New York City, and
Report (issue)
magnetite, ilmenite, rutile, nigerite, sapphirine, sillimanite, cordierite, kyanite, garnet, quartz, chlorite...Namibia. In the USA, at Whittles, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; Peekskill, Westchester Co., New York; and Franklin...Germany. From Inken, Tiovine region, Morocco. In the USA, in the Artillery Mountains, Mohave Co., and in the...743–744. (2) Frondel, C. and E.W. Heinrich (1942) new data on hetaerolite, hydrohetaerolite, coronadite...(3) Frondel, C., U.B. Marvin, and J. Ito (1960) New data on birnessite and hollandite. Amer. Mineral
Report (issue)
Goldsmith, Richard, 1967, Bedrock geology of the New London quadrangle /" \Connecticut: U.S. Geol. Survey...1962, Surficial geology of the New London quadrangle, Connecticut-New York: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad...Bedrock geology of the Niantic quadrangle, New London County,^Connecticut: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad...Flint, R. F., 1965, The surficial geology of the New Haven and Woodmont quadrangles: Connecticut Geol...geologic map of the Ansonia quadrangle, Fairfield and New Haven Counties, Conn.5 U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad
Report (volume)
Quadrangle, . New York Bedrock Geology and Seismotectonics of the Oscawana Lake Quadrangle, New York By NICHOLAS...of New York that are considered seismogenic source zones for microseismicity in southeastern New York...seismotectonics of the Oscawana Lake Quadrangle, New York I by Nicholas M. Ratcliffe. p. em. - (U.S. Geological...of New York that are considered seismogenic source zones for microseismicity in southeastern New York...Structural-New York (State)-Oscawana Lake Region (Lake) 2. Geology, Stratigraphic. 3. Microseisms-New York
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Southeastern New York DOUGLAS G. MOSE J O H N HAYES Department of Geology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York...College, Brooklyn, New York 11210 ABSTRACT The Manhattan Prong in southeastern New York consists primarily...southeastern New York, is an extension of similar rocks from Connecticut into New York. It consists primarily...Igneous rocks include the Cortlandt Complex, the Peekskill Granite, and smaller intrusive bodies. Figure...equivalent to Cambrian-Ordovician rocks in eastern New York, north of the Hudson Highlands (Balk, 1936; Hall
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DEPOSITS NEAR PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK* Jouw W. Burton, Jn., Columbia Uniaersity, New York City. CoNroNrs...basic plutonics which lie south and east of Peekskill, New York. These are: (1) magmatic segregation; (2)...Hill, where the principal deposits are located. New evidence disclosed objections to the earlier theories...series of basic plutonics south and east of Peekskill, New York. Several theories of origin have been proposed...Iead him to believe that the emery deposits near Peekskill are contact-metamorphic in origin, but were formed
Report (issue)
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...in the old lists, and the names of many others, new to the district, and discovered in recent years,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Abbreviations: Item* en new finds are desired. Please send them in. xl—crystal...About 40 miles northeast of Montgomery in Coosa County there is an outcrop that carries considerable tin...microcline, muscovite, olivine, pyrite, quartz, sillimanite, topaz, tourmaline, zircon, zoisite. "Many of...by J. Francis Williams. Truly there is 'Nothing new under the sun'." CALIFORNIA—Three handsome specimens...Aurora Quicksilver Mine in San Benito Co., Calif. A new occurrence for scheelite has been found in California
Report (volume)
......................................... New York and New Jersey..........-..:....-....-.-....-...-................................................ New York......:.... ........ .... ................................. New Jersey ------ ....-.....--.....-"..---.......... -...---.....-... New York ............. II. Outcrop of peridotite at Buck Creek, Clay County, N. C........ III. A, Corundum in chlorite at Corundum...Carolina; B, Corundum in gneiss, Muskrat Fork, Clay County, N. C... J... IV. A, Bed of ruby-bearing gravel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Items on new finds wanted. Please send them in. ALABAMA — Rose...of vanadinite and wulfenite, is located in Pima County, Ariz., about 15 miles N . W . of Tucson. Although...Lithium-bearing pegmatites of the Pala district, San Diego County, California" has just been released by the Division...specimen comes from near Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado. "We find this pectolite high on a cliff...yet we haven't found it." CONNECTICUT—A new find of sillimanite, top quality, feather-like, rare form,
Journal (issue)
····························905 VESUVIANITE CRYSTALS FROM ESSEX COUNTY, N. Y. By E. B. Rou iey 906 MONAZITE OCCURRENCE............910 PRE·CAMBRIAN CONGLOMERATE N EAR PEEKSKILL, N. Y. By Tho111as JY /. FJ11hr 912 GEOLOGICAL...matter September 13, 1926, at the Post Office at Peekskill, N . Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879 Title...n:adable. Practically every item 11ffereNew Curator for Chicago Museum sale has its own illustration...Vir- wanrt:d. Peter Zodac ginia, N ew Jersey, New York and some of the N ew England states. A highlight
Report (issue)
monthly by the New University of the State of BULLETIN York OCTOBER 298 New York FREDERICK Museum...Director Bulletin 70 MINERALOGY 3 LIST OF* NEW YORK MINERAL LOCALITIES BY H. \YHITLOCK P. C....STATE OF NEW YORK 1903 M125m-Je3-2000 PriCC 2O CCntS University of the State of With years New rk York...York of election 1892 WILLIAM CROSWELL DOANE D.D. LL.D. 1878 WHITELAW REiD^M.A. LL.D. CHAUNCEY M...TURNER LL.D. 1890 1890 1893 1895 1895 New York New York Rochester - - Utica Lowville MCKELWAY
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Buckbee Mine, Peekskill, N.Y. Anal, G. S. Rogers. E. Felspathic Emery, Salt Hill, Peekskill, N.Y. Anal....following mineral assemblages : sillimanite-cordierite-spinel; sillimanite - cordierite - spinel - plagioclase...consideration of the two equations :— andalusite (sillimanite) = corundum + quartz, = 2 spinel -j- 5 quartz...These accidental xenoliths show an interior of sillimanite-buchite and an outer zone of anorthitecorundum-spinel-rock...xenoliths found in the Cortlandt Series of Peekskill, New York, present remarkable similarities to those
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hensen School of Applied Geology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia Abstract. The...hypersthene (Hy), garnet (Ga), spinel (Sp), sillimanite (Si), and quartz (Qz) of Hensen (1971), has proved...(1981) and natural mineral assemblages from Peekskill, New York, described by Caporuscio and Morse (1978)...hypersthene (Hy), garnet (Ga), spinel (Sp), sillimanite (Si) and quartz (Qz) in the system F e - M g...by various ferromagnesian phases and often by sillimanite. Ellis et al. (1980) suggest that spinel+ quartz
Journal (issue)
Exhibits ~ Sterling Hill Mining Museum Franklin New Jersey Mineral Museum * Speakers~ Bob Jones, Nancy...subscription requests to: Mineral News, P.O. Box 2088, Peekskill, NY 10566-2088, or via telephone to: 914-739-1134...Mineral Corporation, 1000 North Division Street, Peekskill, NY 10566-1830. Publisher: Tony Nikischer (info@excaliburmineral...Periodicals Postage (USPS 751-150) paid at Peekskill, New York and additional locations. Postmaster: Send...address changes to: Mineral News, P.O. Box 2088, Peekskill, NY 10566-2088. Mineral News does not accept responsibility
 
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