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Bornite from
White Rock Quarry, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view White Rock Quarry, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:892606
Long-form Identifier:1:3:892606:7
GUID (UUID V4):acf66ab6-7c62-4c39-a24b-950b8c994aab
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
49.8km (31.0 miles) Interstate highway 295 road cut, Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
65.6km (40.8 miles) Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
72.7km (45.2 miles) Rocky Hill Quarry, Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
73.5km (45.7 miles) Sneech Pond copper mines (Copper Mine Hill), Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
80.5km (50.0 miles) Trinity Ridge, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
82.2km (51.1 miles) State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
82.5km (51.3 miles) Lorusso Wrentham Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
86.3km (53.6 miles) Copper Valley Mine (Bellamy's Mine; Munson's Mine), Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
86.4km (53.7 miles) Foxon quarry, Foxon, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
87.4km (54.3 miles) Plainville Trap Rock Quarry (Tilcon New Britain Quarry), Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
References
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Book (volume)
Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional
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Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state...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...438 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunter’s visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills
Report (volume)
COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL MINERALS...about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five tunes the combined production and...than 80,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South...STATES. Tennessee........Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips
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AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS............................................... Rhode Island........................................................................................... Washington................................................about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five times the combined production and...than 86,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so
Book (volume)
A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 2014 Fourth...Fourth Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...printing December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page...................389 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Page Ohio ...................................................412 Rhode Island ...........................................
Report (volume)
GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1917............................................... Washington gneiss......,- .................................................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...formation......................................... Rhode Island...............................................formation........................................... Rhode Island formation .................................
Book (volume)
A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 1996 Second...Second Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...63125 December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page...................333 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Ohio ........................................................352 Rhode Island ...........................................
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 2005 Third Edition...Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...63125 December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page...................333 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Page Ohio ...................................................352 Rhode Island ...........................................
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material Page...Directions to the Mineral Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut .... Additional Locality...booklet devoted to the mineralogy of the Middlesex County region. Invaluable assistance in preparing the...the same minerals that are found in the igneous rock granite: quartz, feldspar, and mica. However, the...formed deep within the earth from the same igneous rock magma that formed the granites. At about five thousand
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like this piece, as most of the fluorites from the quarry are green, and this one is truly atypical. After...COVER: gold on quartz, 4.5 inches tall, Placer County, California Dedication This book is dedicated...Group, Inc., 650 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA, www.maplegatemedia.com Library of Congress Control... Treasured Minerals Amethysts from Rhode Island Rhode Island is not generally known for its minerals...obviously, the amethysts are associated with a pure white milky quartz that almost looks like porcelain. When
Report (issue)
4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses... Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC ...east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating needles
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...Paul E. Dcsautels, Roy S. Clarke, Jr., and John S. White, Jr. of the Smithsonian Institution and to G. K...Anthraxolite Asphaltic residue Silicates Quartz (Rock Crystal) (Amethyst) (Green quartz) (Cairngorm) (Blue...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning
Report (issue)
commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic...nickel telluride, melonite, found in Calaveras County in 1867. New minerals and new mineral this is ...tributed throughout the State in small bodies or as rock-forming would be impossible to cite all of their...products. The gem-bearing pegmatites of San Diego County have aroused special masses, interest. Many ...near Oroville of an apparent pipe of serpentinized rock bearing a resem- blance to the diamond pipes of
Report (issue)
been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite type locality Marin County, which have been completely...housing developments. Another is the famous Crestmore quarry, where the cement production has almost destroyed...color" from Cherokee Flat, Butte County); and to borax ("Lake County, in large crystals in the clay of
Report (issue)
INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation...Hot Creek district '-Huntington Creek district Island Mountain district. Ivanhoe district Jarbidge district-...district . Railroad district Robinson Mountain district-Rock Creek district Ruby Mountain Range district-Ruby...Creek district Wells district Wendover district White Horse districtGuide to exploration Selected references...Illustrations . Plate 1. Mineral resources map of Elko County. Figure 1. Index-map of mining districts 2. Exploratory
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mine, which was used for a prison; the Allyndale quarry in North Canaan, from w h i c h came the marble...the rock for the "brownstone" fronts in New York City and elsewhere; and the Hoadley Neck quarry in Guilford...granite base for the Statue of Liberty. Quarrying for rock for millstones started in 1737 at M i l l ­ stone...through­ out the United States. I n modern times, one quarry has been used by the Navy as an underwater sound...knell for metal mining in Connecti­ cut. Now, trap rock, marble/limestone, sand and gravel, gran­ ite, and
Report (issue)
magma, or molten rock material. Usually this results in the crystallization of the rock-forming minerals...precipitation of dissolved material, as in the case of rock salt or gypsum. More commonly they are made by the...the accumulation of actual particles of rock material washed down from the land surface and spread out...the action of powerful earth any earlier-formed rock mass, so that notable changes in forces on character...solutions standing in, or traversing, fractures in any rock. They are formed at all temperatures from just below
Report (issue)
small bodies or pockets of metallic minerals and as rock-forming minerals, that it would minerals, be impossible...observed in the gold gravels at Cherokee, Butte County, and this locality, became the most noted one in...near Oroville of an apparent pipe of serpentinized rock bearing a resemblance to tlie diamond pipes of South...been sunk, which has not proved successful. The rock is a hard eclogite differing in its character from...short articles on California diamonds. A Amador County: few small stones have been picked up near the
Report (issue)
llconomlc 50 Pyrite __---- 76 Chalcopyrite and bornite -----------:Calamine and smithsonite 76 Cerussite...lead in Virginia-----Crystalline area -------- County Selected references Louisa and Spotsylvania counties-----Selected...ah County Botetourt County Troutville Bonsacks -Martin prospect Montgomery County Pulaski County Delton...Tazewell County Bland County ------------------------------:-:------ Russell County Scott County Bibliography...member in quarry of the National Carbide Corporation-- in the Patterson member on Little Reed Island 12,
Report (issue)
the mirror-image of metamorphic zones in Dutchess County, New York. However, garnet appeared before biotite...with them for more than 11 miles* A sheet of West Rock Diabase at least 18 miles long and as much as 700...schist..............*........7 32 Calc-silicate rock...............*...... 32 Origin.......*.........Anphibolites............................ 41 Calc-silicate rock...................... 43 Impure marble..........features.................................. 105 West Rock Diabase................................. 106 General
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
malachite after atacamite, brochantite, chalcopyrite, bornite, chalcocite, tetrahedrite. chalcophyllite, gypsum...Loudville mine, Hanipshire County, Massachusetts; Chimney Rock quarry, in Somerset County, and New Brunswick...the Jones mine in Berks County, and Phoenixville and French Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania; the upper...workings of the copper mines at Ducktown, Polk County, and the zinc deposits of eastern and central Tennessee;...and mines of the Virgilina district, Charlotte County, Virginia; and copper mines in Guilford, Mecklenburg
Journal (issue)
Publisher Wendell E. Wilson Founder John Sampson White Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris...of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C...‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada .........................................Canyon, about 8 km east of Round Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. It can be reached by trail from the mouth...Early Mining History Records on file at the Nye County Recorders Office, Tonapah, Nevada, state that the
 
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