| | 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...is one of the lowest in annual mineral production, the number of mineral collecting localities and the...recorded number of mineral species is quite high. Hawes (1878) reported 95 mineral species, Meyers and | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ’Scope Micromineral Collecting at Mineral Hill, Wakefield, Carroll County Downloaded by [University of Connecticut]...77036 mineraldesign@ aol.corn M y mineral collecting in New Hampshire began in summer 1961 with a trip...the Weeks (now known as the Hams-Weeks) pegmatite mine (Smith and Bearss 1991). I dug and collected minerals...years before reading in Morrill (1960) that Mineral Hill was just across the road. In the late 1960s...a collecting trip to Mineral Hill. There was no road up the densely wooded hill, so we bushwhacked our | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen,...Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen...Andradite, Michigan, 345 Anglesite, Colorado, 308; New Hampshire, 415 Ankerite, Colorado, 308 Anthony Robert...Colorado, 308; New Hampshire, 416 Barbosa, C., see In Memoriam Barite, Colorado, 308; New Mexico, 385; | | | Report (volume) | Related to the White Mountain Plutonic Series in New Hampshire and Maine By DENNIS P. COX CONTRIBUTIONS TO...BULLETIN 1312-D A potential target area for mineral exploration is indicated by breccia veins of argentiferous...deposits, Coos County, N.H. _______________ North Woodstock deposit, Graf ton County, N.H __________________...__________________ Mineral Hill deposit, Carroll County, N.H._______________________ Kezar Falls deposit, York...York County, Maine.___-___--__.______..__. Other deposits.______-___-_-__---------_----_---_---__________ | | | Journal (issue) | Mineral Vol. 18 No. 4 April 2002 The Mineral Collector's New#, A New Discovery of Pink Tourn1aline...Tourn1aline at the Cryo-Genie Mine, San Diego County, California Kenneth L. Gochenour 2670 East Walnut St. #B Tustin...found at the C ryo-Genie mine near Warner Springs in northern San Diego County, California. The crystals...specimen will soon find its home the Los Angles County Museum of Natural History. Another , rge crystal...the ir pink body. At the recent Tucson Gem and Mineral show, held at the Tucson Conventio n Center, the | | | Book (edition) | ALBERT STATES WILLIAMS, Jr. ABSTRACT FROM "MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES CALENDAR YEAR 1687"—DAVID...UNITED A PARTIAL LIST OF ORES, MINERALS. AND MINERAL SUBSTANCES OF INDUS TRIAL IMPORTANCE, ARRANGED...are based upon those published in the volume of Mineral Resources for 1882, pages 6G4-775, and very closely...principal occurrences of the ores, minerals, and mineral substances of industrial importance of the several...original lists were compiled, the rapid growth of the mineral industries of the country, changes in the channels | | | Report (volume) | the Geological Survey's annual report entitled " Mineral Resources of the United States" (the volumes for...of a century. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States have been enormously...showing the composition and character of each mineral and the location of. its principal deposits. Many...These are only examples of notable changes in the mineral production of the United States and of correlated...changes in the appraised value of some of the mineral deposits. In this list, as in the earlier lists | | | Report (volume) | ...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........the Geological Survey's annual report entitled "Mineral Eesources of the United States" for 1882 and 1887...more until 1914. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States were enormously...resources of the country. Many changes in the mineral industry other than increase in production have | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...expensive. What better compliment, therefore, for a mineral than to be often confused with azurite. Such is...with the much-rarer linarite, a striking blue mineral that occurs, like azurite, in the oxidized parts...mill. So it has been at places such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, where linarite’s legacy is primarily...issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice mineral. Linarite is a bright to dark azure-blue mineral with a vitreous to subadamantine | | | Journal (issue) | Mineral Ne. • Vol 17 No. 5 May 2001 The Mineral Collector's Newsle Karst Calcite Deposits in Fossil...from The Mineral Locality-Periodical Index (MinDex) from data published in the various mineral periodicals...periodicals (Rocks & Minerals, Mineral News. The Mineralogica l Record and World of Stones). No effort was made...information numerous minerals Continued on page 8 Mineral News 2 Review: Roadside Geology of Massachusetts...fte r that it is the Central Lowland and Bronson Hill Upland followed by The Be rkshires. With the layout | | | Book | ( C. 4 ( MINERAL & GEM TRAILS of NEW ENGLAND .� ';� M � [- ' 1f,.,,1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l-...$2.50 MINERAL & GEM TRAILS OF NEW ENGLAND by Ed & Bert Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts...Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE INC. JUNCTION RTE8. '1LJ &_ 219 WEST PARIS, MAINE...Company Mine Hyde Park, Lamoille Co. , Vermont Copper Mine Locality Milton, Vermont Parrot Jasper Mine Reading...Talc Mine Saxtons River, Vermont Davis Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE | | | Book (volume) | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, 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 qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals | | | Book (volume) | fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods | | | Book (volume) | fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | primary or secondary occurrences of bornite,chalcopyrite,and chalcocite. Certaindifficultiesconnectedwith...vein rock, however, and a very careful searchof the mine dumpselimina.tedsomeof these difficulties. The...Hills mine; (2) the Eastern Carroll Countymines, comprisingthe Patapscomine, the Mineral Hill mine, and...'theFrederickCountymines, comprisingthe Liberty Mine, and the New London,or Linganore mine. DETAILED DESCRIPTIOBI OF ... MINES. Baltimore County Mine, Bare Hills Mine. The Bare Hills coppermine is locatedabout4 milesnorth | | | Report (issue) | sulfur mines in the United States and by opening new mines, by greater recovery of byproduct sulfur (in...pyrites, and all other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United...Communist countries) are described; these will have new production of about 3,000,000 tons of sulfur by the...of sulfur during 1935-39 and 1950, and estimated new production are given in some detail; this information...(long tons) 1950 production (long tons) Estimated new production (long tons) 2,569,000 5,966,000 1,541 | | | Book (volume) | excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...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 | | | Book (volume) | excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | November 2014 Covellite Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado Two minerals are typically formed when...periods when some chance discovery in an active mine makes them briefly available to collectors. Chalcocite...this issue with the upcoming 2006 Denver Gem and Mineral Show (15–17 September), a fine Summitville covellite...Choice specimen. Covellite is a relatively easy mineral to identify based on its perfect {0001} cleavage...of copper minerals and as pseudomorphs after chalcopyrite, chalcocite, enargite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | and consists dominantlyof magnetite,quartz, chalcopyrite, siegenite,sphalerite,and pyrite with lesserhematite...ts that the parageneticsequenceissphalerite-chalcopyrite-pyrite-siegenite. Thisparagenesis andthe chemicalzoningof...smelter was pects(Fig. 1). It is locatedin Carroll County,Mary- built at the Patapscominesto producecopperand...donatedover 1,000 ft of consistsprimarily of chalcopyrite with smaller drill core to the MarylandGeologicalSurveywho...rock and the field examination of the abandoned mine sites and surroundingmetapelites,metagraywacke | | | Report (volume) | Caroliuian type ___ ___________________________ New Jersey type _______________________ Palia quarry...Maine___________________.__________________ 16 New Hampshire _________________-_____ 16 Gardners Mountain..._ 16 Warren mine ____ 16 Milan mine ____________.._____________________ ._ 18 Lyman mine _______ _ _________...____________ '.__ 24 Copperfield or Ely mine ("Vershire mine).______i______ 24 History______________...character of ores____________________ Hartford County deposits__________________________ Simsbury (Newgate) | | | Book (volume) | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Gold, such as Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE...MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59, 5 mi. E of Jackson-Banks Co. lineBeryl...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: | | | Report (issue) | geographic coordinates and, where applicable, by county and section, township, and range. Both published...many places contain deposits of pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite. These deposits are often ...nickel-plus-copper in the deposit. The Gap mine (Pennsylvania) and the San Julian mine (California),are examples of...deposits varies widely. Some, like the Bluebird mine (Arizona), are small deposits containing 16 mostly...mostly only cobalt minerals. At the Standard mine (Oregon), the , cobalt minerals are associated with | | | Report (issue) | CONTENTS Introduction 1 Scope of report 4 Mineral collecting 5 Acknowledgments 6 Introduction..." -. _>-.--_>-->.-..-. Triassic deposits 31 Mineral localities 38 District of Columbia Mavtrl a Tirl...^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS | | | Report (issue) | ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SIERRITA MOUNTAINS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA. By F. L. RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. The Sierrita...those near Twin Buttes, on the south; those near Mineral Hill, on the north; and those near the abandoned...camp, between Twin Buttes and Mineral Hill. The ores near Mineral Hill and Twin Buttes occur in typical...from Tucson for about 18 miles to Mineral Hill. From Mineral Hill a newly constructed highway leads south...much feldspar, mainly plagioclase, with rock and mineral fragments of various kinds. Rock composed of such |
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