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Andalusite from
Oak Hill Quarry, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Andalusite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oak Hill Quarry, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:129518
Long-form Identifier:1:3:129518:4
GUID (UUID V4):bb84aec6-5062-445c-951f-9f30addeff25
Nearest other occurrences of Andalusite
21.7km (13.5 miles) Bare Hill Pond locality, Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) Lancaster chiastolite localities, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) Blood Town Forest, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) George Hill, Clinton, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
44.0km (27.4 miles) Malden Hill, West Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
67.7km (42.1 miles) Osgood Graphite Mine, Nelson, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
67.8km (42.1 miles) Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
82.1km (51.0 miles) Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
89.8km (55.8 miles) Vernon, Windham County, Vermont, USA
92.6km (57.5 miles) Spence & Coombs quarry, North Berwick, York County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Bedrock Geoloqy of the Nashua River Area, Massachusetts - New Hampshire By Gilpin Rile Robinson, Jr... 78 Garnet Zone 80 Andalusite Zone 80 Retrograde alteration of andalusite schists 82 Staurolite-Kyanite...alteration of andalusite schists -io Worcester Formation 97 Staurolite-Kyanite/Andalusite (Actinolite)...Merrimack Synclinorium and Bronson Hill Anticlinorium of Vermont and Massachusetts. Deformation D2 produced subhorizontal...ALUMINOUS SCHIST OAKDALE FM, AND MERRIMACK FM, TOWER HILL QUARTZITE WORCESTER FM, Figure 1. PROPOSED STRATIGRAPHIC
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
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
Field Trip Notes
formation on the west and the highly deformed Snake Hill shale or slate on the east (all Middle Ordovician);...is lost in a wide expanse of Canajoharie or Snake Hill shale covered by late-glacial lake and marine clay...under stratigraphically higher shale (the Snake Hill shale), also highly deformed, which forms most of...Taconic mass of slate comes to an end at Government Hill in Sudbury town, 5 miles west of Brandon, Vermont...belt. South of Fort Ann, New York (C3), the Snake Hill shale covers the carbonate rocks; it consists of
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...foliated and deformed gneisses 16 and schists of andalusite to sillimanite metamorphic grade. 17 Newbury...Milford Granite from the Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded 19 a 620 + 15 my,Precambrian,zircon
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
Report (volume)
147 N., R. 84 W., 4 km N of Riverdale, McLean County, N. Oak. Named for Aggie Brown Coulee, which flows...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...6. 7. 9. 10. at Cerro de Cristo Rey, Dofta Ana County, New Mexico, Appendix 2 in Lovejoy, E. M. P., Geology
Report (volume)
North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...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)
___ 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 ______
Book (volume)
........................ 83 The History of Lord Hill, Black Mountain, Mount Apatite, and Nathaniel H...Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................of Geology at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He began teaching there in 1931 and he retired...permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...gratefully dedicated. Gene Foard (right) at Swamp #1 quarry, Topsham. Gene Foard speaking with Frank Perham
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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............................................
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................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 (issue)
read Vonsen. p. 46. T'nder anatase, San Benito County, add, at end of sentence, 136. They do Louderhack...30 E... M.n., read p. 89." Under cerussite. Inyo County (1) for sec. U,. T. sec. IJ,, T. 6 S., R. 30 E...ussocidted p. 140. rn(b'r erytlirite. add Tuolumne County: erijthrite 189. arscnopyrite in the Josephine...Lake County, Bradford oecurence sliould bo li.sted as 2. p. 210. !^^onazite, Itiverside County, reference... Fisher (1 ) p. 1 'i'/. p. 2M. Powellite, Kern County, 2, under Wiese and I'age, reference should read
Report (issue)
. . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ...........13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline...Amethyst f . , 4 .18 CABARRUS COUNTY 18 Minerals of the Cabarms County Mines 18 CALDWELL COUNT! 18 Pyrite
Book (volume)
.......................................230 Massachusetts..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Report (issue)
OF MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES ALLANITE Inyo County: 1, Coarse grained allanite occurs in a pegmatite...quadrangle, McAllister (4) p. 52. Los Angeles County: Additional reference, Patchick (2) p. 237. This...diagrams. 1, AMPHIBOLES ACTINOLITE San Bernardino County: 3, Additional Wrightwood, reported by Berkholz...locality in alluvium, near 21. HORNBLENDE Inyo County: 1, In large prismatic crystals up to 2.5 inches...Panamint Range, McAllister (4) p. 52. San Bernardino County: 2, Pargasite variety of hornblende occurs in coarsely
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
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
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals
Report (issue)
tribes in the northeast corner of San Bernardino County in pre-historic times. The old workings here were...east of Lindsay, Tulare County near mouth of Carrizo Gorge, San Diego County west side of Williams Valley...Mendocino County; Santa Ynez Mountains; Santiago Canyon near Mount Pinos, ; ; ; Ventura County; Table...Mountain, Madera County; Fish Creek Mountain, Fresno County; northeast of Cloverdale, Sonoma County; near Burnt...Burnt Ranch, north fork of Trinity River, Trinity County. Cinnabar was mined in at least two places in the
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
Report (issue)
Department of Geology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina Chairman of Program Committee:...quadrangles: Ashford, Linville Falls, Chestnut Mountain, Oak Hill, Morganton North and Collettsville 7 -minute quadrangles...Turn right to Woodlawn quarry; side road leads 0.2 mile to road metal quarry operated by State Highway...gneiss. What is rock exposed in cut north of quarry office? Quarry shows thickly-bedded (5-20 ft.) blue gray...1936); small mica mines to north on slope of Doe Hill. 38.4 North Fork of the Catawba River, Ashford
Report (issue)
Department of Geology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina Chairman of Program Committee:...quadrangles: Ashford, Linville Falls, Chestnut Mountain, Oak Hill, Morganton North and Collettsville 7 -minute quadrangles...Turn right to Woodlawn quarry; side road leads 0.2 mile to road metal quarry operated by State Highway...gneiss. What is rock exposed in cut north of quarry office? Quarry shows thickly-bedded (5-20 ft.) blue gray...1936); small mica mines to north on slope of Doe Hill. 38.4 North Fork of the Catawba River, Ashford
 
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