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Saponite from
Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Saponite
Formula:Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Saponite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:130014
Long-form Identifier:1:3:130014:7
GUID (UUID V4):8ebb56d8-f308-44f1-911d-409deb89cd5b
Localities for Saponite in this Region
Cheapside Quarry (East Deerfield Quarry; Trew Corp. Quarry), Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
R E S 18 Singletary Lane Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 MASSACHUSETTS Figure J. Vermont political divisions...The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low­ ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi­ cant locality in the state...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the...jasper retinalite rhodochrosite? rhodonite rutile saponite schorl scolecite? scorodite sepiolite siderite...cities and differ from some states that have strong county governments with jurisdiction over large expans­
Report (volume)
_____________________________________________ Massachusetts. __:.___________________________.________________...___________________________________________________ Massachusetts-_______________________________________________..._______________________________________________ Saponite __________________________________________________...Kentucky. La., Louisiana. Md., Maryland. Mass., Massachusetts. Mich., Michigan. Minn., Minnesota. Miss., Mississippi...Two samples submitted by C. S. Ross, from Howard' County. Analyses by George Steiger, record CM300. A. Phonolite
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
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)
location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...septarian concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular...hematite, quartz (Broadhead 1873b, 1877). Audrain County Mexico, in fire clay pits and spoil piles: PYRITE...University Library] at 19:58 29 October 2014 Barton County McKarrow’s coal bank (37-37N 94-28W), 2.5 miles...PICKERINGITE, pyrite, siderite (Broadhead 1873b). Bates County Panther Creek, northwest of Rockville in coal deposits:
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
Report (volume)
of Leadville, Colorado, with atlas, by Samuel Franklin Emmons. 1886. 4°. xxix, 770 pp. 45 pi. and atlas...meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams...cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 86 pp....57 pi. Price 25 cents. 38. Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky, by J. S. Diller. 1887. 8°. 31 pp. 1................................................ Saponite .............................................
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
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
Book (volume)
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...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts,
Book (edition)
Sulpharsenids, &c. Cerolite. 67. Enstatite. 108. Saponite. 109. Halloysite. 32. Proiistite. 68. Pyroxene...specimens, and communications of new localities Franklin, ville, whom and suggestions from Mrs. H. A...Burdiek, Macon Prof. J. T. I From am of county, of Mr. J. A. D. Stevenson, of States- Humphreys...found in sufficient quantity for exploitation it Franklin, Nash, Granville, Alamance, Chatham, Moore, are:...their size, Cabarrus county, the Montgomery with have been Crump Mine county, (at the lat- octahedral
Book (edition)
Chalcopyrite. 64. 26. Barnhardtite. 65. Quartz. 108. Saponite. 27. Marcasite. 66. Opal. 109. Halloysite....ities and suggestions from Mrs. H, A. Burdick county, of Mr. J. of A. D. Stephenson of Statesville...found in sufficient quantity for exploitation are: Franklin, Nash, Granville, Alamance, Chatham, Moore, Guilford... have been found at the Reid Mine, in Cabarrus county, the Crump Mine and the Swift Island Mine, in Montgomery...the Little John Mine, in Caldwell county, and Pax Hill in Burke county. Very beautiful arborescent gold
Report (volume)
Bulletins, nos. 10-12. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 3, nos...Annual Report; Bulletin no. 1. Tallahassee, Fla. Franklin Institute: Journal, vols. 165, 166. Philadelphia...Wm. C. 7. Pleistocene phenomena of central Massachusetts. Abstract: Science, new ser., vol. 27, pp. 694-695...Development Company's Survey. Charleston, Kanawha County, W. Va., 1907. 28 pp., 4 pis. Gives information...oil-bearing Tertiary formations of Santa Barbara County, California. Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 50 (Quart
Report (edition)
much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming industry based on...specimens of minerals and fossils in Aroostook County and elsewhere in northern Maine. Most of the bedrock...rocks. There are lime quarries in the Aroostook County agricultural belt, where calcite crystals and other
Report (volume)
onshore and offshore early Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg...Maritime Maryland Massachusetts, Deerfield basin Massachusetts, Hartford basin Massachusetts, other Morocco
Book (volume)
involved in numerous mineral clubs including the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, acting in various...greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...greater variety of minerals in a single mine in Franklin, New Jersey, or Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, than...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
Book (edition)
the total of 4,284 new Terms were United States county and city Terms. Counties and Cities in the United...States Earlier editions had Terms such as Washington County and Portland for counties and cities of the United...for example: Washington County Arkansas and Portland Maine. Each new county Term can now autopost its...to counties was a major task. The scope of U.S. county and city Terms can now be clear even when they...For example, whenever an in¬ dexer uses Atchison County Kansas the Terms Kan¬ sas, Midwest, and United
Report (issue)
4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating...42 9.86 4.77 13.60 100.69 2.277 LOCALITY: Berks County: Birdsboro. MESOLITE m Na Al Si3Oio.2H O 2 2
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, 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...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Book
assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo by Donald...quartz) in a contact zone with basalt near Gweedore, County Donegal (Greg and Lettsom, 1858). Analcime is found...dike at Blind Rock, southwest of Mount Charles, County Donegal (Nawaz, 1979). Cobbing (1%1) reports analcime
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assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo by Donald...quartz) in a contact zone with basalt near Gweedore, County Donegal (Greg and Lettsom, 1858). Analcime is found...dike at Blind Rock, southwest of Mount Charles, County Donegal (Nawaz, 1979). Cobbing (1%1) reports analcime
Report (volume)
and Geology Bull. Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology County Rept.Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology Mineral Resources...Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin and County Report and Mineral Resources Report. Moscow, Idaho...Bulletin. Baltimore, Md. Massachusetts Inst. Technology Abs. Theses-Massachusetts Institute of Technology...Cambridge, Mass. Massachusetts Water Resources Comm. Hydrol. Inv. Chart-Massachusetts Water Resources...Investigations Map. Washington, D.O. U.S. Geol. Survey Massachusetts Basic-Data Rept., Ground-Water Ser.-United States
Report (volume)
Bulletin, nos. 16, 18. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 5, no....Geological series, vol. 3,-no. 9. Chicago, 111. Franklin Institute: Journal, vols. 171, 172. Philadelphia...Survey: vol. 9; Lower Cretaceous; Prince Georges County. Baltimore, Md. Meddelelser om Greenland, Bd. 43...Vol. 5; Geological map (coal, etc.), 2d edition; County reports Wirt, Roan, and Calhoun counties; Jackson...1911. 24. The gold fields of Coker Creek, Monroe County, Tennessee. Tennessee State Geol. Survey, Resources
Report (volume)
geology and mining industry of Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, by S. F. Emmons, pp. 201-290, pis. xliv-xlv...203-528, pls.'vii-xxxi. The geology of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, pp. 529-611...of Monument Mountain, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, by T. Nelson Dale, pp. 551-565, pis. Ixxi,...The geology of the road-building stones of Massachusetts, with some consideration of similar materials...brick clays of Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, by N. S. Shaler, J. B. Woodworth, and C. F
 
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