 | | 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...Paleozoic rocks 17 of the Beartown Mountain and East Lee slices, which are breached IB by erosion to expose...overthrusting *- of the Beartown Mountain and East Lee slices and the ancillary 7 I Lake Buel, Dry Hill |  | | Report (volume) | | WALCOTT, DIRECTOR THE GEOLOGY EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY BENJAMIN KENDALL EMERSON WASHINGTON...Petrographical description.................................. Lee gneiss ................................................................................... 43 43 Lee-Tyringham area ....................................anticline.................................. East Lee anticline..........................................limestone ......................................... Lee black gneiss ................................... |  | | 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) | | AND ON CONTACT PHENOMENA LIMESTONE IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS PENTTI ESKOLA Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie...INTRODUCTION The eastern part of Berkshire County in western Massachusetts is underlain by a vast area of...granite gneiss.' 'B. K. Emerson, "Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island," U.S. Geol. Surv., Bull. 597...Hampshire County, Mass.," U.S. Geol. Surv., Mon. 29 (I898), and "The Geology of Eastern Berkshire County, Mass...and Peru, in Hinsdale, and in the valleys of East Lee, Tyringham, and Otis. All the limestone formations |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chondrodite TILLY FOSTER MINE, BREWSTER AREA PUTNAM COUNTY, NEW YORK F ew minerals are commonly or uniquely...specimens from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, can be seen in many American and foreign...carbonatites. Associated minerals include phlogopite, magnetite, spinel, grossular, forsterite, monticellite,...at Coles Brook in Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It is also known from the Bolton or Whitcomb...Whitcomb quarry at Bolton, Worcester County, where it occurs in densely packed, yellowbrown, rounded crystals |  | | 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...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................ |  | | Report (volume) | | .......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport; |  | | 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 (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) | | Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts by Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvin...Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvln This...contains the records of radlometrlc ages for Massachusetts from the Radlometrlc Age Data Bank of the U...portrayed on a new bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). The compilation Is believed to...they appear on the Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). Steiger, R. H., and Jager, E. |  | | Report (volume) | | sedimentary rocks of the Espanola basin, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, by Glen A. Izett and C. W. Naeser...Nevada are Late Cretaceous in age, by Donald E. Lee, JohnS. Stacey, and Lynn B. Fischer 31 E. Geochronology...Geochronology of basement granite, Stephenson County, Illinois, by ZellE. Peterman, S. S. Goldich, Lynn B...fission-track age for the Bull Domingo boulder pipe, Custer County, Colorado, by W. N. Sharp and C. W. Naeser 77 ...mixed zircon population-The Granite at Yale Farm, Berkshire massif, Connecticut, by Robert E. Zartman, Loretta |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | 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...anthophyllite (Balmat, New York (180-183), and Dalton, Massachusetts (147)). Talc locally replaces tremolite-actinolite |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEY GEOLOGY OF THE WINDSOR QUADRANGELE, MASSACHUSETTS Stephen Alien Norton This report is preliminary...Formation General Statement Petrology Thickness Age Berkshire Schist General Statement Schist and Phy11ite Black...to recent geologic mapping in northwestern Massachusetts, southern Vermont, and southwestern New Hampshire...geologic map of southern Vermont northwestern Massachusetts. 11 Location of specimens for which modes...igraphic column for the Windsor quadrangle, Massachusetts. 26 Interbedded flaggy granulite and massive |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies Saugus, Massachusetts John Hanahan Jr. Chairman, Science Division...Christian University Margaret A. McBrien Ly nn, Massachusetts Fred Fort~ Philadelphia College of Tex tiles...Cincinnati, Ohio Ben M. Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of New York...HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy...encompasses south central Lancaster County as well as northeastern Kershaw County {Fig. I). These areas are sparingly |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies Saugus, Massachusetts John Hanahan Jr. Chairman, Science Division...Christian University Margaret A. McBrien Ly nn, Massachusetts Fred Fort~ Philadelphia College of Tex tiles...Cincinnati, Ohio Ben M. Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of New York...HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy...encompasses south central Lancaster County as well as northeastern Kershaw County {Fig. I). These areas are sparingly |  | | 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...designated Elk Park facies terrane) from central Ashe County, N.C. (Ji). Plutonic Suite. generating this double |  | | 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. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | periences of mineral hunting in Canada to the Calhoun County Rock and Min eral Club, Jacksonville. T h e Club...a bama. Club members A d a Y o u n g and Elsie Lee took a rock display to the Cen tral Baptist School...demon strated the polishing of opals by hand. MASSACHUSETTS NEW D o n W y m a n , member of the North...tourmaline find at the Newery location T h e Northern Berkshire AMneral Club, Adams, reports that a copper mine...and told the patients about them. T h e Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, met at the home of |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...PAYNE, DeKalb Co. Hematite FREDONIA, Chambers Co. Magnetite GADSEN, Etowah Co. Hematite GAYESVILLE, Cherokee...JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE, Cloy Co., (near) Magnetite MOUNT...Co., (near) Feldspar OAK BOWERY, Chambers Co. Magnetite PRATT FERRY, Bibb Co., (near) Verigated Marble |  | | Report (volume) | | FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN KENDALL EMEKSON WASHINGTON G 0 V...within the area of the three river counties in Massachusetts. Each citation from the original documents is...the eastern border of the area find in AVorcester County. TRIASSIC. The Suf/ar Loaf arko*e, or feldspathitf...serpentine, steatite, and Paxton quart/ emery, and magnetite. schist. Rowe schist, with amphibolite beds. Hoosac...Jiedfct gneiss. I'RK-CAMHRIAN. Washington gneiss. Lee gneiss. Hinsdale. limestone. Monson and ham gneiss |  | | Journal (issue) | | e t hornblende, heulandite, hyalite, jasper, magnetite, pyrite, quartz, stilbite, tourma• line are but...never damaged. It came from LeiperviUe, D elaware County, Pennsylvania, a source of fine garnets. When I...(Grossularite) var.Euonite Minot, Maine /. N. Trainer co/lee/ion (American Mu.reum of Natu,al Histor)' photo )...than a dozen of the ore bodies, classined as magnetite, indicate that the iron content may approach 60...percent. Many of the individual bodies of highgrade magnetite probably contain between 25,000 and 2,000,000 |
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