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Amphibolite from
Chester, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Type:Amphibolite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gedriteⓘ2 photos of Amphibolite associated with Gedrite at this locality.
Almandineⓘ2 photos of Amphibolite associated with Almandine at this locality.
Albiteⓘ2 photos of Amphibolite associated with Albite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amphibolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chester, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1414460
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1414460:2
GUID (UUID V4):2dbcc738-943f-4417-b037-4c2370cee9ee
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Connecticut ......... 6 Table 3 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Connecticut...................................11 Figure 4...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...ilmenite-bearing uraninite, gummite, pegmatite amphibolite which is cut by granite phosphuranylite, dikes...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a
Report (issue)
P. Ambers and R. P. Wintsch hole, Moodus, Connecticut 171 Geochemical and geological criteria for...A. Bernitz, and J. S. Fout origin, eastern Connecticut 187 Thrust napping versus fold napping in the...of the Boston Basin . 235 of southeastern Connecticut Nicholas Rast and James W. Skehan Index . ...suggests that the mid(?)- to late Proterozoic Middlesex Fells Volcanics consist of alkalic to transitional...are from a 1.5-k-deep core drilled at Moodus, Connecticut. Based on their findings, the authors suggest
Report (issue)
Vermont Part of the Hartland Quadrangle, Windsor County, Vermont by Gregory J. Walsh U.S. Geological Survey...within the Connecticut Valley - Gaspe* synclinorium, locally referred to as the Connecticut Valley sequence...the internal structure and stratigraphy of the Connecticut Valley sequence, and represents the first 1:24...stratigraphic and structural relationships in the Connecticut Valley sequence rocks. Previous work shown on...Argillite - fine grained slate. The age of the Connecticut Valley sequence is based on limited fossil and
Report (issue)
zones in the central part of the State are the Connecticut Valley and Merrimack "belts" of primarily Silurian...Mesozoic "basins" unconformably overlie the Connecticut Valley belt. For some packages, all aspects of...^^--^-^ .~~^ ^ - 8 - IH M i D DEVONIAN Connecticut Volley belt Merrimack belt ^ chapter G -f 3...and others (1984, fig. 1). PREFACE | 1 | CONNECTICUT VALLEY BELT . . J^ 1. . Conn. Valley belt above...Norman L. Hatch, Jr. (B) Stratigraphy of the Connecticut Valley belt, by Norman L. Hatch, Jr., Peter Robinson
Book
including gold in a state forest in central Connecticut last spring. Moreover, similar gold deposits...11ne 2; ••• Amph1bo1ite--see Bolton, Worcester County M1nera1 Loca11t1es. page 85 ••• 11.8 3~ter cerium...•••••••••••••••••'.' •.••.•••• 2--6 Barn.table County ro •• il Localiti ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...Localit1e•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 21 Br1.tol County Mineral Localit1 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...24--25 Dukes County Mineral Loeal1tiea •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 26--21 Duk •• County Fo.sil Loeal1tie
Report (issue)
1973). The area comprising Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, and southeastern Massachusetts forms a distinctive...of micas obtained from pegmatites dominantly amphibolite facies rocks of the north- are generally younger...Fullagar and Odom (1973) for similar rocks in Grayson, County, Va., although Rankin and opening of the lapetus...overprint is relatively tauga County, N.C., and eastern Johnson County, Tenn., minor, the older basement...a discordia intercept age of 1,280 m.y. Grayson County, Va. (Di), yielded an age of 1,149 m.y. (Davis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and associated cover sequence, SE Pennsylvania, USA Joseph M. Pyle Department of Earth and Environmental...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 12180-3522, USA Received 14 February 2005; accepted 16 August 2005...overlying metasedimentary Paleozoic Chester Valley Sequence (CVS) (SE PA, USA) reveals overprinting of primary...(southeastern Pennsylvania, USA) and its Paleozoic sedimentary cover, the Chester Valley Sequence (CVS). As...touching directly on the Honey Brook Upland and the Chester Valley Sequence include Bascom (1905) and Bascom
Report (issue)
New England, Introduction ..............102 Connecticut ...............................................metamorphic grades ranging from greenschist to amphibolite. Samples from traverses extending from ultramafic...Washington (part), Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine. 19 California California...Mountains-Northern Panamint Range District Inyo County The Inyo Mountains and Panamint Range in the Basin...commun., 1991). 15. Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County occurrence reported by Crittenden (1951). Unconfirmed
Report (issue)
Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine 1 . David C. Roy and Ely Mencher Discussion:...Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine... Louis Pavlides Lower Devonian Seboomook...Summary of stratigraphy in the Brimfield area, Connecticut and Massachusetts .John D. Peper and M. H. Pease...stratigraphy of the New London area, southeastern Connecticut ..Richard Goldsmith Summary discussion of stratigraphy...stratigraphy of eastern Massachusetts and Connecticut .H. Roberta Dixon Pre-Silurian stratigraphy in south-central
Report (issue)
.................................. 12 Cape May County.................................................................................. 12 Cumberland County.................................................................................... 12 Atlantic County....................................................................................... 14 Ocean County.................................................................................... 14 Monmouth County...............................................
Report (issue)
Preliminary Bedrock Geologic Map of the Chester Quadrangle, Windsor County, Vermont By Nicholas M. Ratcliffe1...endorsement by the U.S. Government. 'Reston, Va. 1995 Chester Quadrangle, VT DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS (major...(cover sequence rocks) COVER SEQUENCE ROCKS OF THE CHESTER DOME Waits River Formation (Lower Devonian and...phyllite; thickness variable from 0 to 10 m Chester Quadrangle, VT Calc-silicate member, light-gray-green-...sulfidic cummingtonite-magnetite-plagioclase-quartz amphibolite as much as 3 m thick, discontinuous very rusty
Report (chapter)
rocks Greenschist Epidote-amphibolite Lower amphibolite (K) Lower amphibolite Chlorite and biotite Garnet...Staurolite-andalusite (A) Mediumamphibolite Upper amphibolite phosed at a pressure between that indicated... States AL CT DE GA MA MD ME NC NJ Alabama Connecticut Delaware Georgia Massachusetts Maryland Maine...complex Chain Lakes massif Canaan Mountain Dutchess County Elmore Mountain Exeter pluton Green Mountain massif...zone Susquehanna River Wilmington complex West Chester Prong KAG KB KMB LW MA MS NB PM RB SMA SPD SRA
Report (issue)
the Rowe-Hawley Zone B. Stratigraphy of the Connecticut Valley Belt C. Post-Taconian Structural Geology...Geology of the Rowe-Hawley Zone and the Connecticut Valley Belt West of the Mesozoic Basins D. The Whately...NORMAN L. HATCH, JR. B. Stratigraphy of the Connecticut Valley Belt By NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., PETER ROBINSON...Structural Geology of the Rowe-Hawley Zone and the Connecticut Valley Belt West of the Mesozoic Basins By NORMAN...and Norman L. Hatch, Jr. Stratigraphy of the Connecticut Valley belt / by Norman L. Hatch, Jr., Peter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
19:54 09 April 2015 Near Russell, St. Lawrence County, New York STEVEN C. CHAMBERLAIN MARIAN V. LUPULESCU...the original occurrence, probably collected by Chester D. Nims. This 27-cm specimen shows the large crystals...south of the village of Russell in St. Lawrence County, New York (fig. 2), is one of the classic localities...original discovery of danburite in Danbury, Connecticut, the Russell locality was the second known occurrence...crystals from the original occurrence, collected by Chester D. Nims. This 26cm specimen shows how coarse the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
s / o 16 ratios of six schists f r o m Dutchess County, N e w York, to be g r e a t e r t h a n those...AND ISOTOPIC RESULTS OF INDMDUAL AREAS Dutchess County, southeastern New York, and adjoining areas Geology...metamorphism and structure of the rocks in Dutchess County, southeastern New York, have been described by...metamorphic geology and sample locations in Dutchess County and vicinity (after B ~ x , 1936; BA~TH,1936; CARROT...and sillimanite, but no staurolite. D46 is an amphibolite, slightly foliated, from the sillimanite zone
Field Trip Notes
as the chloritoid-almandite subfacies of the amphibolite facies; and the sillimanite zone is the same...as the sillimanite-almandite subfacies of the amphibolite facies. On Plate 4 the formations are indicated...decreases, falling to the chlorite zone along the Connecticut River. Further east it increases, and the rocks...inplace theory for the southern part, as in Dutchess County, New York. Whether such a combination of theories...(1914) Geology of the North Creek quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 170. (1919)
Report (volume)
Cambrian formations in the Desert Range, Clark County, Nevada, by John H. Stewart and Harley Barnes_____________...Meduxnekeag Group and Spragueville Formation of Aroostook County, northeast Maine, by Louis Pavlides__-________...in the vicinity of the Aldrich Mountains, Grant County, Oreg______-____________ ________ 4. Summary of...Precambrian), central Arizona, by P. M. Blacet. Aroostook County, northeast Maine, by Louis Pavlides. Washington...Limestone. (Cinctnnatlan). County, Maine, by Louis Pavlides. tlon. Essex County, Massachusetts, by R. O
Report (issue)
geologic map of the Andover quadrangle, Windsor County,Vermont BY Nicholas M. Ratcliffe OPEN-FILE REPORT...south-closing appendage of the Chester dome. Core gneisses of the Chester dome occur at the eastern edge...steeply to the west off the west flank of the Chester dome, which also is an Acadian structure. The pre-Silurian...quadrangles are: Cavendish (Ratcliffe, 1995a), Chester (Ratcliffe, 1995b), Saxtons River 7.5x15 minute...plunges to the north underneath core gneisses of the Chester dome. Subsequent work by Ratcliffe (1994a) showed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology and Astronomy, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19383, U.S.A. 2 Pennsylvania...rocks contain evidence for multiple episodes of amphibolite to granulite facies metamorphism (Crawford and...Square Amphibolite is similar to mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) and the White Clay Creek Amphibolite is similar...structurally lowest to highest, these include the West Chester nappe, Avondale nappe, and Mill Creek (Hockessin-Yorklyn)...Microanalysis Imaging and Training (CMIRT) at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Please see the online
Report (volume)
correlations between western Massachusetts and Connecticut are suggested UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...-------Schematic longitudinal section between Chester, ]dass., and Collinsville, Conn --------------...recent mapping in the eastern part of western Connecticut. The Hoosac Formation, the Rowe Schist, and the...Throughout this whole belt, lenses of marble, amphibolite, calc-silicate granulite, and quartzite have...indicates that the Goshen equivalents in western Connecticut occupy highly contorted isoclinal synclines that
Report (volume)
...................................... . In amphibolite. ...................... r ............................. 85 35 Corundum (emery) in amphibolite at Chester, Mass...........' . In anorthosite --...-...................... Origin of emery in amphibolite at Chester, Mass.................. * 81 86 92 Origin...Jersey..........-..:....-....-.-....-...-.-.Connecticut............... ........ ....-.-.----..--..-.-........................................ 141 Connecticut............................. ...............
Journal (issue)
...................219 by Robert I. Gait The Chester Emery Mines .....................................and collectors Write: P.O. Box 366 Windsor, Connecticut 06095 T e le p h o n e —(203) 247 -1 3 8 4 ...Gordonsville zinc mines, near the town of Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Relatively little top-qualitymaterialfrom...stone units are well-developed in parts of Smith County and adjoining areas. The average thickness of the...the drilled portion of the upper Knox in Smith County is made with the ore-bearing Mascot and Kingsport
Report (volume)
Stratigraphic names in the New London area, southeastern Connecticut: a revision, by Richard Goldsmith .............its members and related formations in western Connecticut and western Massachusetts by Rolfe S. Stanley...southwestern Massachusetts, and north-central Connecticut, by Rolfe S. Stanley, Douglas A. Knapp, and Norman.............. A2-A3 2. Index map of eastern Connecticut and adjacent Rhode Island and Massachusetts showing...of some stratigraphic units in southeastern Connecticut, eastern Massachusetts, and northern Rhode island
Report (volume)
Corundum in amphibolite ................................. ........ 21 Corundum (emery) in amphibolite at Chester......................... ................. Macon County .........._. ...........,..-...........-.............. .......... .1...................... Clay County.. ...............................................tracts...................... ......... Jackson County ................ ............................................. .................... ..... 80 Connecticut.............................................
Report (issue)
irregular discordant masses Cover Sequence of the Chester-Athens dome Waits River Formation (Devonian and...volcanic origin. Unit is locally interlayered with amphibolite (DSwa), rusty volcanics (DSwc), garbenschiefer...with garbenschiefer (DSwg), and amphibolite (DSwa) DSwa Amphibolite member Dark-green, fine-grained...epidote-carbonatehornblende-chlorite-plagioclase gneiss (amphibolite) with laminations 1 to 4 mm thick of carbonate-chlorite...ophitic texture. Contacts with surrounding DSwa amphibolite are sharp Northfield Formation (Devonian and
 
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