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Chalcopyrite from
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:134057
Long-form Identifier:1:3:134057:0
GUID (UUID V4):a3966960-8556-4e32-ab34-5dbf7b0747e7
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
26.6km (16.5 miles) Interstate highway 295 road cut, Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
30.1km (18.7 miles) Manton Avenue Quarry (Manton Quarry; Violet Hill Quarry), Manton, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
30.4km (18.9 miles) Acushnet Quarry, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
32.0km (19.9 miles) Interstate 295 / US Route 6 road cuts, Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) Harris Quarry (Harris Lime Quarries), Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
38.6km (24.0 miles) Lynch Quarry (Quinn Quarry), Berkeley, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
39.3km (24.4 miles) Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
44.0km (27.3 miles) Cumberland Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
46.7km (29.0 miles) Sneech Pond copper mines (Copper Mine Hill), Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
46.7km (29.0 miles) Grants Mills, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AMERICA NOTES ON THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF RHODE ISLAND PART II. REMAINING COUNTIES Lrovn W. FrsnBn...Staurolite Stilbite Zoisite BRISTOL COUNTY The major portion of Bristol County shows sedimentary rocks consisting...consisting chiefly of the Rhode Island formation of shales, con_ glomerates and sandstones. B. K. Ernerson2has...Hill area of Providence County. The Bristol area, in the vicinity of portsmouth Ferry, was famed years... K. Gedney: Notes on the Mineral Localities of Rhode lsland. Arn. Mineral.,11, No. 12, pp. 334-340, (1926
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport County...in what is now Rhode Island—for example, steatite from Johnston in Providence County for carving bowls
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tourmaline in quartzite, lound in an old roadbed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, on Highway...at the barite mines at Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. "A sample was sent to the Smithsonian...French word for plagioclase. Carlton Peak in Cook County, Minn., a prominent locality for anorthosite, is...interested in similar iron pipes as found in Monmouth County, New Terse v. "These deposits are still in existence...the extracting of iron from deposits in Monmouth County. "T noticed that a remark was made to the effect
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nor even under an argon lamp. "Fluorite. Teller County, Colorado." —on label. CONNECTICUT—"Perhaps you...found in Dodge County near Empire, Plainfield and Jay Bird Springs, and in Irwin County near Osierfield...from the Colorado shale formation in Judith Basin County, right in the heart of Montana. This site where...out of the Cimarron River between Woods County and Harper County, Oklahoma." Mrs. Huckaby also sent in...waves. Very nice! RHODE ISLAND—"The old Portsmouth coal mine at Portsmouth (Newport Co.), R.I. is posted—ABSOLUTELY
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the numerous tungsten mines in the Darwin, Inyo County, California, area."—note from James H. Richardson...on the south bank of the Etowah River, in Dawson County, Ga. Chatoyant masses of olive-gray tourmaline...found this specimen at Graveyard Point In Owyhee County, Idaho, in 1957."—on label accompanying the agate...odd pyrite concretion which he found in Baltimore County, Md. It consists of dark bronzy-black pyrite imbedded...Co., Mo. MONTANA-'Tn Whitehall, Mont. (Jefferson County) large black tourmaline xls in a white unidentified
Report (volume)
Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...brachiopod in gray chert. Fowlers Beach is in Sussex County, Delaware, on Delaware Bay. FLORIDA—At the 6th...the Hypotheek lead mine near Kingston, Shoshone County. The anglesite is found in cavities of galena as
Report (volume)
........................................... Rhode Island...............................................L. Miller, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem. Rhode Island__Prof. C. W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina__...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.;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
have been found along the Cahaba River in Shelby County, Ala. The colors are gray with red veins, red and...Fortville is in N . W . Hancock County close to the Hamilton County line; the gravel pit is close by...by, just over the line in Hamilton County. Mr. Johansen has a Fortville mailing address and a McCordsville...except the drillers and they will not talk. "Russell County is in the southwestern part of the state and there...petrified wood. "In Ward Five of De Soto Parish (a county in Louisiana is called a parish), several large
Report (volume)
Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island o GEOLOGICAL 5. I 09 8* Ci PI O i o TJ i i I to & Ol BULLETIN...State of Rhode Island Development Council i M SURVEY I C.to 1295 Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island...1295 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council Lithology, structure, and...geological studies in Rhode Island____._.________.-__.-_-____. Position of Rhode Island in the Appalachian...-___--_Older gneissic rocks of northwestern Rhode Island.____________ Nipsachuck Gneiss-------------
Journal (issue)
... 462 NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND. By Willard Stone Winslotv, fr. ........................................ 476 MOLYBDENlTE AT NEWPORT, N . H . ........................................erythrite and transvaaJite) with minor amounts of chalcopyrite, epidote, moly'bdenite, quartz, and titanite...10 ao, NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND 1g llt :cl 1y & id of rd ;t- ! DO ire...like to hear about localities for minerals in Rhode Island. From time to time • very interesting articles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALABAMA—Cherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from those...mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy informs us, and to...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian relics are found too." A map of Cherokee County, prepared by Buddy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
About 40 miles northeast of Montgomery in Coosa County there is an outcrop that carries considerable tin...might find interesting. It is scheelite from Marin County, California. It is of primary interest as it is...Andreas fault, extending from Marin County to San Luis Obispo County. Included in the Sur Series are limestone...Such beds are found in the vicinity of the Marin County discovery and are probably related to its origin...earthy form of calcium carbonate, occurs at Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, La. MAINE — Forrest Carpenter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Riddle's Mill Dist. (gold deposits) of Talladega County, Ala. It is 8l/ 2 x 11 and sells for Si, we believe...several recent trips to Clear Creek, San Benito County, Calif., have shown that the jadeite boulders in...Diablo Meridian, Calif., in southeastern San Benito County. The town of Hollister is 80 miles northwest of...northern San Juan County, Colorado. The mine was in a rather remote section of the county and was never worked...Cummington, Mass., at West Cummington in Hampshire County. I have heard them tell how they used to draw out
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK VALE Technology Development...clasts in a pyrrhotite-rich matrix. Note that the chalcopyrite grains wrap around the more competent biotite...marginal meta-granitoid domain, biotite flakes and chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite grains wrap around feldspar and quartz-rich...matrix with millimetre-scale pentlandite and chalcopyrite grains. The chalcopyrites are commonly located...electron microscopes (SEM) at the University of Portsmouth (UK). The spectral composition and identification
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Diamond Mines, at (or near) Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas. At the mines, I was kindly given permission...how he pinpoints his findings: It is in Somerset County near Great Moose Pond on the banks of Goodwins...locally as Pebbley Beach. Cohasset is in Norfolk County on the south shore of Massachusetts Bay, about...St. Louis County, Minnesota—south of Birch Lake. The minerals include pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite...in the Atlantic Ocean, about 10 miles S.E. of Portsmouth, N . H. They are barren, occupied by fishermen
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 (volume)
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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Flannery Lane Box 607 Murphy, N. C. Baltimore 7, Md. Newport News, Va. SHOW TIME IS HERE Rock enthusiasts are...quartz enclosing hematite, and rutile. The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, of New York, including...Vema, sailing from the Hudson River in Rockland County with its crew and scientists is seriously following...Celia Turk, Geologist and Secretary. The Fulton County Mineral Club, of New York, viewed specimens from...2l/ 2 inch epidote crystal from Prince of Wales Island near Sulzer, Alaska. The April door prize was won
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Los Angeles f. bosi, University of Rome, Italy County, USA s. broom-fendley, Camborne School of Mines, UK...Italy k. pfaff, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA i. galuskina, University of Silesia, Poland m. j...Salzburg, Austria c. d. storey, University of Portsmouth, UK i. graham, University of New South Wales...Wales, Australia e. s. grew, University of Maine, USA Reviews Editor: s. j. mills Structures Editor: p. leverett...which includes print and electronic access, is £718 (USA, Canada and Mexico US$930) and includes delivery
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Anilite, 1.2 mm, from the Baltic mine, Houghton county, Michigan. Dan Behnke specimen and photomicrograph...1.2 mm, from the Wolverine no. 2 mine, Houghton county, Michigan. Tom Buchholz specimen, Dan Behnke photomicrograph...CLASSIC DANBURITE LOCALITY NEAR RUSSELL, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK: NEW COLLECTING AND NEW RESEARCH. S....Dept., Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323; 31758 County Rte. 14, Canton, NY 13617. The classic danburite...(Edwards and Essene 1988) includes calcite, chalcopyrite, danburite, diopside, dravite, microcline, phlogopite
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
Journal (issue)
specimens of galena. and a sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and quartz envcr. some of the minerals being...and a mass of rose quartz of lx3 feet from Custer County, South Dakota. On slopes of Mt. Evans, Colorado...main exhibit being the minerals . found in every county of Colorado. ; Stayed in Boulder over night. Fri...obtained some tungsten concentrates from Boulder County, CoJo. rado, and some scheelite concentrates from...si_lver, galena, quartz, sphalente pynte, ah4!1 chalcopyrite. It was very cold at the mine w.hich is at least
Journal (issue)
Specimens from the collection of Roger Kemplen CHALCOPYRITE Collected from Hingston Down quarry, Cornwall...the news. AZURITE From Morency mine, Arizona, USA Purchased as a manky hand specimen, but demolished... KINOITE From the Xmas open pit, Gila County, Arizona, USA Gift. Azure blue, copper secondary. PYROLUSITE...minerals from the famous Franklin area of New Jersey in USA. - the fluorescent centre of the world. • In 1930...they are in the main written with minerals from USA in mind and the fluorescent colours in many specimens
 
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