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Muscovite from
Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:244805
Long-form Identifier:1:3:244805:3
GUID (UUID V4):11675c4d-6844-4503-8f32-9e7d5d67dae2
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
11.3km (7.0 miles) Beuman Road Chloritoid Locality, Windsor, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
11.5km (7.1 miles) Height of Land Garnet Locality, Windsor, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) Mount Greylock, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) Betts Manganese Mines (Anson Betts Mine; Plainfield Manganese Mines; Taconic Manganese Mines), Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
19.1km (11.9 miles) Specialty Minerals Mine (Pfizer Quarry; New England Lime Quarry; Follet Quarry; Adams Lime Quarry), Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) Lee Lime mine (Lee Lime quarry), Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
23.3km (14.5 miles) Clark Ledge pegmatite locality, Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) Forge Hill iron mines (Old Hawley iron mines), West Hawley, Hawley, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
25.0km (15.5 miles) Macomber Ledge pegmatite locality, Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
26.8km (16.6 miles) North Adams Marble Company quarry, North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
WALCOTT, DIRECTOR THE GEOLOGY EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY BENJAMIN KENDALL EMERSON WASHINGTON...Becket.......................... Gulf anticline, Dalton ............................................................................................. Berkshire schist .'......................... ........................................................... Dalton fault............................................Artesian wells upon the Dalton fault............................ South Dalton or Warner Mountain fault
Report (issue)
GEOLOGIC MA.P v. - OF MONTERET QUADRANGIEJ MASSACHUSETTS «. By Nicholas M. Ratcliffe U.S. GEOLOGICAL...quadrangle lies near the western edge of the t 3 Berkshire Higlands (lig. 1) just east of the major west-facing...Paleozoi rocks dominate the western front of the Berkshire massif. From 13 the north end of the South...Igneous activity and/or faulting First-generation muscovite, biotite, and.in lower grade rocks to westjchlorite...refolding, axial planar foliation with lepidoblastic muscovite. biotite Angular unconformity and metamorphic
Report (issue)
SURVEY GEOLOGY OF THE WINDSOR QUADRANGELE, MASSACHUSETTS Stephen Alien Norton This report is preliminary...Granulite Member Garnet Schist Member Quartz-muscovite-calcite Schist Member Greenschist Thickness Age...Age Rowe Schist General Statement Muscovite-chlorite Schist Carbonaceous Phyllite and Black Quartzite...Garnet Schist Member . Albite Schist Thickness Dalton Formation General Statement Conglomerate Member...Gneiss, and Quartzite Massive Quartzite Member Muscovite-quartz Schist Thickness Age Cheshire Quartzite
Report (issue)
geologic map of the Ashley Falls quadrangle, Massachusetts a and Connecticut . 1011 By c/^vv ! Nicholas...i -.'. : Prepared in Cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Public Ce ot+9 f* %vv^ Works...The autochthon includes Pre- cambrian rocks and Dalton Formation in the Brush Hill, Umpachene 3 ! Falls...Precambrian Gneisses of the Berkshire massif above the, Benton Hill fault, the Dalton Formation and Cheshire...2 » iI Lower Cambrian, H: equivalents of the Dalton, 6 I ' and Cambrian in age, and eastern eugeosynclinai
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...Shride Pre-Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Massachusetts .Kenneth G. Bell and Donald C. Alvord Stratigraphic...Wachusett-Marlborough Tunnel, east-central Massachusetts .James W. Skehan. S.J.. and A. Adel Abu-moustafa...stratigraphy in the Brimfield area, Connecticut and Massachusetts .John D. Peper and M. H. Pease, Jr. Pre-Silurian
Report (issue)
Tectonic Studies of the Berkshire Massif, Western Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont A. Blastomylonites...at the Western Edge of the Berkshire Massif, Connecticut and Massachusetts-A Preliminary Report B. Chronology...and Precambrian Rocks at the North End of the Berkshire Massif C. Tectonic and Metamorphic Chronology...History of Part of the East Side of the Berkshire Massif, Massachusetts E. Recumbent Folding of the Goshen...Goshen and Waits River Formations, \.Yestern Massachusetts F. Time and Space Relationships of Structures
Report (issue)
director United States geoh)gical survey liy Massachusetts in Green mountains of the Geology Raphael Pumpelly...director United States geological survey by Massachusetts in Groen mountains of the Geology Raphael Pumpelly..., XXIII. Geology of the Green Mountains in Massachusetts, by Raphael Piiinpelly, P. Nelson Dale, and...Upper Devonian, along the meridian of County, IL Y., to Bradford County, Pa., by Henry S. Williams. 1884....cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of )ntario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 8°. 1885. 86 pp.
Report (volume)
SMITH, Director Bulletin 744 THE LIME BELT OF MASSACHUSETTS AND PARTS OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT.................................. Pittsfield and Dalton ............................................. Richmond........................... South Dover, Dutchess County, N. Y................................... A slightly...I. Map of Greylock and Berlin quadrangles, Massachusetts and New York, showing areas of calcitic and... Map of Pittsfield and Becket quadrangles, Massachusetts and New York, showing areas of calcitic and
Report (volume)
Cheshire Quartzite 12 10. Dalton Formation quartz-pebble conglomerate 13 11. Dalton Formation polymict conglomerate...deposition of the Late Precambrian and Early Cambrian Dalton Formation and the Early Cambrian Cheshire Quartzite...greenschist-grade metasedimentary rocks of the Dalton Formation (phyllite, arkosic metasandstone, and...unconformity. The Dalton, and the Early Cambrian Cheshire Quartzite (quartzite, muscovite-quartz schist,...and 8 mi long, spans the Rutland and Bennington County line. The northern part of the wilderness is in
Report (issue)
THE TALG. SOAPSTONE AND ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF MASSACHUSETTS by E. Chute Prepared under a cooperative project...investigations in the Coraroonvealth of >! Boston, Massachusetts CONTENTS Abstract .......................... 9 10 Appraisal^ ..^.^.... ........ , Massachusetts Talc Coapany stine^ $*pl°gy..........;.,;,...location^ ..... tt9 ^ I 'f:1'*- 2T 2ff ~» ' ' Berkshire Talc Maijufacturing Ccepany quarries^ ..... 2T... TH2 TALC, SOAPSTOSE, ANB ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF MASSACHUSETTS Newton E. Chutos Abstract ctal talc and soapstona
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................the area......................................... Dalton formation.....................................
Report (issue)
POTENTIAL OF EPA REGION 1 Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont OPEN-FILE...POTENTIAL OF EPA REGION 1 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont R...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment of Massachusetts R. Randall Schumann and Linda C.S. Gundersen...aerial radioactivity, and indoor radon data by county. Because of constraints on the scales of maps presented...The reports are available in county formats and State summaries. The county reports typically contain both
Report (issue)
Island, eastern Connecticut, and southeastern Massachusetts forms a distinctive block separated from the...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...whole-rock-isochron age of 1,225 m.y. for layered biotite-muscovite gneiss (Paleozoic amphibolite *The Elk Park is
Report (issue)
Proterozoic) Lustrous green chlorite-chloritoid-garnet-muscovite (±paragonite)quartz schist White dolomitic marble... schist Lustrous green, gray, large-garnet, muscovite-chlorite-quartz schist, locally containing chloritoid... Light green to gray-green, albitic chlorite-muscovite-quartz schist, locally studded with garnet GZhtm...volcaniclastic rock Predominantly pale rusty-weathered muscovite-biotite-quartz schist, and dark gray albitic granofels;...metaconglomerate, with interlayers of biotite-muscovite quartz schist Dalton Formation (Lower Cambrian and upper
Report (volume)
stratigraphic nomenclature in Oregon, Vermont, Massachusetts, and southern Pakistan U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...northern Berkshire massif, Massachusetts, and the southern Green Mountains, Vermont and Massachusetts, by...Foulweather and Euchre Mountain quadrangles, Lincoln County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations...Northern Berkshire Massif, Massachusetts, and the Southern Green Mountains, Vermont and Massachusetts By Nicholas...Middle Proterozoic age in Vermont and northern Massachusetts consists of metavolcanic rocks, paragneiss,
Report (issue)
"Geologic/Project The Brown Iron Ore District of Berkshire ^County, Massaclmset^s. . -*.-,-.. , .»- --'...program for geologic investigations in Massachusetts by the " MASSACHUSETTS DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS and the' UNITED...SURVEY The Brown Iron Ore District of Berkshire County, Massachusetts* . ~ "by IT." B. Cimte COHTMTS '»...limestone ---------- -^- ^-;-^- - - - f-Berkshire schist ------- ~------ -*-" - J1^'^^ - - - - V-...BBOWN IBON 0KB DISTltlCT, BEBXSHIBE COUKTY, MASSACHUSETTS *y ITewton E. _ * Chute Abstract Brovm
Report (issue)
Bedrock geology of the Niantic quadrangle, New London County,^Connecticut: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map...map of the Norwalk South quadrangle, Fairfield County, Conn.: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-718...geology of the Uncasville quadrangle, New London County, Conn.: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-576...geologic map of the Montville quadrangle, New London County, Conn.: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-609...geologic map of the Fitchville quadrangle, New London County, Conn.: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-485
Book
MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
retrograde eclogite from northwest Connecticut, USA, and its petrotectonic implications Xu Chu, Jay J...retrograde eclogite from northwest Connecticut, USA, and its petrotectonic implications, LITHOS (2015)...RETROGRADE ECLOGITE FROM NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT, USA, AND ITS PETROTECTONIC IMPLICATIONS PT Xu Chu1*...208109, New Haven, Connecticut RI 06520-8209, USA 2 *Email: xu.chu@yale.edu; Telephone: +1 (203) 436-9091... Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA MA Mafic lenses hosted by felsic paragneiss in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
covering broad areas of southern Vermont, western Massachusetts, western Connecticut, and southeastern New York...subsequent erosion to produce the now isolated Massachusetts-Connecticut and Newark basins. The northern...certainty, although concordant K-Ar and Rb-Sr muscovite ages of 355 + 15 m.y. (Long and Kulp, 1962) indicate...support from recent studies. In the Berkshire Massif of western Massachusetts (S. A. Norton, 1969; Ratcliffe...Ratcliffe and D. S. Harwood, unpub. data). The Berkshire Massif is regarded by the author as parautochthonous
Report (issue)
chlorite is widespread, and abundant fine-grained muscovite and/or paragonite, clinozoisite or epidote, and...Holly Complex contain the same minerals (chlorite-muscovite-albite or chloritoid, for example) as prograde...as well as to the west. Retrogressive minerals muscovite, chlorite, chloritoid, ilmenite, tremolite-actinolite...occurrence of schists that contain chlorite, muscovite, chloritoid, ilmenite, and rutile throughout the...exposures of albite-muscovite-biotite-quartz schist (Ymab), a microcline-muscovite quartzite and cream-
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Report (issue)
.......................................105 Massachusetts ..............................................Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Districts in California...of the recorded production. Talc deposits in Massachusetts are mostly located in a north-trending belt...metasedimentary rocks continuous with that in Massachusetts; some are in Middle Proterozoic gneiss. They...Thus, it has dioctahedral structure analogous to muscovite. Pyrophyllite and talc have many similar properties
Report (volume)
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...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Catalog/List
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