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Oligoclase-Albite from
Oak Hill Quarry, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Albite var: Oligoclase-Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Oligoclase-Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oak Hill Quarry, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:684455
Long-form Identifier:1:3:684455:4
GUID (UUID V4):55d5bf0e-eca1-4c52-968b-5c8b104afb62
Nearest other occurrences of Oligoclase-Albite
26.2km (16.3 miles) ⓘBarker Hill Quarry (Rusk Quarry; Townsend Quarry), Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
55.4km (34.4 miles) ⓘMerry Mount Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
56.0km (34.8 miles) ⓘHardwick Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
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(1911) Contributions to economic geology, 1910, Part I, Metals and nonmetals except fuels--Structural materials; Building stone; Clays; Gypsum and plasters; Line and magnesite; Glass, sand, etc.; Abrasives. Bulletin Vol. 470 (470g) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b470g
Report (issue)
VARIEGATED MARBLE SOUTHEAST OF CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA. By CHARLES BUTTS. About 3£ miles a little...body of marble could be obtained in an open-cut quarry, but ultimately the rock would have to be mined... SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS. By T. NELSON DALE. INTRODUCTION. The granites..."granites" here described, as well as the others of Massachusetts described in Bulletin 354, are commercially...crushed stone have been excluded, but the felsite quarry of Revere has been included, although it is not
(1923) The commercial granites of New England. Bulletin Vol. 738. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b738
Report (volume)
___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______
Barosh, Patrick James, Fahey, Richard J., Pease, Maurice Henry (1977) Preliminary compilation of the bedrock geology of the land area of the Boston 2 degrees sheet, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. Open-File Report Vol. 1977 (77-285) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr77285
Report (issue)
Geology of the land area of the Boston 2° sheet, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and 10- New Hampshire... 16 17 18 U. S. Geological Survey Boston, Massachusetts 19 ,U. S. Geological Survey* OPEN FILE REPORT...GEOLOGY OF THE LAND AREA OF THE BOSTON 2° SHEET, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...jointing parallel to the 11 foliation. 12 oligoclase, albite, biotite, and muscovite; accessory minerals...Milford Granite from the Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded 19 a 620 + 15 my,Precambrian,zircon
(1967) Bedrock geology of the Chepachet quadrangle, Providence County, Rhode Island. Bulletin Vol. 1241. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b1241g
Report (volume)
Geology of the Chepachet Quadrangle Providence County Rhode Island By ALONZO W. QUINN CONTRIBUTIONS...geologic map of the Chepachet quadrangle, Providence County, Rhode Island____-_____________._____ In pocket...__________________ 5. Modes of Scituate Granite Gneiss of Snake Hill.____________ Page Gil 14 18 20 20 CONTRIBUTIONS...GEOLOGY OF THE CHEPACHET QUADRANGLE PROVIDENCE COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND By ALONZO W. QUINN ABSTRACT Tbe...smooth hills, such as Wolf Hill, Sprague Hill, Durfee Hill, and Tourtellotte Hill. There are a few swampy
(1910) Contributions to economic geology, 1909, Part I, Metals and nonmetals except fuels--Structural Materials. Bulletin Vol. 430 (430f) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b430f
Report (issue)
besides samples of building stone, clays, and other quarry products. In many instances it has been necessary...and the exterior of the handsome city hall and county court-house building at Minneapolis, erected at...are some beds; especially toward the top of the quarry, in which the rock is of a darker shade, varying...brownish red. The face of the Kettle River Company's quarry is about 80 feet high and about 2,200 feet long...sandstone, 16 to 20 feet apart, that divide the quarry face vertically into four divisions. The beds dip
(1907) The granites of Maine. Bulletin Vol. 313. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b313
Report (volume)
and grain...................................... Quarry site.............................................76 . Cumberland County.......................................... 76 Franklin County.......................... Hancock County............................................. Kennebec County .........;.................. Knox County................................................. Lincoln County ........................ Oxford County............................................... Penobscot County...............
(1910) Analysis of rocks and minerals from the laboratory of the United States Geological Survey, 1880 to 1908. Bulletin Vol. 419. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b419
Report (volume)
...................... 1. Rocks from Aroostook County..... ^..................'........... 2. Miscellaneous.................:........................... Massachusetts....:..........................................1. Elliott County dike............................................... 2. Crittenden County dike............................................. 3. Colfax County................ I................................142 3. Plumas County............................................... 144 4. Butte County..............
(1900) Analyses of rocks from the laboratory of the United States Geological survey 1880-1899. Bulletin Vol. 168. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b168
Report (volume)
...................... 1. Eocks from Aroostook County I............................. 19 19 2. Litchfieldite............................... 23 24 24 27 Massachusetts...............................................56 1. Elliott County dike........................................ 56 2. Crittenden County dike............................................... 3. Colfax County......."............................................... 3. Plumas County .............................. .............. 4. Butte County................
(1904) Analyses of rocks from the laboratory of the United States Geological Survey, 1880-1903. Bulletin Vol. 228. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b228
Report (volume)
crystalline rocks Maine 1. Rocks from Aroostook County 2. Litchtieldite and associated minerals New lIampshire...Rocks of Mount Ascutney 2. Miscellaneous rock • Massachusetts 1. Magnesian rocks 2. Amphibolite 3. Miscellaneous...Carolina (ieorgia Kentucky 1. Elliott County (like 2. Crittenden County dike Tennessee Missouri Arkansas Texas...Grande Canyon 2. Mount Taylor region 3. Colfax County 4. Miscellaneous rocks Arizona 1. Globe district...Butte County 5. Sierra County 6. Nevada City anti (lras Valley 7. Placer County 8. Eldorado County 9. Amador
(1915) Analyses of rocks and minerals from the laboratory of the United States Geological Survey, 1880 to 1914. Bulletin Vol. 591. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b591
Report (volume)
crystalline rocks Maine 1. Rocks from Aroostook 'County 2. Miscellaneous rocks5 v New Hampshire 5 Vermont...of Mount Ascutney 5 2. Miscellaneous rocks 5 Massachusetts 1. Magnesian rocks 2. Amphibolite 3. Granite...Carolina Georgia Kentucky 1.. Elliott County dike 2. Crittenden County dike Tennessee Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma...Grande Canyon 5 2. Mount Taylor region 5 3. Colfax County 4. Miscellaneous rocks 5 Arizona 1. Globe district...Plumas County 4. Butte County 5 5. Sierra County5 6. Nevada City and Grass Valley 5 7. Placer County 8. Eldorado
Pabst, Adolf (1938) Minerals of California. Bulletin 113. California State Mining Bureau
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 ...products. The gem-bearing pegmatites of San Diego County have aroused special masses, interest. Many ...short articles on California diamonds. A Amador County: few small stones have been picked up near the...recently, one of 21 carats near Plymouth. ; Butte County: In 1853 it was observed that diamonds occurred
(1897) Analyses of rocks, with a chapter on analytical methods, laboratory of the United States Geological survey 1880 to 1896. Bulletin Vol. 148. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b148
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts ................................................................... 91 1. Rocks from Corundum Hill................................... 91 2. Pyroxenite...TheElliott County dike ...................................... 92 2. The Crittenden County dike.......... f .......................... 198 3. Plumas County................................,,.............................................. . 204 5. Sierra County...............................................
Hitchcock, C. H. (1874) The Geology of New Hampshire Vol. 3,4,5 - Part III. Surface Geology. Part IV. Mineralogy and Lithology. Part V. Economic Geology. New Hampshire Geological and Mineralogical Survey, Concord, NH.
Book (volume)
Dover, . g. 46, Section in kame south-east of Pine Hill cemetery, Dover, . 47, Section in sand near Wheelwright...distribution of the till in this state and in eastern Massachusetts is quite irregular. Sometimes no considerable...Contoocook valley which extends through Hillsborough county was thus occupied by a lake during a large part...state, in some parts of Maine, and in eastern Massachusetts, where there are only scattered hills with...Merrimack valley, and in eastern New Hampshire and Massachusetts, these glacial rivers also frequently had their
Ries, Heinrich (1906) Clays, their occurrence, properties, and uses, with especial reference to those of the United States (1st ed.) John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
Book (edition)
Pleistocene, 337; References on Maryland clays, 339; Massachusetts, 340; Residual clays, 340; Cretaceous and Tertiary...Pleistocene clays, 341; 337; References on Massachusetts clays, 342; Rivrer, 342; Devonian, 345; Hamilton...394; Allegheny or Lower Coal-measures, 394; Putnam Hill or Brookville clay, 394; Ferriferous or Vanport...of iron concretions, Reynolds bank, Anne Arundel County, Md IV. Fig. 1. Fig. 2. Clay concretions V...Tertiary clays used for 1. common beds, Rich Hill, near Knoxville, XXVI. Fig. 1. Fig. 1. Fig
Ries, Heinrich (1908) Clays, their occurrence, properties, and uses, with especial reference to those of the United States (2nd ed.) John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
Book (edition)
Pleistocene, 383; References on Maryland clays, 385; Massachusetts, 386; Residual clays, 386; Cretaceous and Tertiary...clays, 387 Pleistocene clays, 387 References on Massachusetts clays, 388; Michigan, 388; Silurian, 388; Hudson...447; Alleghe:;y or Lower Coal-measures, 447; Putnam Hill or Brookville clay, 44S; Ferriferous or Vanport...of iron concretions, Reynolds bank, Anne Arundel County, Md Fig. 2. Clay concretions V. Fig. 1. Photomicrograph... overlain by Tertiary Kaolin-pit ut beds. Rich Hill, near Knoxville, XXVI. brick, of fire-clay pits
 
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