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| 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............. |
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| CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization |
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| Pegmatites of the Middletown Area Connecticut GEOLOGICAL SU R V EY BULLETIN This report concerns work...GEOLOGY PEGMATITES OF THE MIDDLETOWN AREA, CONNECTICUT By FREDERICK STUGARD, JR. ABSTRACT The pegmatites...pegmatites of the Middletown area in Connecticut have been mined almost continuously for feldspar and muscovite...morphic and .igneous.rock units in the area near Great Hill. .The pegmatites are composed essentially of perthite...similar to the main part of the body. This type of pegmatite is of limited economic value. About 25 percent |
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| pohwatp@si.edu Muscovite Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California R ocks are made up of minerals. Some...the littleknown locality of Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California. The specimen is 3 × 4 cm and was collected...alteration product of cordierite, nepheline, staurolite, and feldspars. The fine-grained variety sericite...2.8 cm high, from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. This is typical of the...Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff Scovil |
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| CONNECTICUT mmES MINERALS V Tourmaline Crystal from Haddam, Connecticut John Hiller, Jr. Hillers CryctaLShop...- CRYSTALS NOT PISTOLS K c^oi c3— A r CONNECTICUT MINES AND MINERALS published privately l i...Shelton, Connecticut I DEDICATION This book is dedicated to the mineral clubs of Connecticut, Continued...1971, John Hiller, Jr, 3 Peters Lane Shelton, Connecticut II CONTENTS 3. 5, l i 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11...24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Connecticut Mineral Clubs Cleaning and Trimming Oxalic Acid |
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| MINERALS FROM 1 CONNECTICUT HILL By Richard Schooner P. O. Box 215 East Hampton, Conn. Collins Hill, in the...the town of Portland, undoubtedly represents the most remarkably mineralized area, of its size, in southern...southern New England. The hill is not especially large, but several different formtions are present, and...has been done on the giant pegmatite at the summit. The Strickland Quarry is enormous, consisting of...treats it as a northern continuation of the Strickland Quarry. The accompanying map should furnish whatever |
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| CONNECTICUT ROCKS AT LUTZ By MRS. FRED SWEET 42 N. School St., Manchester, Conn. When the Lutz Junion...geographical location of minerals common to Connecticut. Mr. Sweet used a display case donated by a leading...background for the exhibit. He obtained a County map of Connecticut which he glued to a sheet of Vi" plywood...presses a button to see where mineral is found in Connecticut 124 ROCKS AND MINERALS The samples are of...limonite sample will cause the light located at Ore Hill, Salisbury, Conn., to shine. The push button over |
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| DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE WILLEMITE ZIRCON CRYSTALS...topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for...grained that its as well as in Brazil their pegmatite gems. same material as granite, but so fine...material either gravel pits, feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float"...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 |
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| DISTRIBUTION IN COLUMBITE-TANTALITE FROM THE MOREFIELD PEGMATITE, AMELIA, VIRGINIA. J. M Ayer.s and L. E. Kearns...Columbite-tantalite crystals from the Morefield pegmatite in Amelia County, Virginia, were analyzed for Ta, Nb,...from fifty-seven sites along the 65.9 meters of pegmatite exposed at the 6O-foot mine level. The analyses...ratios show no trends along the length of the pegmatite, but the samples tend to be more Ta-rich near...NIOBIUM-TANTALUM MINERALS FROM THE ANIMIKIE RED ACE PEGMATITE, FLORENCE COUNTY, WISCONSIN. A. U. Foister, W. B. Simmons |
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| the Dayton Road District SOUTH GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT JOHN H. BETTS 215 West 98 Street, Apt. 2F New...promising forgotten locations in Connecticut is an area of old pegmatite quarries in South Glastonbury....article are the northernmost in the Middletown-Portland pegmatite district (fig. 1). They are in South Glastonbury...miles north-northeast of Portland, Connecticut, just north of the Portland-South Glastonbury town line...the Simpson quarry on the south, the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on the north |
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| They are sometimes found in town libraries or county buildings. Occasionally club members in a community...Artifacts Society, Rock Hill, scheduled a trip to the smoky quartz 10eation near Liberty Hill. RHODE ISLAND A...Trip Chairman, ~hen he .arranged a trip to the staurolite location at Jamestown, then to the Narragansett...MillROCKS AND MINERALS eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fallsington, when they travelled there for corundum...attended by 209 collectors who showed up at the Eureka Quarry. Specimens found were smoky quartz crystals, calcite |
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| Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...______________________________________ _ Location of pegmatite districts ___________________ _ Previous work...Acknowledgments ______________________________ _ History of pegmatite mining inN ew England _______ _ Mica mining _...deposits _______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic...________________________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ______ |
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| community of Talucah near Vahlermoso Springs, in Morgan County, north Alabama. A large portion of this cave had...of Mines, I heard of an active uranium mine or quarry a couple of miles from town. Following the highway...stopped to collect specimens of malachite in a pegmatite which had been blasted through during construction...at the contact between an otherwise ordinary pegmatite and soft schist. There were solid masses of uraninite...which I'd ever seen from a United States pegmatite." CONNECTICUT—In his letter, dated Jan. 15, 1956, Richard |
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| and S. B. Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California................................. 110 by Jack Crowley The Bertrandites of Connecticut................................114 by William...Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina. Found in 1971, this group of crystals...104 The Mineralogical Record FRANK PERHAM Pegmatite Miner, Geologist and Humorist by Pete J. Dunn...pegmatites than most, he is also a dedicated pegmatite miner, a crack diesel engine mechanic, and is |
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| Arsenopyrite. These were found in granite and pegmatite dikes. C. J. Hubbard 433 Waverly Place Spokane...of the Resurrection, 8501 118th Street, Richmond Hill, N. Y. The meeting was called to order at 8:25 P...interesting talk by Mrs. Bernadette Marcin on Connecticut minerals and localities with excellent mineral...specimens displayed. Subjects discussed: Division of Connecticut into three geological sections. East and West...some conglomerate as in New Jersey. Some of the Connecticut locations discussed: Glacial gabbro dump at Middletown |
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| A Checklist Minerals of Connecticut Although perhaps best known for its garnet, chalcocite, and tourmaline...tourmaline, Connecticut also boasts many other mineral species. BRUCEJARNOT R O . B o x 627 M a r t i n...e , N e w J e r s e y 08836 T he study of Connecticut minerals has enjoyed a long peri od of attention...reviews of this mineral list. Dr. Bruce Jarnot, a Connecticut native, has avidly collected both minerals and...collections of Connecticut gems and minerals in existence. 386 R O C K S & MINERALS Two Connecticut localities |
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| CORDIERITE IN PEGMATITE NEAR MICANITE, COLORADO E. Wtu. Herwucn, UniversityoJ Michigan,Ann Arbor, Mi...Mi.chigan. ABsrRAcr The Climax pegmatite of the Micanite district in Colorado contains unusually large...IurnooucttoN The Micanite pegmatite district iies acrossthe Park-Fremont County line in south-centralColorado...recognizedcordieritein the Climax deposit. The pegmatite was studied by the writer in 1946 and 1949, at...metamorphic layers are numerous massesof granitic pegmatite, which, in general, are very irregular in shape |
 | Cameron, Eugene Nathan, Larrabee, David Marcel, McNair, Andrew Hamilton, Page, James Jeffers, Shainin, Vincent Everett, Stewart, Glenn William (1945) Structural and economic characteristics of New England mica deposits. Economic Geology, 40 (6) 369-393 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.40.6.369 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| othershavebeengivenbrief examination. The opportunityfor pegmatite study has been unprecedented, and much new information...roughlyparallel to one anotherwithin a given pegmatite. The directionof pitchis commonlyrelatedto structuralelementsof...are developedonly alongone side or one end of a pegmatite body. These incompletezones show a variety of...workings,the pegmatitewill appearunzoned. In the Strickland quarry,for example,onlythe upperpart of the Stri...and, exceptfor extremelynarrow borderzones,the pegmatite at thistimemusthaveappeared unzoned. Subseque |
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| South-central Massachusetts and North-central Connecticut: Petrology, Geochemistry, and Origin by Gerhard...the Bronson Hill anticl inorium in south-central Massachusetts and north-central Connecticut, consists............i......... 10 Partridge and Coll ins Hill Formations ...................... 10 Ammonoosuc...about 65 km through Connecticut and Massachusetts along the west side of the Bronson Hill anticl inorium....Ordovician Ammonoosuc Volcanics and^over lying Coll ins Hill Formation Structurally and stratigraphical ly the |
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| Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District Topsham • Topsham, Maine's underappreciated pegmatite district, is...I S L O C A T E D about 25 miles northeast of Portland along Interstate Route 95 just across the Andros...Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs from Standpipe Hill, overlooking the...synonomy has arisen due to changes of leasee or owner. Quarry locations are described and plotted on top ographic...of John W . Fisher between 1852 and 1860. This quarry was worked for a single season during the 1860s |
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| etHCk.Hld /o1t, ,A149u41, 19112. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ........................................................ RECENT FINDS OF MINERALS IN CENTRAL CONNECTICUT . 1 270 271 276 276 277 278 279 By L. W. Li1tle...Auociatlo11 270 ROCKS AND MINERALS Chips From Tlte Quarry ROCKS AND M I NERALS IS CENSORED FOR FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION...consists of the following in ascending order: the Middlesex black shale, the Cashaqua shale the Rhinestreet...found in the Cashaqua but th.ey occur in the Middlesex and the Hatch beds and in immense numbers particularly |
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| I; X Contents for August, 1947 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................714 NORTH JERSEY MINERAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP TO CONNECTICUT. By K atherine B . Kanth ......................·························731 REMINISCING ON COLLINS HILL, CONN. By David H . Seaman ................... A. 702 R OCKS AND MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY NORTHWEST FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES CONVENTION...oilwell located 5 miles north of Fort Cobb, in Caddo County, of western Oklahoma, reached a depth of 17,823 |
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| Fine Minerals from The Strickland Quarry Collins Hill, Portland, Connecticut Dr. Bruce M. Jarnot 1750...Frederick, MD 20678 email: bmjarnot@aol.com STRICKLAND Downloaded by [University of Tennessee, Knoxville]...analcime or natrolite, or the well-known Gorob mine staurolite). But this is a minor criticism. The photographs...appendix, the location of the South African Soom Shale quarry is given as “south of Clanwilliam on the dirt road |
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| .........................................94 Connecticut ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map .......................................... |
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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...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |
Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA