 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PETROGRAPHICAL COUNTY, PROVINCE MASS. I. OF ESSEX THE area of igneous rocks in Eastern Massachusetts, especially...especially in Essex county, has been, as the late Geo. H. Williams said, " more discussed than any other...pages are written. I have visited the region of Essex county several times and collected a large number of...of its chief features. The igneous rocks of Essex county extend along the coast from Lynn to the New...Basin, but this paper does not include them. In Essex county they form a long ridge "extending in a northeasterly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A CATAL,OGUE OF MASSAC.HUSETTS GEMSTONES ESSEX COUNTY (Part Two) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...granite quarries. Essex County Nahant Beverly Salem Salem, Salem Neck. Essex County Lynn 196 CITRINE...CITRINE Light, yellow quartz as seams in granite. EPIDOTE Compact, massive kind of pleasing yellowish-green...various colors and types on sea beaches of this county. ? ROCKS AND MINERAL~ Locality Nahant Rowley...bluish northern point of Cape Ann opalescence. Essex County Nahant, Bass Point Saugus, near the center |  | | Report (issue) | | Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts by Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvin...Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvln This...contains the records of radlometrlc ages for Massachusetts from the Radlometrlc Age Data Bank of the U...portrayed on a new bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). The compilation Is believed to...they appear on the Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). Steiger, R. H., and Jager, E. |  | | Report (volume) | | 704 GEOLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS BY CHARLES H. CLAPP WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT....... 9 9 9 10 11 11 11 15 j ( Geology of Essex County.................................................. 26; . . 3 4 CONTENTS. Geology of Essex County Continued. Igneous rocks Continued. Subjacent...reconnaissance map and structure section of Essex County, Mass.........................................map and structure section of southern part of Essex County, and adjoining parts of Suffolk and Middlesex |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF OHE IPSWICH QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS 8 10- by William H. Dennen 11 1975 12 13... BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE IPSWICH QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS Introduction Rocks of the Ipswich quadrangle...quadrangle is situated on the northeastern 19 20- Massachusetts coast within the Seaboard Lowland section of...-fA9 maters on Fifteen Mile Hill in the Town of Essex to 21 -11 maters under the salt marsh at Six Goose...quadrangle are completely tidal; the 6 Ipswich and Essex Rivers are tidal inland to "falls" above which they |  | | Report (volume) | | OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................ |  | | Book (volume) | | which in 1865 absorbed the collection of Sussex county minerals made by Samuel Woodruff, of Sparta, New...Hill and Harmony, Warren county. tals in calcite at Franklin, Susse_: county. _gate, (Quartz.) Very...Very tlne crys- Silica. Hoboken,Hudson county. Bound Brook and LibertyCorner, Somersetcounty. NEW JERSEY...cavities in amygdaloidal trap at Plainfield, Union county. See L C. Russell in Am. J. Set. III., XVL, 112...crystals imbedded in gneiss at Franklin, Sussex county. A pebble of alla,ite was found eight feet below |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Comparison with syenite (andesine anorthosite) of Nelson County, Virginia........................................Front Royal, in Warren County, southward to Hightop and beyond in Greene County. Farther southwest, at...norite from a locality in the northern part of Floyd County, Yirginia. Attention was called to the close similarity...similarity of the syenite from Floyd County to the unakite-bearing syenite at Milams Gap, in Page and...of the Blue Ridge farther southwest in Roa noke County. The Amherst-Nelson counties rock series shows |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CROSBV, REVIEWER The Petrographical Province of Essex County, Mass. BY HENRY S. WASHINGTON. J . Geol., 6...787-808 ; 7 , 53-64, 1051 2 1 , 284-294.-Although Essex county is a region of great petrographic diversity...accessories include danalite, fayalite, allanite, epidote, zircon, magnetite, apatite, fluorite. T h e feldspar...arid soda. Diorife has a large development in Essex County. It is highly varied and represents transitions...with those of Diana, N. U.,Mt. Ascutney, and Gloucester, Mass., which are all referred to an acid phase |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen sent you recently. It was found in Coosa County, Ala., near Rockford. You have my permission to...Brown Ave., Terre Haute, Ind. I O W A â From Marion County, Iowa, we have an interesting specimen consisting...a road cut on a new construction job in Lincoln County, Me., on Rt. 1, bypassing the towns of Newcastle...that first in each issue. W e belong to the Oxford County Gem and Mineral Association." â item sent in by... Griesbach, 3957 Wendy Court, Wheaton, Md. MASSACHUSETTS â "I have furthered my finds on Andover, Mass |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of lustrous black ilmenite, smoky quartz, green epidote, red garnet and some colorless zircon (fl. orange)...and black ilmenite. Augusta, in N / E Richmond County, is in eastern Georgia, and on the west bank of...of colorless quartz, pink to red garnet, green epidote, black magnetite and some colorless zircon (fl...south coast of Massachusetts. Marthas Vineyard forms the greater part of Dukes County. Limojiire sand...whitish muscovite. Mullica Hill is in N / W Gloucester County in S/W New Jersey. Beach sand from Cape Halteras |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo., there is marmatite. It is a high-iron sphalerite...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail...limestone near Frederick, Frederick Co., Md. MASSACHUSETTS â The following letter, dated Jan. 4, I960,...mention two additional localities of sphene in Massachusetts. The first one is the Baer-Mingolla Quarry in...actinolite, hornblende, chrysocolla, clinozoisite, epidote and sphene. "The other locality is the long ago |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of Selected Quadrangles In Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This volume was printed as separate...quadrangle, Worcester and Franklin Counties, Massachusetts, by Donald F. Eschman. (D) Geology of the Taunton...quadrangle, Bristol and Plymouth Counties, Massachusetts, by Joseph H. Hartshorn. o ; Bedrock Geology...Vicinity Massachusetts > w By PRIESTLEY TOULMIN 3d GEOLOGY OF SELECTED QUADRANGLES IN MASSACHUSETTS ~s -GEOLOGICAL...1163-A Prepared in cooperation with the i Massachusetts Department of Public Works « UNITED STATES |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...terminated groupsâappeared more like the average epidote group than quartz but it is quartz."âletter dated...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrillâthe display of some of...(goethite, rutile, tremolite, actinolite. chrysotile, epidote and tourmaline); a beautiful brown, faceted, 158 |  | | Report (issue) | | âI would greatly prefer to ship these within the USA.â For my part, Iâd advise would-be purchasers to...groups of parallel crystals of lustrous, dark green epidote from the Cornillon Mountains near Oisans, IsĂšre...Panasqueira, Portugal. MCh Minerals specimen and photo. Epidote, 6.5 cm, from the Cornillon Mountains, Oisans,...guys for whom the Benitoite Gem mine in San Benito County is the just about the most exciting locality in...17.3 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California. Earthâs Treasures specimen and photo |  | | 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...zircon; secondary 14 minerals include sericite, epidote, chlorite and calcite (Nelson, 1975] 15- - 16...Milford Granite from the Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded 19 a 620 + 15 my,Precambrian,zircon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mica Schist Basalt Basalt Basalt Basalt GLOUCESTER COUNTY Belledune Point, on Chaleur Bay Serpentine...Verde Antique Limestone Limestone Locality ALBERT COUNTY Hillsborough, Canadian Gypsum Company quarries...Mountain CARLETON COUNTY Woodstock, 5 miles west, at old manganese prospect CHARLO'TTE COUNTY Blacks Harbour...Harbour, on shore easterly to St. John County boundary Campobello Island Deer Island Deer Island, west side... KINGS COUNTY Kennebeoasis River Sussex, 1 mile north of old Baxter's Inn Upham QUiEENS COUNTY Havelock |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the hemeree indicated in the above table :â f Gloucester (Robin's Wood Hill) âą! Painswick I Haresfield...these deposits are followed northwards from near Gloucester to Cleeve Hill, near Cheltenham, and then eastwards...described become attenuated. Passing southwards from Gloucester, the thickness varies considerably, as shown...chiastolite. actinolite. biotite. chlorite. chloritoid. epidote. 2 glauconite. glaucophane. hornblende. ? sillimanite...Cretaceous and Triassic sediments of the former county. Kyanite is abundant in the samples from the southern |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brown limonite. Wickenburg is in N / W Maricopa County in western Arizona. xlineâcrystalline tain a... The Dallas Gem Mine is in southern San Benito County in western California. COLORADO â "Would you please...surface shows the interior cently found in San Benito County, here to be an attractive moss agate of pleasing...term "astonishing" is not an exaggeraSan Miguel County is in southwestern tion ! W e were lucky in being...greenish datolite. Meriden is in N / E New Haven County in central Connecticut. FLORIDA â Mary G. Poole |  | | Book | | Department of Geology Boston University Boston, Massachusetts 02215 to; PREFACE In 1966, John Rodgers...Davis in the Connecticut Valley of western Massachusetts, and gradually extended itself. oo over New...Brown University The Foxboro Co., Foxborough, Massachusetts Geography, University of Toronto U. S. G, S...Boston State College Botany, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Marine Sciences, Virginia Institute...Marine Sciences University of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts Geology, University of California, Los Angeles |  | | Book (edition) | | GUIDE (Cross-seaion at right) CHRYSOBERYL EPIDOTE PERIDOT SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR ^ PHENACITE...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | known occurrence is West Cheyenne Caiion, El Paso County, Colorado. Genthelvite is isometric, tetrahedral...grossularite and idocrase,and members of the pink epidote group appear to have been formed during this relatively...coarselycrystallized. Pi.nk Epidotes Pink to red members of the epidote group, ranging from pink zoisite (thulite) to piedmontite...Mountain (Fig. 1). Thin blades of yellowish-green epidote and pale brown to colorlesszoisite are commonly...CheyenneCaflon, near St. Peter's Dome, El Paso County, Colorado, and the only known existing specimenis |  | | Journal (issue) | | Minerals Of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, u. S. Geological Survey Professional...Harmony, Warren County, Agate, Hoboken, Bound Brook and Liberty Corner in Somerset County, Algerite (altered... Al1opha.ne. Weehawken, Hudson County Mt. Freedom, Morris County. -91A methyst. Weehawken tunnel...tunnel . Little Falls , Passaic County. Abundant in geodes at Lyons Station, Somerset Co. A mphibole, Large...Roseville, Sussex County . Large rough crystals at Bergen Hill and Bulls Ferry, Hudson County . Analcite |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of Massachusetts E. Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedharn Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Avalonian... Stratigraphy of the Nashoba Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Enigmatic Terrane G. Stratigraphy of the...Belt, Central Massachusetts H. Structural and Metamorphic History of Eastern Massachusetts I. Intrusive...Intrusive Rocks of Eastern Massachusetts J. Radiometric Ages of Rocks in Massachusetts L.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-E-J The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor E. Stratigraphy |
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