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Kaolinite from
Harris Quarry, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Harris Quarry, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1232994
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1232994:4
GUID (UUID V4):ca7d534a-3313-4ed9-a4eb-72aa3ed5016c
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
36.3km (22.5 miles) Souhegan Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) Comolli Granite Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) Kittredge Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) Young Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
38.1km (23.7 miles) Mason, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
39.5km (24.5 miles) Bradford, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
42.8km (26.6 miles) Gold Leaf Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
42.9km (26.6 miles) Bishop Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
43.2km (26.9 miles) Carlton Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
43.3km (26.9 miles) New Westerly Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ATKtN (D.), see LIVINGSTONE(A.), 441 Auchinstarry quarry, Kilsyth, Scotland, julgoldite, 76I Avondale, Auckland...Z-phase of Assarsson, 325 INDEX Cape Ann, Massachusetts, granite, riebeckite, 473 Capo Pula, Sardinia...Wales, anal., X-ray, 765 Cookstove Mtn., El Paso County, Colorado, genthelvite, danalite, 627 Coordination...Damghan, Iran, turquoise, 640 Danalite, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Hamp- INDEX 923 shire, New Mexico, Rhode...DUGGAN (M.), anals, by, 222, 229 Dunite, South Harris, anal., 493 DUNN (P. J.), Genthelvite and the helvine
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................Gardner, Lexington. Louisiana____Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. F. V. Emerson, Baton Rouge. Maine______...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)
Gardner, Lexington. Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman...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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Report (volume)
H33 6. Formation names in the Worcester area, Massachusetts, by Richard Goldsmith, Edward S. Grew, 3. Christopher........H43 7. Stratigraphic names in eastern Massachusetts and adjacent States, by Richard Goldsmith, David...Section of south wall of Lynn Griffin mine //I, Henry County, Ala., type locality of Baker Hill Format ion....H28 9. Core-hole section at Highland Park, Henry County, Ala., lithologies of the farthest downdip part...the east flank of the Merrimack synclinorium, Massachusetts and New Hamp shire.................... ....
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
commercial deposits (such as bauxite, dolomite, kaolinite, limestone, and limonite) and reports of lapidary...Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8
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
Book
MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COs-metamorphism of lavas, ankerite, chalybite, I 19 Binhill quarry, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, tacharanite, scawtite...structure, I58 Bosahan quarry, Carnmenellis, Cornwall, granite (weathered), kaolinite, gibbsite, biotite...Aberdeenshire, hornblende-schist, laumontite, prehnite, kaolinite, 6o8 Brackebuschite, Argentina, anal., opt., cryst...Australia, in coronas after olivine, anal., 816: South Harris, anal., opt., cell-size, 464 CURTIS (C. D.), see...(J. D. H.), see FORTIER(S.), 899 Dorothea slate quarry, Nantlle, Caernarvon, Wales, muscovite, chlorite
Book
State University of New York Potsdam, NY 13676-2294, USA ROGER M. SLATT ARCO Oil and Gas Company Research...Services 2300 West Plano Parkway Plano, TX 75075, USA On the/ront cover: Bituminous shale formation with...York, Inc., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews...(Carbondale Formation, Middle Pennsylvanian) Gallatin County, Illinois. Although bioturbated in its central...MEMBER (Sonyea Formation, Upper Devonian), Wyoming County, New York. This moderately bioturbated gray shale
Report (volume)
147 N., R. 84 W., 4 km N of Riverdale, McLean County, N. Oak. Named for Aggie Brown Coulee, which flows...Loam-textured till high in expandable clays, kaolinite, and illite 8. Several till units separated by...NW1/4NW1/4SW1/4SW1/4 sec. 17, T. 85 N., R. 7 W., Linn County, Iowa. A-L Peak Rhyolite Oligocene 1. New Mexico...structures in the San Mateo Mountains, Socorro County, New Mexico: New Mexico Geol. Soc. Spec. Pub. 5...Mountains, 10. sees. 33-35, T. 4 S., R. 6 W., Socorro County, N.Mex. Anapra Sandstone 1. Early Cretaceous 2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1329 Arizona Economic geology Aluminum, Maricopa county, Wickenberg (Sheridan, Michael F , et al.) tt-t2...(Mclean, W. John, er a/.) 7-E 1103 Hemihedrite,Pinal county, Florencemine, Maricopacounty, Wickenburg,Rat Tail...a/.) 7-8 1088 Kinoite, SantaRita mountains,Pima county (Anthony, John W., er a/.) 5-6 7O9 Phoenicochroite...er a/.) 1.2 224 Breccia Intrusive Utah, San Juan county, MosesRock dike, kimberlite (McGetchin, Thomas...(Omori, Keiichi.) tt-12 1897 Wardsmithite,Inyo county, Death Valley, Tertiary, Furnace Creek formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers of this column will...sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners of the cube...pieces are all from the fluorspar district, Hardin County, Illinois. Cincinnati Museum Center specimens,...cubes from Trestia, Transylvania region, Maramures County, Romania, appears to be a complete replacement...is difficult. The Burnt Hill tungsten mine, York County, New Brunswick, is located in a metamorphic terrain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals. The signal for adsorbed Cs in a CsCl-kaolinite slurry at 0.01 M is probably at defect sites or...Phyllosilicates that have very small layer charges(e.g.,kaolinite, pyrophyllite, and talc) have small but finite...presenceof smectite layers on the surfacesof some kaolinite crystals,which may account for ion exchange(Eggeltonet...kaoliniteexaminedin this study Sample Dioctahedral 1) Kaolinite 2) Pyrophyllite 3) Montmorillonite 4) Montmorillonite...Washington County, Georgia, USA Unknown Crook County, Wyoming, USA GonzalesCounty, Texas, USA Amargosa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ +./8 ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....and barite, 6 cm high, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 5 (above right).... Barite, 12.9 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 6 (right). Fluorite...1.9 cm on edge, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing photo. Arthur
Report (issue)
Rhinestreet Shale Member of the West Falls Formation Middlesex Shale Member of the Sonyea Formation Geneseo Shale...Maps showing areal extents of Continued: 12. Middlesex Shale Member of the Sonyea Formation 18 13. Geneseo...clay occurs in trace amounts in all shale units. Kaolinite, the only unaltered detrital clay mineral, occurs...30 percent of the samples. The source of the kaolinite appears to have been to the east and northeast...tested because it was found that small amounts of kaolinite are difficult to recognize when chlorite is also
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arthur C., Jr. Beryl from the Oxford mine, Troup County, Georgia Bailey, Roy A. Volcanism and the upper...Bailey, S. W, Twin and pseudotwinintergrowths in kaolinite Bailey,S, W. Antiphasedomainstructureof the i...Bayliss,P. Differentialthermalanalysisof siderite-kaolinite mixtures Beall,JosephJ. Pseudo-rhythmic layeringin...Physicaland chemical data for crandallite from Alachua County, Florida Boles, James R. Composition,optical properties...Melanophlogitefrom Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County, California Cooper,W. F. Chargerefinementof a light-atommineral
Book (volume)
publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...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...Gerais, Brazil, better than those from the Harvard quarry in Greenwood? Are the morganites of Cerro de Urucum
Report (volume)
of the Clay Products Co_ 36 Sprucepine, Mitchell County __ 36 Sprucepine mine- ____-_ 36 Sparks mine 39...County_______ _ 44 Payne & Sullivan mine____________ Harris mine________________-_ Penlancl, Mitchell County____________...Dillsboro, Jackson County__________ :_ Property of the Harris Kaolin Co_____ Beta, Jackson County_______________...Herren property________________ Birdtown, Swain County _____________ Cole & Black property____________...Mitchell County__________________ Jefferson, Ashe County ______________ Bare property_________________ Kaolins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vertical scale designed for the thermal reactions of kaolinite may fail to show the thermal reactions of the...thermal reactions is about one-tenth that of kaolinite. In Fig. 1, the vertical scalesused in most of...G. Quartz, Ottawa, Illinois. Goethite,El Paso County, Colorado. Limonite, University of Illinois collections...Gibbsite, SalineCounty, Arkansas. Diaspore,Chester,Massachusetts. Brucite, Brewster,New York. Brucite, Lancaster...investigators have recorded the endothermic reaction of kaolinite at 550-600oC. as well as the abrupt intense exothermic
Journal (issue)
TeHurium Sulphur Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt...east of South­ western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold...error and should refer to Spotsylvania County.) Fairfax County.-A specimen of gold with galena in quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cleavage in a vug from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona, associated with grandreefite, pseudograndreefite...miarolitic cavities of the Baveno granite, Montecatini quarry, Piedmont, Italy. Formula near (Nd,Ce)3Ca(CO3)4(OH)3...osumilite group, from a lamproite at Moon Canyon, Utah, USA. Composition K(Mg,Fe2+)gFe3+[Si~2030]; related to...the Ostanmossa mine, Norberg Lakes region, Fresno County, California, district, Sweden. The mineral was...polymorph of behoite. Space given. Named for Donald C. Harris. group P21, a 11.020, b 4.746, c 8.646A, /3 Dorrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(smectite ∼750 M2 g−1 , illite <150 M2 g−1 , and kaolinite or quartz silt <30 M2 g−1 ). The interlayer is... and silicate MSA, of the East Fitts, Chitwood–Harris and Wyche cores and ichnofabric index (bioturbation...(bioturbation intensity) for the East Fitts and Chitwood– Harris core (ichnofabrics were not studied in the Wyche...day Texas, Oklahoma and southeastern New Mexico, USA. The unit reaches burial depths of up to 6000 m (Broadhead...were collected from the Wyche #1 core (Pontotoc County: 34◦ 40.36 N, 96◦ 38.38 W) representing shallow
Report (issue)
detrital. Although some samples contain sparse kaolinite, we think that most of the original detrital clay...illite, and pyrite, 5) trace or minor amounts of kaolinite, and 6) traces of detrital zircon, rutile, and...muscovite, illite, albite, orthoclase, buddingtonite, kaolinite, dolomite, and calcite in weight percent (Table...budding = buddingtonite, feld =feldspar, kaol = kaolinite, dolo = dolomite] Sample Interval apatite quartz...cysts in Devonian black shales of the midcontinent USA and referred to the silica as chalcedony, microquartz
Report (chapter)
oil field, southern San Joaquin basin, California, USA D. T. NGUYEN, R. A. HORTON, JR* & A. B. KAESS California... 9001 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93311, USA *Corresponding author (e-mail: rhorton@csub.edu)...and quartz overgrowths, the precipitation of kaolinite and other clays and possibly the precipitation...Bjorlykke 1984; Boles 1984; MacGowan & Surdam 1988; Harris 1989; Hayes & Boles 1992; Wilkinson et al. 2001;...identified, this information was also recorded (Harris 1989). Grain size (Wentworth 1922), roundness and
 
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