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Quartz from
Peckham quarry, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Peckham quarry, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:221913
Long-form Identifier:1:3:221913:4
GUID (UUID V4):cd527d8a-21f1-463b-98c9-16d4ee7f39be
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
2.3km (1.5 miles) Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Sheep Point Cove, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) Dyer Island, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) Jamestown Bridge staurolite locality, Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) Cory's Lane, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
13.4km (8.4 miles) Bonnet Shores, Narragansett, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
14.7km (9.1 miles) Bristol Ferry, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) Hamilton, North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Quadrangle Rhode Island-Massachusetts By SAMUEL J. POLLOCK 3EOLOGY OF SELECTED QUADRANGLES IN RHODE ISLAND...with the Development Council of the State of Rhode Island JNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ Rhode Island Formation ________ -------------------________ Rhode Island Formation, undifferentiated_...Tiverton________________ Conglomerate on Aquidneck Island and at Fogland Point and High Hill Point_ _ _ _...1. Geologic map of the Tiverton quadrangle, Rhode Island- Massachusetts ___________________________
Book (edition)
cover Operations in the Welton Chalk at Melton Ross Quarry, Singleton Birch Ltd., near Brigg, North Lincolnshire...Figures 1 An extract from Hunt’s 1858 listing of Quarry Returns 2 Current distribution of BRITPITS database...Natural Gas Oil Peat Potash Pulverised Fuel Ash Quarry Waste Salt Sand Sand & Gravel Sandstone Schist...its use can be obtained from the BGS. The first quarry list produced by the BGS and its predecessors was...Where he could, Hunt gave the ‘Prices of Stone at Quarry’. Occasional footnotes give colours and other information
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Y. 49� C6� Antedated June 11, 1870. 104,496.-QUARTZ CRUSHER.-Jesse Quaintance, Bucyrus, Ohio. 104,497...ROLLER COMBINED.-L' Reed and Erastus E. Reed, Stark county, Ill. S. SCALE.:-George 104,499.-POCKET OR" CRARM"... Y. . 104,505.-TwINE HOLDER.-James S. Smith, Middletown, 104,59.3.-vUPL1JlX PRESSURE GAGE.-P. B. Hovey...APPARATus.-AbramJackson, LebN. n, assignor to Orville Peckham,trustee,assignor to G. B.Wlg!(ln and CinCinnati...676.-FRUIT JAR.- Benjamin B. Wilcox, New Haven, Middletown, Ky. N. J. Conn. . . 104,509.-BoLT AND RIVET
Report (volume)
Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Boulder. Connecticut..... .Prof. William N. Rice, Middletown. Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School...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;
Report (volume)
........................................... Rhode Island...............................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Boulder. Connecticut_ Prof. William N. Rice, Middletown. Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School...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
Journal (issue)
1939 Contents for December, 1939 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................................... 383 OPALIZED WOOD OF MESA COUNTY, COLORADO. BJ' UV. C. l\1inor ...................vicinity of Thomsonite Beach near Grand M arais, Cook County. (See inset key map) Thanks to the recent relocating...rnesolite. Further, he foll o,ved the suggestion of Peckham and H all3 that the g reen, waxyluster amygdules...multicolored specimens his mesolite. He followed Peckham and Hall in calling the green zones and the grayish
Report (issue)
H. WINCHELL, State Geologist, In Charge. S. F. PECKHAM, Chemistry. M. D. RHAME, Topography. C. W. HALL...Geological Survey of the vicinity of Belle Plaine, Scott county, Minnesota. A. Winchell. June 17, 1871. 8vo. 16pp...for the year 1873. By N. H. Winchell and S. F. Peckham. Regents' Report; 148 pp. 8io.; with illustrations...year 1874. By N. H. Winchell. 41pp. 8vo. with two county maps. Published in the Regents' Reportfor 1874...assisted by M. W. Harrington; 162 pp.8vo.; with four county maps and a number of other illustrations. Also
Book
I 5 iiJ DIORITE ANDOVER QUARTZ QU/NCY SHARON GRANITE SYEN/TE DIORiTE ^, ^^^...Geology & Geophysics Geology, University of Rhode Island Science, Bentley College Earth Sciences & Geography...Hingham, Massachusetts Geology, University of Rhode Island Earth Sciences & Geography, Bridgewater State...and Development of Plum Island, Massachusetts: An Example of a Barrier Island System by J. Richard Jones...Pre-Pennsylvanian Rocks of Aquidneck and Conanicut Islands, Rhode Island by Suzanne Mahlburg Kay and William M. Chappie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which Is Inclosed na and Iron. The red stone Is quartz rock. colored by a The gray one Is silex. E. L............. 149.118 Boller attachment.Cumming &Rhode............. 149,030 Boller lIue cleaner.J, Dykeman...Iron and steel.E. Peckham.............. 14a,15l Furnace.Iron and steel. E. Peckham............... 1 4...Renshaw •... 149 ,06 2 Furnace. Iron and .teel.E. Peckham... ............ 149,242 Ga•• wood. G. Ram.dell...triangle, thu.: at Iron pyrite•• Inclosed In gray quartz rock. of cold water. and there Is next added gradually
Book (edition)
Gaswells. h-ont cover Operations at Shap Beck Quarry, Hanson Aggregates, North.em Region. © D Cameron...Ji'igures 1 An extract from Hunt's 1858 listing of Quarry Re turns 2 lJnited Kingdom production of n1inerals...2008 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued addec~ was £41...However, the value of nlineral production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect the ultin1ate value...the reader is cautioned against assunling that quarry naines are unique or iinnrntable. Where known,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
convenie�t in use, and effective in operation. QUARTZ CRUSHER.-Jesse Qualntance.Bucyrus.Ohio.-Thls lnvention...lnvention re­ lates to Improvements In quartz crushers.ofthat kind In which two or more rotary crushers...Y. 49� C6� Antedated June 11, 1870. 104,496.-QUARTZ CRUSHER.-Jesse Quaintance, Bucyrus, Ohio. 104,497...ROLLER COMBINED.-L' Reed and Erastus E. Reed,Stark county, Ill. S. SCALE.:-George 104,499.-POCKET OR" CRARM"... Y. . 104,505.-TwINE HOLDER.-James S. Smith, Middletown, 104,59.3.-vUPL1JlX PRESSURE GAGE.-P. B. Hovey
Report (volume)
___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______
Report (issue)
Beryllium in the Mount Wheeler area, White Pine County, Nevada-__________ Beryllium in the Lake George...Regional geologic mapping in Massachusetts and Rhode Island __ ______-__-_____-__--_ Regional geologic mapping...Development of the Fredonia anticline in Wilson County, Kansas._________________________ 22 Austin chalk...______________________________ 22 Water withdrawal in Reeves County, Texas____ 23 Aquifer filled in Haskel and Knox...Aeromagnetic profiles_______________________ 43 Quartz diorite line __________________________ 43 Surface
Report (issue)
Survey oj the vicinity' oj Belle Plaine, Scott county, Minnesota. A. Winchell. June 17, 1871. 8vo. 16...fOI' the year 1873. By N. H. Winchell and S. F. Peckham. Regents' Report; 148pp. 8vo.; with nlustrations...assisted by M. W. Harrington; 162 pp. 8vo; with jour county maps and a number of other illustrations. Also...the southeastern portion of the state, where the county of Houston, which borders on the Mississippi river...Silurian which will necessitate changes in the colored county maps that have been published. This evidence is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which Is Inclosed na and Iron. The red stone Is quartz rock. colored by a The gray one Is silex. E. L............. 149.118 Boller attachment.Cumming &Rhode............. 149,030 Boller lIue cleaner.J, Dykeman...Iron and steel.E. Peckham.............. 14a,15l Furnace.Iron and steel. E. Peckham............... 1 4...Renshaw •... 149 ,06 2 Furnace. Iron and .teel.E. Peckham... ............ 149,242 Ga•• wood. G. Ram.dell...triangle, thu.: at Iron pyrite•• Inclosed In gray quartz rock. of cold water. and there Is next added gradually
Report (volume)
, vol. v, p. 852, 1897. x 33 Geology of Polk County, Iowa. Am. Geol., vol. xx, p. 334 (f p.), 1897...of gold in this district. 91 Some auriferous quartz bodies in Alabama. Eng. and Mg. Jour., vol. Ixiv...brief notes on the occurrence of copper in Cleburne County. 93 Gold fields of the South. Colliery Eng.,...The age of the Franklin White limestone of Sussex County, New Jersey. See Wolif (J. E.) and Brooks (A. H... 98 Bryson (John). The Hempstead Plains, Long Island [New York]. Am. Geol., correspondence, vol. xx
Report (volume)
........................................... Rhode Island ........................................................................................ .Rhode Island...............................................Describes the topographic charcter of portions of Cook County, Minn., and includes two profile sections showing...32 Blake (William P.). On the origin of ancient quartz rocks. Science, vol. xxiii, pp. 141-142. Discusses... Describes the gold ore deposits of Tallapoosa County, Ala. 38 Broadhead (G-. C.). Geological history
Report (issue)
History Conference Congress Contributions correlation County Deutsche geologische Gesellschaft Zeitschrift'...1888; abstract, Nature, vol. 38, p. 91, 1888. 2. Quartz-keratophyre from Pigeon Point, and Irving's augite-syenites:...310, 1889. 3. The origin of the soda-granite and quartz-keratophyre of Pigeon Point [Minn.]: Am. Jour....Castle Rock, Hampton, and Douglas townships, Dakota County, Minnesota. May 1, 1941. 7 p., maps. (Available...Prairies, with a description of the red pipestone quarry and granite boulders found there: Am. Jour. Sci
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tools,lterracute,Bridgeton,N. J. Brown's Coalyard Quarry & Contractor's Ap. paratus for holstlnll and conveying... . . . . 149.118 Boller attachment. Cumming & Rhode.. . . . . . . . . . . . 149,030 Boller lIue cleaner...results stated : In the quartz. Is Iron pyrite•• The red stone Is quartz rock. colored by a or crack...crack. at Iron pyrite•• Inclosed In gray quartz rock. Boot heel•• burnl.hlng.C.H. Helms . . . . . . ...steel. E. Peckham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14a,15l ByC. T. Furnace. Iron and steel. E. Peckham . . .
Report (issue)
MAGAZINE .... 70 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS ..... NEWPORT NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 2 5 2 2 NEW YORK ACADEMY...limestone of the eastern part of Shasta County ; Trinity County ; structure of the Sacramento Valley ;...of the Sierra Nevada ; placer mining ; quartz veins ; quartz mines, with descriptions of mines, and statistics...counties of Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, and Calaveras ; quartz veins, and their relative age in California ; character...rocks of the coast mountains ; soils of Petaluma County ; plains west of the Sacramento River ; San Bernardino
Book (edition)
2003 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued added, was £25...However, the value of 1nineral production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect the ultiniate value...national econon1y. The difference benveen the ex-quarry price and the delivered price of a n1ineral can...the reader is cautioned against assun1ing that quarry nan1es are unique or inunutable. Where known, alternative...generally nan1ed by a single tem1; the word, ' quarry' is not generally used except as part of the address
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TU R E S. At section 28 Saint Lawrence, Scott county, Minnesota, about one mile south of Saint Lawrence...exposed. A few rods farther southwest and in another quarry one foot of this soft greenish and laminated dolomite...stratified and consists of conglom­ eratic dolomite and quartz sand in its visible portion. It is consider­ ably...eight to twelve feet below these blocks is a small quarry of thinly laminated dolomite, fine sandstone and...of a more massive dolomite. Pass­ ing from this quarry northwestward many layers are concealed, while
Report (volume)
............................ 38 Prince Edward Island ............................................................................................ Rhode Island ................................................................................... 322 Rhode Island ..............................................gold district, Alabama, Brewer, 560. Auriferous quartz bodies in Alabama, Brewer, 571. Bauxite, Hayes...Alabama, McCalley, 3819. Iron ore mines in Jefferson County, Castlcnian, 777. Leaf impressions in the Eocene
Report (volume)
Brunswick. Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton Island. Newfoundland. Labrador. Manitoba...North Carolina. Ohio. Oregon. Pennsylvania. Ehode Island. South America. South Carolina. Tennessee. Texas...Proceedings, vol. 1, part 1. Newport Natural History Society, Documents, Nos. 1-3. Newport, R. I. New York Academy... Transactions, 1887-1889. Utica, N. Y. Orleans County Society of Natural History, Transactions and Archives...Ge"ologique du Normandie, Bulletin, vols. 4-10. Stateii Island, Natural Science Association, Proceedings, 1886-1889
Report (issue)
financially in part by, the numerous Federal, State, County and City agencies listed on pages A133 to A136...water use______ Water resources of Providence, Rhode Island, and vicinity.------------ -------Water resources..._________________________________ Geologic mapping in Rhode Island-___________ Geologic mapping in Connecticut___________...geophysical studies_________________ Ground water in Rhode Island _______________ Quality of water in the St....____________ Quality of ground water, Delaware County, New York_._____________________________ Shield
 
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