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Steatite from
Pine Hill Quarry, Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Talc var: Steatite
Formula:Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Steatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pine Hill Quarry, Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:102575
Long-form Identifier:1:3:102575:0
GUID (UUID V4):c2b7f4e4-aa61-4bc5-886c-1caf9c212e07
Nearest other occurrences of Steatite
24.6km (15.3 miles) Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) Westminster, Windham County, Vermont, USA
34.8km (21.7 miles) Bemis soapstone quarry, Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, USA
54.7km (34.0 miles) Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, USA
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GRAND, ISLE: L Jirrwowwux/ lot* llMt UK* U'A VERMONT Mineral Locality Index VANDALL T. K I N G P.O....Massachusetts 01776 MASSACHUSETTS Figure J. Vermont political divisions map; adapted from U.S. Geological...of New Hampshire and Vermont (1972). 324 ROCKS & MINERALS he state of Vermont is relatively small,...manufacture of nails and simple iron objects. Talc and steatite were mined for use in such things as hot plates...quar­ ry in the world is in Rochester (Windsor Co.), Vermont. Min­ eral products mined "as is" for their
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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...Local1t1es •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 29--3? Bs.ex County Fo ••1l Localit1e ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Report (issue)
GEOLOGIST ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUS1RIE OF VERMONT 1945-1946 I TWENTY-FIFTH OF THIS SERIES Centennial...GEOLOGIST ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF VERMONT 1945-1946 I TWENTY-FIFTH OF THIS SERIES Centennial...MON, The Vermont Geological Survey: 1844-1946 .......................I STATE OF VERMONT State Geologists...epartnient of Natural Resources, Mont pelier, Vermont, Zadock Thompson ...............................important technical study of the granites of Derby. Vermont. The mineral industries of the state reached new
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36 REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST Brick Clays As pointed out by the writer,' there are in the...Deposits and Clay Industry of Vermont; 15th Rpt. Vt. State Geol. (1925-26). VERMONT 1935-1936 I TWENTIETH...GEOLOGIST ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES AND GEOLOGY OF VERMONT 193 5-1936 I TWENTIETH OF THIS SERIES I ELBRIDGE...JACOBS F.G.S.A. State Geologist RELIEF MAP OF VERMONT Vermont Mineral Industries The mineral industries...necessary to repeat them here. Marble Production Vermont continues to he the greatest producer of marble
Book (edition)
Sandstone, do Argillaceous Slate and Graywacke, do Steatite, Serpentine and Limestone, do duartz Rock, Talcose...and New Red Sandstone, 31 - - . Serpentine, Steatite or Soapstone, 25 29 - - . - • - - • ...Washington, Monument Mountain, Alum Mount Holyoke. - Hill, - - and other elevated - - ; - Blue Hills...diluvium, Peculiarities in the Diluvium of Berkshire County, Second Proof (diluvial grooves,) of a southerly...been greatly aided by the geological map of that county, published a few years since by Professor Dewey
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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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University of Vermont BURLINGTON. VT.: FREE PRESS PRINTING 1924. Co. CONTENTS. STAFF OF THE VERMONT GEOLOGICAL...of Vermont. ELBRIDCE C. JACOBS, Assistant Geologist. Professor Mineralogy, University of Vermont. CITA1ILES...PAGE ç ' LIST OF ALTITUDES IN VERMONT, /GEOLOGY OF GRAND ISLE COUNTY, THE OLDEST CORAL REEF, P. E.... TERRANES OF BETHEL, VERMONT, PERKINS .................... G. H. PERKTNS .................... 63...SUCCESSION IN NORTHWESTERN VERMONT, ARTHUR KEITH. NEW TRILOBITES FROM VERMONT, 1 G. H. P. E. RAYMOND
Report (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Vermont ............ 89 Table 17 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Vermont................................*».....95 Figure...Mountains, New York; and the southern Green Mountains, Vermont. During the Jurassic, the1 White Mountain plutonic...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...1969; Ui radioactivity is 5 to 7 times background. Hill copper mine. RM 1968. Source ol informal Phyllite
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Dover, . g. 46, Section in kame south-east of Pine Hill cemetery, Dover, . 47, Section in sand near Wheelwright...Contoocook valley which extends through Hillsborough county was thus occupied by a lake during a large part...from Ossipee lake south-easterly along Pine river, and by Pine River and Balch ponds into Maine. The first...or clay, sometimes enclosing marine shells and pine cones, and in several instances overlaid on their...first volume of this report.* The territory of Vermont extends to the west shore of this river, but in
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GEOLOGIST ON T H E MINERAL INDUSTRIES AND GEOLOGY OF VERMONT loll - 1912 EIGHTH OF THIS SERIES GEORGE H. PERKINS...Gcologist and Professor of Geology, Eniversity of Vermont. MONTPELIER \T. CAPITAL CITY PRESS 1012 CONTENTS.....................184 HIGH TENSION TESTING OF VERMONT SLATE AND MARBLE, Wyman A. Bristol .............. 196 THE STRENGTH AND WEATHERING QUALITIES OF VERMONT ROOFING SLATES, E. R. Baker and A. R. Davidson...RESOURCES OF VERMONT, G. H. Perkins ............247 I 4 INDEX. . Abstracts of Works on Vermont Geology
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..........................................466 Vermont.................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Report (volume)
.................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro........................................... 83 Steatite derived from boltonite-scapolite rock...........Whitmores Ferry, in Sunderland.......... Gneiss of hill west of Montague.............................. ................................... 150 Berkshire County........................................................................................ 191 Blue Hill granite porphyry...............................
Report (volume)
............................................. Vermont..................................................Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr...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.;
Report (volume)
North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips, Austin. Vermont..........Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...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
Book (volume)
..........................................400 Vermont..................................................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
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..........................................400 Vermont..................................................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
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Plains state varies from nearly level farmland to hill ridges, increasing steadily in elev. From 1,000’...by the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne rivers. These pine covered mountains, higher than the Alleghenies,...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
Book (volume)
Map field, Fig. Section from Bronson's lime quarry to Smith's brook, Fig. Section in Dalton and...Palmer the bridge west of of the West Ammonoosuc hill Dummer, to gold — to the 51 52 Rocky pond....... ..... .... Lyman through Burnham's lime quarry, 72 275 278 3^7 320 326 Fig. Section from...Fig. Section from quarry road to L. A. Parker's, Fig. Section from slate quarry to the Fig. Section...Me., locations of specimens collected in Coos county, Section lake to the Fig. 30 Mount Desert
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commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where... that he may know first of all what mountain or hill, what valley or plain, can be prospected most profitably...Adapted from Frederic H, Lahee, Field Geology, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1952). * fifth ed. (New York:
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....243 APPENDIX II: MINERAL SPECIES LISTED BY COUNTY ...............................248 ABOUT THE AUTHORS...Marquette County include the Presque Isle body, the Yellow Dog body in the northern part of the county, and...Ishpeming. Several bodies also occur in Dickinson County near the mouth of the Sturgeon River. A distinctive...outcrops in the SW¼ section 27, T44N, R31W, Iron County, about 1.6 kilometers west of Lake Ellen, and about...Falls in Iron County and 16 MINERALOGY OF MICHIGAN Hermansville in Menominee County. Some of these
Report (issue)
observed in the gold gravels at Cherokee, Butte County, and this locality, became the most noted one in...short articles on California diamonds. A Amador County: few small stones have been picked up near the...towns of Volcano, Oleta and Fiddleto^vn. Butte County: In 1853 it was observed that diamonds occurred...Oroville. El Dorado County: A diamond weighing 1| carats was found at Forest Hill. About sixty have been...in White Rock canyon and at Smith's Flat. Fresno County: Small diamonds are reported to have been found
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the state. Jolting his way through every Alabama county in a mule-drawn wagon he came to know the state...visited the Cahaba River below Pratt’s Ferry, Bibb County, in 1877. He made this photograph on August 12...Gibbons had fertilized his flourishing crops with pine straw, a system advocated by Dr. Hilgard of Oxford...that it contained “something.” At the Gant marble quarry, which had formerly produced a very fine marble...marble, Smith found the buildings in ruins and the quarry filled with water due to neglect caused by litigation
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tribes in the northeast corner of San Bernardino County in pre-historic times. The old workings here were...talc in some cases as white. Talc in the form of steatite was formed into cooking vessels, beads or other...or steatite, was most commonly known. Practically all the old Indian sites have yielded steatite receptacles...the most important was on Santa Catalina Island. Steatite bowls or vessels partly carved out of the bed...the quarries at this place. Other localities for steatite are listed by Heizer and Treganza, (1) p. 307
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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
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publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...has had its own philosophy. The mineralogy of Vermont (Hall, 1824) served as a list of localities with...greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite
 
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