 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | review panel consisted of Dr. Steven Chamberlain, New York State Museum; Dr. Carl Francis, Harvard University;...Lupulescu, New York State Museum; and Dr. George Robinson, Michigan Technological University. neW DATA On... of Geology and Geophysics, University of new Orleans, new Orleans, LA 70148. Recent work on material...chalcocite-bearing vein material from the Baltic mine exposing the sulfides. Several samples carried small...these phases. Additional samples from the Baltic mine dump revealed crude wires of native silver associated |  | | Report (issue) | | Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...History of pegmatite mining inN ew England _______ _ Mica mining ______________________________ _ Feldspar..._______ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ________________________________...pegmatites ___________________ _ Pegmatites of the Grafton and Keene districts __ _ Sources of pegmatites..._____________ _ Mica deposits ____ ·_________________________________ _ Kinds and characteristics of mica _________________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mines & Minerals of North Groton, New Hampshire The historical background of the famous North Groton...Candia Road Chester, New Hampshire 03036 R O B E R T W. WHITMORE Weare, New Hampshire 03281 N O R T H G...1900s, it was an important mining dis trict with mica as the principal product. For the mineral col lector... a large percentage of the popula tion of New Hampshire would not recognize the name, let alone be able...It was during this period that the discovery of mica changed the character of this village for a brief |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EMSTONES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE A variety of New Hampshire's beautiful gemstones are represented and private... JOHN J . BRADSHAW P. O. Box 7467 Nashua, New Hampshire 03060 Photographs by Tino Hammid except a s...R E L A T I V E L Y S M A L L I N A R E A , New Hampshire has provided a considerable variety of fine...and early twentieth centuries, when feld spar and mica were in high demand, many farmers gave up their...warding not only in the production of feldspar and mica but also in the discovery of a variety of gemstones |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ASSOCIATED CHEMICAL ELEMENTS IN THE WALLROCKS OF SOME NEW ENGLAND PEGMATITES. W. C. STOLL. ABSTRACT. Samples...ANALYSES. A numberof New Englandpegmatiteswere visited,and samplesof mica schistor mica gneisswere taken...at ten localitiesin Maine, five in southern New Hampshire, and two in Connecticut. The localities, with...literature, are listed in Table 1. TABLE 1. LIST OF NEW ENGLAND PEGMATITE LOCALITIES SAMPLED, WITH REFERENCES... near Bay Point Landing, Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine ....................................... |  | | Report (volume) | | SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 740 MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES DOUGLAS B. STERRETT...Physical properties_____________________________ Mica mining__________________ ____ _ ________ . Hist...Methods_____________________:_____________ Preparation of mica for the market____________________ Uses________...General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and the Harlem River, New York City, N.Y. ; at the Dake mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina; with tysonite...Springs, Colorado; and with rutile in Alexander County, North Carolina. MONAZITE, is essentially a phosphate...in the mica region of North Carolina. Small crystals have been noted at the Deer Park no. 2 mine near Penland...size at the Dake mine in Mitchell County. It occurs also in crystals at the Ray mine near Burnsville and...and the Ramsey mine near Toledo in Yancy County, North Carolina. Large masses of Monazite occurred at |  | | Report (issue) | | SOME DEPOSITS OF MICA IN "THE UNITED STATES. By DOUGLAS B. STERRETT. INTRODUCTION. This paper is intended...intended to present descriptions of a number .of mica deposits examined in various parts of the United...information on the production, value, uses, and nature of mica is given only very briefly. Much assistance was...given in New Hampshire by Samuel Cordick, superintendent of the General Electric Co.'s mine; Andrew T...T. Orr, of the Mica Products Co.; C. W. Bryant, of the Standard mine; L. R. Brown, of Canaan; G. N. Bicker |  | | Report (volume) | | (K)The Wild Horse quicksilver district, Lander County, Nevada, by C. H. Dane and C. P. Ross (published...August 1942)• 259 (L)Tin deposits of northern Lander County, Nevada, by Carl Fries, Jr. (published in March...(M)Manganese deposits in the Nevada district, White Pine County, Nevada, by R. J. Roberts (published ix June 1942)•...of the Opalite district, Malheur County, Oregon, and Humboldt County Nevada, by R. G. Yates (published...Boulder County, Colorxdo, by E. N. Goddard and T. S. Lovering (published in March 1942)• 349 (P) Mica-bearing |  | | Book (edition) | | grained and often sprinkled with tiny golden flakes of mica, and quartzites. Corundum, — — spinel and garnet...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...which can be traced through have been retained. New gem locations are found every season, and to this...material can be found at that locality; and that new while of dubious merit have been dropped. Appearance...Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, New York, or Tom Robert's Rock the caption. All photographs |  | | Report (volume) | | Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 931-P MICA-BEARING PEGMATITES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE A PRELIMINARY REPORT BY J. C................................................ Grafton district.........................................Alstead area, Keene district......................... Mica-bearing pegmatites................................Mineral zones and streaks............................ Mica................................................................ Sheet mica sizes and pric'es.......................... Punch mica..................... |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Bob Morgan, Ed Smith, Lee Tutt, Ken Wolff What’s New In Minerals' Joria Staebler Auction Solicitors Gene........................................ 32 U.S. Mica Industry Pioneers: The Ruggles and Bowers Families...program designed to provide excellent speakers, new information, camaraderie, displays of extraordinary...familiar faces. Most of their topics will be quite new to our collective experience. This year’s Technical...Technical Session is again robust! We welcome numerous new attendees and hope you enjoy our meeting. We appreciate |  | | Report (volume) | | are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green beryl to blue... Color: Usually colorless, pale yellow or pale brown; also gray and black, rarely green, blue, or pink...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are: |  | | Book (edition) | | channels of trade, transportation and consumption, new utilizations, and recent discoveries, have, to a...most part, have been progressive. In addition to new finds of valuable deposits, many of the occurrences...has therefore seemed advisable to pre sent such new information as may bring the whole subject more nearly...gas fields occur in almost every State except in New England and a few Southern States, but the discoveries...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und |  | | Field Trip Notes | | //' . GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD IN ''fy,.'t:J TRIPS NEW ENGLAND NOVEMBER 10-12, 1952 Organized by the...Before visiting any of the sites described in the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference guidebooks...Highlands of East-Central New York, Southern Vermont, and Southern New Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding...Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford Granite" 103 Field Trip...OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW YORK, SOUTHER Leaders: VERJ-IONT, AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE Marland P, Billings |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bernardino County. Piedmontite is reddish-brown banded with smoky quartz. San Bernardino County is in S/E...1965, comes from Ed Schwab, Rt. 2, c/o Big Beryl Mine, La Grange, Ga.: "Just received "Old Faithful" R&M...process of milky quartz production at our "Big Beryl" mine, on # 2 1 9 , south of La Grange, this week we recovered...quartz is scattered all over the quarry. "The old mine spoil dumps are still open to rockhounds and free...overnite parking." La Grange, in central Troup County, is in western Georgia. I D A H O — " I am sending |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DAVID M. SEAMAN American Museum of Natural History, New York City Article 8, Silica and Silicates (part three)...length at the quarries near Bedford and Overlook, New York; near Golden, Colorado and elsewhere. A fine...found at Fort Washington Avenue and 171st Street in New York City and is now in the American Museum of Natural...tourmaline crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other...Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from 3 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral New Vol. 18 No. 8 August 2002 The Mineral Collector's Newsletter Bloomington Show 2002 Alan...people have minerals, like many s hows, the amount of new materia l is usually " under-whe lming." One reason...to report. This find also involves a fossil and a mine ral. However, the principals in this story are a...NO\·ember 2000, "Marcasite from Austin. Travis County, Texas.") Eutrephoceras campbelli Meek is an Upper...feet in the forereef environment in Fiji, Vanuaru, New Caledonia, PapuaNew Guinea, Australia, Palau, and |  | | Report (volume) | | (K) The Wild Horae quicksilver district, Lander County, Nevada, by C. H. Dane and C. P. Ross (published......... 259 (L) Tin deposits of northern Lander County, Nevada, by Carl Pries, Jr. (published in March...Manganese deposits in the Nevada district, White Pine County, Nevada, by R. J. Roberts (published in June 1942)...of the Opallte district, Malheur County, Oregon, and Humbdldt County. Nevada, by R. G. Yates (published...'319 (0) Nickel deposit near Gold Hill, Boulder County, Colo.rado, by E. N. Goddard and T 0 S. Lovering |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | North Groton, New Hampshire and to an inch in diameter at the Smith Mine, Newport, New Hampshire. It also...pegmatite in mica schist at Stoddard in the same state. Scorzalite occurs at the Victory mine near Custer...dickinsonite occurs sparingly at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut. FAIRFIELDITE, a hydrous phosphate...noted as a rare mineral at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut from which it was named; and also...Buckfield, Maine; and from Center Strafford, New Hampshire. REDDINGITE, a hydrous manganese phosphate occurred |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE DESIRED $ „ . PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations: x l -...little village whose main industry is mining scrap mica. ALASKA—"I see that you like some rocks from Alaska...a year ago a pocket of these were opened in the mine at Washington Camp. Patagonia (Santa Cruz Co.),...most, if not all, of them. One is a good friend of mine so I have several specimens. Recently another pocket...inch dark smoky quartz xl encrusted with lustrous, brown drusy siderite xls. The other was a 21/, inch smoky |  | | Report (volume) | | Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland... Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan,...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; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | David M. Seaman American Museum of Natural History, New York City Article 7, Silica and Silicates (part two)...observation that most almandite garnets which are found in mica schists are either simple dodecahedral crystals...almandite was recovered at 35th Street and Broadway in New York City and is in the American Museum of Natural...166th St. and Knowlton Place in New York City. Both are a part of the New York Mineralogical Club's collection... Maine, and at the Ruggles quarry, Grafton Center, New Hampshire. Notable excellently formed almandite |  | | Report (volume) | | ...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;...Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico |
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