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Sillimanite from
Chandler Mine, Raymond, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Mine
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 Chandler Mine, Raymond, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:653203
Long-form Identifier:1:3:653203:1
GUID (UUID V4):efad6f37-c913-4631-8a72-2b523bf7495c
Nearest other occurrences of Sillimanite
19.2km (12.0 miles) Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
26.8km (16.7 miles) Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
32.1km (20.0 miles) Parker Mountain Mine, Parker Mountain, Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
38.2km (23.7 miles) Marble Ridge, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
52.7km (32.8 miles) Avery Hill, Alton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, USA
57.7km (35.8 miles) Belknap Mts (Gunstock Mts; Suncook Mts), Belknap County, New Hampshire, USA
59.4km (36.9 miles) Old lime quarries, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
69.2km (43.0 miles) Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
72.0km (44.7 miles) Osgood Graphite Mine, Nelson, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
73.6km (45.7 miles) Monadnock Mountain, Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure I : Map of the (handler mine, Raymond. Rockingham County, New Hampshire (after Page and Larrabee, 1962)...assemblage of manganese phosphates. Minerals of the CHANDLER MINE A ZONED, LITHIUM-RICH dump* PEGMATITE C A...mond district. The reopening of the mine in 1979 by the Chandler Mining Company, described in the preceding...M I N E IN R A Y M O N D , Rocking­ ham County, New Hampshire, is an open pit in a granite pegmatite that...With its abundant lithium mineralization, the Chandler pegmatite is perhaps the most interesting of the
Report (issue)
Beryl Resources of New Hampshire GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 353 Prepared on behalf of the...with the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission Beryl Resources of New Hampshire By JAMES...Commission^ and in part in cooperation with the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission UNITED...Page, James Jeffers, 192ftBeryl resources of New Hampshire, by James J. Page and David M. Larrabee. Washington...Commission, and in part in cooperation with the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission. Bibliography:
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...the eastern and southeastern Adirondack region of New York particularly at Ticonderoga it occurs in graphitic...found in the Ben Nevis ville, Union County, Georgia. It has been mine on San Augustin Peak, Organ mounmined
Field Trip Notes
//' . GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD IN ''fy,.'t:J TRIPS NEW ENGLAND NOVEMBER 10-12, 1952 Organized by the...Before visiting any of the sites described in the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference guidebooks...Highlands of East-Central New York, Southern Vermont, and Southern New Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding...Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford Granite" 103 Field Trip...OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW YORK, SOUTHER Leaders: VERJ-IONT, AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE Marland P, Billings
Report (volume)
in Bronx and Westchester Counties, southeastern New York, by Charles A. Baskervi1le....................3. Buddenhagen...........................Hi 1 3. New Paleozoic formations in the northern Kuskokwim Mountains..., and Wi 1 1 iam W. Patton, 3r...........H13 ^. New stratigraphic unit in the Wilcox Group (upper Paleocene-lower...Shride.....................H57 8. Mauzy Formation, a new stratigraphic unit of Permian age in western Kentucky...formations in the Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian) of New York, by William A. Oliver, 3r..................H91
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NOTES AND NEWS ON THE DISTINCTION OF SILLIMANITE FROM MULLITE BY INFRA-RED TECHNIQUES Rusruur Rov awt... The problem of distinguishing mullite from sillimanite has attracted the attention of several mineralogists...of the material, since liquid appears in the sillimanite composition at 1585' as compared with 1810" C...identifying any of the phasesformed as being sillimanite, andalusite or kyanite. Recently andalusite has...mullite in the absenceof any positive evidence for sillimanite. During the last two years papers describing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WosUd AtewA o*i Mineral Qcculienceò, Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...Bulldog Tunnel of the Inspiration copper mine. The Live Oak copper mine of the same company (Inspiration Copper...are from Madera Co., Calif., near the town of Raymond on the road to Madera and a little off the road...crystals found in the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California. What your correspondent...interest. I happen to be a part owner of the Josephine Mine, and acted as Engineer and Geologist during the
Report (volume)
Bulletin 931-P MICA-BEARING PEGMATITES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE A PRELIMINARY REPORT BY J. C. OLSON Strategic...Geologic map of the Alstead area, Keene district , New Hampshire........................ 62. Map showing locations...and feldspar mines of the Grafton district, New Hampshire ....................................... 63o...of the Keene district, New Hampshire.. Figure 38. Index map of New Hampshire showing locations of the...Valencia minob.............. 40. Plan of the Palermo mine...................... Ill 370 390 390 365 389 391
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Krvsrn, W. L. (1951),Contribution to the study of sillimanite and mullite by r-rays: Trans. Brit. Cer. Soc...Mineral, fn press. AUGBLITE FROM PEGMATITESIN NEW HAMPSHIRE Davro M. SnauaN, Department of Mineralogy, Haraard...localities in New Hampshire: the smith mine at chandler,s Milr near Newport, and the Palermo mine near North...North Groton. The Smith mine mon phosphates that occur at the rocality incrude hurlbutite, tiny beryrlonite
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of New Hampshire A Checklist JANET W. C A R E S 18 S i n g l e t a r y L a n e Sudbury. Massachusetts...ities. As other articles in this issue will attest, New Hamp­ shire has rightfully earned its nickname, the...Janules, 1990), and the fumed "gummite" of the Ruggles mine accounts foi the many alteration products of uraninke...lead-bearing minerals are found at the Madison lead mine, and barite occurs in the well-known fluorite mines... while copper minerals—which are scarce in New Hampshire—are found mainly in a few small depos­ its.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
STRUCTURE AND PETROLOGY OF THE SUNAPEE QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE BY CARLETON A. CHAPMAN ABSTRACT The rocks of...of the Sunapee quadrangle, in southwestern New Hampshire, are chiefly metamorphic in origin and range...this belt of rocks consists of well-bedded mica-sillimanite schist and quartzite. To the east the rocks of...381 382 C. A. CHAPMAN—SUNAPEE QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE CONTENTS TEXT Page Introduction 382 General...geology of the Sunapee quadrangle in west-central New Hampshire. The mapping of this quadrangle completes a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
$Sl ON ^~^ -^^r^ Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINDS AREL DESIRED PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations:...about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...fine collections of Pleistocene vertebrates from a new locality on the shores of Lake Chápala near Guadalajara...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Journal (issue)
last issue of ROCKS AND MIN• ERALS, Mr. Wm. C. Chandler, of San Jose, Calif., offered a suggestion for...favorably received by our readers as a number of new subscriptions - from unexpected quarters - have been...senders must surely have been inltuenced by Mr. Chandler. In this issue another suggestion i3 given-one...interest to avoid the danger of being replaced by new members from the waiting list. Exhibition at the...J. S. Forbes SPECIAL TRAY AWARDS Cabochons I- Raymond Yale 2-L. B. Howell 3-D. H. Kirkpatrick Faceting
Report (issue)
EPA REGION 1 Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-292-A...REGION 1 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont R. Randall Schumann...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment of New Hampshire Linda C.S. Gundersen andR. Randall Schumann...directed to develop model standards and techniques for new building construction that would provide adequate...aerial radioactivity, and indoor radon data by county. Because of constraints on the scales of maps presented
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Neoarchean Great Lakes Tectonic Zone, northern Michigan, USA: Evidence from kinematic analysis, thermobarometry...44242, USA c Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, USA d Department...Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1031, USA Received 24 March 2006; received in revised form...peak temperatures of ∼620 ◦ C for the central sillimanite zone decreasing to ∼500 ◦ C for the garnet zone...along the Great Lake tectonic zone (Southwick and Chandler, 1996; Bickford 145 et al., 2006; Schmitz et
Book (volume)
Descriptive Mineralogy Vandall T. King Rochester, New York 14609 , Eugene E. Foord U S. Geological Survey...Philip Hauck Richard P. Hauck was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey on June 30, 1935. He has been actively involved...deep concern for the fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining...mining history led him to purchase the mine in order to form a living museum so that it would remain accessible...mineralogical community. Through his efforts, the Sterling mine has been declared a national historic landmark.
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...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)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals in New Hampshire NOYE M. JOHNSON Earth Sciences Department, Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire...College Hanover, New Hampshire F. H. BORMANN School of Forestry, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut...Experiment Station, U.S. Forest Service, Durham New Hampshire (Received 10 October 1967; acceptedin revisedform...been determined for six small watersheds in New Hampshire during the period 1963-1967. From the rate at...has been in effect during the past four years in New Hampshirtb. The cation budgets for the first two
Field Trip Notes
Before visiting any of the sites described in the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference guidebooks... GUIDEBOOK for THE FIFTY- SECOND ANNUAL MEETING of the NEW ENGLAND INTERCOLLEGIATE GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE FIELD...Mountain quadrangle. Milton informally extends the New Hampshire stratigraphy (Billings, 1956) northeastward...yet cannot be clearly related to either the New Hampshire or the Moosehead Lake sequences. Pegmatite dikes...is believed to be unique in New England . In both central New Hampshire and the Mooshead Lake area the
 
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