 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | agate comes from the top of a mountain in Fulton County, about 5 miles southwest of Elizabeth, Ark. W e...the road."—on label. Elizabeth is in S/W Fulton County in northern Arkansas. CALIFORNIA—Art Tatum. Rock...but I prefer to call it black jasper. Some rockhounds from Kern County here have complete displays with...both basanite (quartz) ; can also be called black jasper. Another name for it is touchstone because it was...inch in diameter. Bakersfield is in western Kern County in S.W. California. COLORADO—"I got this specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | O#tle,,14 /a-" ' 9 ~ , 191/-3 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................secured. These fluorspar mines are all in Chaffee County. Fluorspar comes in veins of approximately 20 feet...Feldspar is found in the Turrett District, in Chaffee County. The dikes run from two to fifty feet in width...large hexago:-ial beryl crystals from the Doyle quarry. There are large deposits of calcite in blanket...blanket form in the Turrett District, in Chaffee County, and a very good showin,g of graphite. Near one of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."—on label. ARKANSAS—In the March-April...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."—letter dated—June 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy...plates in gabbro have been found at the old Hubbard quarry ¡n Wilmington, New Castle Co., Del. FLORIDA—"I...of a fish. Nokomis, in the S.W. part of Sarasota County, is on the Gulf of Mexico. GEORGIA—The following...between Canton and Ball Ground (both in Cherokee County, Ga.). It is 2 cm. across, dark red apparently |  | | Book (volume) | | the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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 |  | | Book (volume) | | the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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 |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................ Wisconsin.................................................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.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Finds Are Desired. Alabama—J. R. Lee of Bridgeport, Ala., reports that he has had cut a few rock...pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained |  | | Journal (issue) | | • Contents for December, 1940 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES : 39d 399 407 409 410 BRIDGEPORT MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....ahout 20 miles north of Barstow, San Bernardino County, Calif. th th SC fr 0 ROCKS AND MINERALS...stone district; aragon:te, iron nodule, felsite, jasper, agate, cha!cedo.1y, and concluded one of the finest...opographical Map for the Ellenville Quadrangle (Ulster County, N ew Y o k) shows ice caves in Shingle Gully on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...MINERALS from quite chalcedonic, not so chakedonic (jasper—like), and the coarse quartzitenovaculite texture...the N. W . part of Dade County, Fla., due west of Miami and near the Monroe County line. Among the samples...Lots 612 580 and 649, 19th District of Paulding County."—Spring 1954 issue, page 48. IDAHO—"I am sending...This new find is near Gilmore, Idaho, in Lemhi County."—letter dated July 28, 1954, from Clarence Martin |  | | Journal (issue) | | II V"'- (!)c/ol,,et, 19//-1 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ............................................................... CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES: 372 BRIDGEPORT MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....material. c, has a very high heat resistivity. Jasper occurs at Barrio Llanas, lajas, We have here, also...siderable and at one time the local church agate, jasper, flint, chalcedony, ironstone used it as an incense-may...find some very beautiful ones at the cement plant quarry a few miles out of San Juan, in the northeastern |  | | Report (volume) | | West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin.........Prof. W. 0. Hotchkiss, Madison. Wyoming...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) | | xled—crystallized xline—Crystalline ALABAMA—}. R. Lee, Bridgeport, Ala., has donated an interesting specimen of...with brownish chert, which he collected near Bridgeport, Jackson Co., Ala. "It's local material," he...te from a newly discovered locality in Yavapai County, Ariz., on the Verde River near Camp Verde, Ariz...be of interest. These were collected in Yavapai County, East of Prescott, Arizona. "They were taken from...asbestos, from a deposit near Jamestown, Tuolumne County, to its plant in Baltimore, Md. "Asbestos experts |  | | 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...minesColumbite, Gold, Silver, etc.; and (2) Old Marble Quarry on the Needles Hwy. 5.5 mi. NEScheelite, and deep |  | | Journal (issue) | | '°'1, g"l21.,,.1s..., 191/..2. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Williams .............. ARGOS, GREECE, NOTED FOR JASPER ·····················-··············-··· IRON IN...Hours he spent poking around an old abandoned Talc quarry in Vermont, and many a trip was made to the Pyrite...Tuesday morning we traveled to northern Iredell County, in the neighborhood of Harmony, to see some nice...hired man and sold to him as coming from Alexander County. We were soon told we could not do any digging |  | | Journal (issue) | | wlsst, l9J/.I te re le I- ly CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ................................................. Bartsch ...... 330 CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES : BRIDGEPORT MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Dolomite crystals on Serpentine from Delta, Harford County, Maryland, which was entirely negative under all...wave lights. Mas Jive Spod111ne11e. Strickland's Quarry, Portland, Conn. Fluoresces pale violet. Phosphoresces...stones vf ~gate, agatized wood, chalcedony, and Jasper. .-. 00 N Y - °' ~ • c,s ... C: C cu o- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California. What your correspondent writes is... he mentions a few minerals found in Middlesex County, Conn. "Sillimanite evidently exsists, at least...discovered an occurrence of it at the Gillette quarry (Haddam Neck) last week. Incidently, while very... "The peculiar white mineral from the Strickland quarry may be wollastonite, of an odd type. I am still...beautiful capillary tourmaline, at the Strickland quarry, two weeks ago, as I recall. No. 3—Nice specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1938 CONTENTS FOR AUGUST, 1938 CH I PS FROtv1 THE QUARRY ( Editorial Page) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Association 226 ROCKS and MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY PETER ZODAC TRUMBULL MINE PARK One of the objects...locality. The Town of Trumbull bounds the City of Bridgeport ( the industrial capitol of Connecticut) on the...interesting trip. The party started from the Washoe County Court House, known the world over, at 7 o'clock...entered California. From this point onward to Bridgeport the road courses through some rugged mountains |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to himself and 86,987.-LAMP SHADE.-A. D. Laws, Bridgeport, Conn. 86,988.-RoCK DRILL.-Richard C. M. Lovell...-STUMP EXTRACTOR.-A. J. McCrea, Bethlehem, N. J. county,III. 86,991.-COMBINATION PICTURE CASE AND CANE...Wm. G. Ayres to himself and Archibald McNeil),Bridgeport, Conn. (assignors to the�selves andH. W. Colver)...-BEEHIVE.-G. J. Flansburgh, Bethlehem, N. Y. Murphy, Jasper, N. Y. 86,914.-MACHINE FOR MAKING NUTS.-G. H. Fuller...SETTING HINGES.-Daniel Snow, 86,924.-FARM FENCE.-W. Jasper, Columbia, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. 86,925.-GRAIN |  | | Journal (issue) | | ZODAC Contents for February, 1940 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................state including the chrysoprase mines in Tulare County. The late H . E. Harper of San Jose, and J. J....and has donated some of his oolitic and orbicular jasper to nearly every museum of importance in the country...in Chile Gulch, near Mokelumme Hill, Calaveras County, where in lavacapped ancient-river channels associated...places in the state. Near Howard Springs in Lake County, a pale violet amethyst is found in vugs in basalt |  | | Journal (issue) | | u,/e,,/4 jo,,, MOIU:lc, 19.f/.2. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................around the immedi~te vicinity of a mine dump or quarry wh1ch apparently was barren from a collector's...to visit. Although many textbooks list Madison county, North Carolina, as a source of monazite little...of the old, are apt to be discouraged by their county. He said that when the family handicaps and say:...ccuple of miles tourmalines, be may at least find jasper south of the city, as well as the numer- and pryite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain, Trinity County, Calif."—on label. Island Mountain, in the S / W corner of Trinity County, is in N ...from Richard Conrod, Jr., 300 Lafayette St., Bridgeport, Conn. This is the first notice received by R&M...Middletown and Meriden are in northern New Haven County in central Connecticut. ILLINOIS—From George A...area."— on label. Niota is in northern Hancock County of western Illinois. INDIANA—"I found a small new...stay inside during summer. My husband works in a quarry where he finds some nice fossils." —letter dated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Club, Spring Valley, went to the Riverside Quarry, Totown, 30 N...Members Annette and George Hade of the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, spent a part of their...advantage of "the one day a year" that the Winfield Quarry (Pennsyl vania) is open to collecting. The mem...unnamed loca tion in Alabama for flint, calcite, jasper, clear quartz and banded agate. The GLERCLapidary...Sayre. of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, MARYLAND went to the Teeter Quarry, Gettysburg. Minerals |  | | Book (volume) | | Celestite crystals, chalcedony rosettes, agates, jasper, fossil plants and vertebrate remains. The breaks...for its agates, chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and...the W of townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka...Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the...hillside surfacesagatized and opalized wood, agate, jasper; in draws and washes and gravel beds of Spring |  | | Journal (issue) | | eont2--'4 /""' -Aur;u4i, 191/-1 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................SOCIETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIDGEPORT MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....some time and it is the respect for the mine or quarry operators' rights by mineral Jllectors and individuals...closed to all collecting. Berry quarry admission only on fee. Bennett quarry closed except on fee and under...circumstances. Mr. Tragiano, who operates the Black Mt. quarry, has been extremely kind and helpful to colJectors |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RECEIVED The Bedrock Geology of the Long Hill and Bridgeport Quaclrangle.--With Maps. By William Patrick Crowley...illustrations, 12 tables. Mapping in the Long Hill and Bridgeport quadrangles has established eight continuous... Alabama 1968. or a brightly colored pebble of jasper is too Geologic units that crop out in Barbour...Barbour beautiful and curious an object to be ignored County range in age from Late Cretaceous to by most men |
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