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Albite from
Gulf Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gulf Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:920213
Long-form Identifier:1:3:920213:9
GUID (UUID V4):b9d2df56-36a7-433b-85dc-8f3a0fd18a44
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Long Hill Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Nemo's Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Civilian Conservation Corps Quarry (CCC Quarry; Smith Quarry; Turkey Hill quarry lot), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) Civilian Conservation Corps prospect (CCC prospect; Cook columbite prospect), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Jail Hill Road locality (Jail Hill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Arnold Granite Quarry (General Brainerd Quarry; Great Hill Quarry; Hazelton Quarry; Haddam Quarry; Brookes Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Hewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Long Hill prospects (Turkey Hill prospects), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Timms Hill (Tim's Hill; Iolite Hill), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) State Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Book (edition)
THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n...250 SPECIES iBooks by Ronald Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON...THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP* THREE...to enrich our knowledge of the mineralogy of Connecticut: James Dwight Dana Samuel L. Penfield Edward...Minerals from the Principal Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State.............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
admission fee on a dirt road which compared to some old quarry roads is a super highway! The x,!s are found in...found quite a few fine cnes, some doubly ter- CONNECTICUT—"A few weeks ago my friend, Mr. David Seaman...material of spessartite (garnet) from Jail Hill, Haddam (Middlesex Co.), Conn. While trimming one of the speci-... Mass. See "Spessartite Garnet from Jail Hill, Haddam, Conn.," by David M. Seaman and Robert P. Gallant...bornite have been found in gabbro at the old Hubbard quarry in Wilmington (New Castle Co.), Del. FLORIDA—"I
Report (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Connecticut ......... 6 Table 3 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Connecticut...................................11 Figure 4...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...beyond the old canal. Schairer, 1931. Fairfield County. Proceed up hill Cameron, et on Portland Ave. from
Report (volume)
covering early Mesozoic geology of M assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland...offshore early Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland...Maritime Provinces of Canada, the United States Gulf Coast, northwest Africa, and Western Europe are...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State
Report (volume)
Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut..... .Prof. William N. Rice, Middletown. Prof...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...MaylJune: Elbaite with quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and photo. NovemberDecember:...calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil
Journal (issue)
e""t.,-u ;» I GIU40/U/, 1943 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ........................................................ 3 NOTES ON GYPSUM CRYSTALS IN MORTON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. By Robe,-, H. Mitchell and Wilson...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 3. Rincon, Sao Diego County. By f ark Schwartz ............... ...................................................... 21 CONNECTICUT VALLEY MINERAL CLUB ...........................of phlogopite from Clark's H ill, St. Lawrence County, New York (page 633, figure 2) ; and a crystal
Report (volume)
........................................... Connecticut................................................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;
Book
including gold in a state forest in central Connecticut last spring. Moreover, similar gold deposits...11ne 2; ••• Amph1bo1ite--see Bolton, Worcester County M1nera1 Loca11t1es. page 85 ••• 11.8 3~ter cerium...•••••••••••••••••'.' •.••.•••• 2--6 Barn.table County ro •• il Localiti ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...Localit1e•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 21 Br1.tol County Mineral Localit1 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...24--25 Dukes County Mineral Loeal1tiea •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 26--21 Duk •• County Fo.sil Loeal1tie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo., there is marmatite. It is a high-iron sphalerite...1959, from Pat Fancher, Box 63, Ouray, Colo. CONNECTICUT—"Recently, while exploring some abandoned copper...platy, golden-yellow selenites. Gulfport is on the Gulf of Mexico. ROCKS AND MINERALS GEORGIA—The following...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail...fluorite have been found in Meshberger Stone Company quarry, 2 miles northeast of Elizabethtown, Bartholomew
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
Report (issue)
zones in the central part of the State are the Connecticut Valley and Merrimack "belts" of primarily Silurian...Mesozoic "basins" unconformably overlie the Connecticut Valley belt. For some packages, all aspects of...^^--^-^ .~~^ ^ - 8 - IH M i D DEVONIAN Connecticut Volley belt Merrimack belt ^ chapter G -f 3...and others (1984, fig. 1). PREFACE | 1 | CONNECTICUT VALLEY BELT . . J^ 1. . Conn. Valley belt above...Norman L. Hatch, Jr. (B) Stratigraphy of the Connecticut Valley belt, by Norman L. Hatch, Jr., Peter Robinson
Journal (issue)
from Russia has a strong cat's-eye caused by an albite-oligoclase orthoclase perthite. Four-rayed star...orthoclase, perthite (albite - oligoclase orthoclase intergrowths) or peristerite (albite - oligoclase intergrowths)...scraping proved the stones to be perthite with more albite than orthoclase. abundant 'trichites', most of... 451 464 Figure 3: View looking north of the quarry workings. Photo by Douglas Nichol. The host contact... / o " / / QUARRY ° o /C^N y^ i w ) ^ *r**y u sx ' iS f \ j ) * QUARRY J BOREHOLE NEPHRITE
Book (volume)
.........................................94 Connecticut ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
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...minesColumbite, Gold, Silver, etc.; and (2) Old Marble Quarry on the Needles Hwy. 5.5 mi. NEScheelite, and deep
Journal (issue)
................. MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS 641 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A RUSH TRIP TO SOUTH CAROLINA On Tuesday, August...headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966—Dallas County Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at rhe...Federation of Mineralogical Societies. Host: Clark County Gem Collectors, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hartfi rd, and Deerfield rift basins, northeastern USA Peter C. van de Kamp a,*, Bernard E. Leake b,c "..." 1750 CabernetLane, St. Helena, CA 94574-1604, USA b Department of Geology andApplied Geology, The University...geochemical data for 113 samples indicate that albite-rich sandstones and shales of the Stockton, Lockatong...replacement in feldspars and formation of authigenic albite and analcime in these rocks. By comparison with...9 + yielded thermodynamically stable authigenic albite and analcime in the sodium-metasomatised clastic
Book
ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and
Report (issue)
P. Ambers and R. P. Wintsch hole, Moodus, Connecticut 171 Geochemical and geological criteria for...A. Bernitz, and J. S. Fout origin, eastern Connecticut 187 Thrust napping versus fold napping in the...of the Boston Basin . 235 of southeastern Connecticut Nicholas Rast and James W. Skehan Index . ...suggests that the mid(?)- to late Proterozoic Middlesex Fells Volcanics consist of alkalic to transitional...are from a 1.5-k-deep core drilled at Moodus, Connecticut. Based on their findings, the authors suggest
Book
granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology The term morphology...crystal form. Other crystals Wulfenite (Arizona, USA) 29 may show lesser symmetry on a scale at the...three-fold rather -32- Triclinic system Axinite Albite Hexagonal bipyramid than a six-fold symmetry... Twinned crystals Calcite Cassiterite Chrysoberyl Albite -35- cleavage surfaces of exceptional smoothness
Journal (issue)
Contents for September-O ctobe r, 1949 JPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................PENN. By A. J. Boucot ........492 GILLETTE QUARRY, HADDAM NECK, CONN. By Helen Stobbe ...... 496 GE PETRIFIED...AND MIN ERALS 1·- - - , I CHIPS ~-,ROM ~J~HE QUARRY -----------------------------Copy Lost in Mails...certain areas in the sand dune regions of Van Buren County, Michigan, bordering the southeast shores of Lake...limonite sand allrarted the the residue from Van Buren County " bog. lightning away from the surrounding iron"
Book (volume)
the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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
Book (volume)
.........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
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.........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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
 
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