 | | Report (volume) | | SCHISTS AND ASSOCIATED GRANITES AND PORPHYRIES OF RHODE ISLAND BENJAMIN K. EMERSON JOSEPH H. PERRY WASHINGTON........ 14 Actinolite quartzite....................................... 15 Chlorite-actinolite schist................ 18 Nonoccurrence of il vaite in Rhode Island.................. 19 Inclusion of limestone...vicinity of Providence and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island................................ 10 II. Porphyritic...SCHISTS AND ASSOCIATED GRANITES AND PORPHYRIES OF RHODE ISLAND. Bv B. K. EMERSON and J. H. PERRY. INTRODUCTION |  | | Report (issue) | | Precambrian Fourchu Group of southeastern Cape Breton Island (Keppie and others, 1979). Hornblende gabbros (Eden...Avalon terrane have included those of a pre-Iapetus island arc (Rast and others, 1976), an aborted rifting...records northwestward subduction beneath a cratonic island arc (Cape Breton terrane), and the development...Devonian plutonic terrane within the Avalon zone of Rhode Island: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v....Fourchu Group in the Louisbourg area, Cape Breton Island: Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy Paper |  | | Report (issue) | | quadrangle, Windham County, Connecticut. 3.--Geologic map of the Hampton quadrangle, Windham County, Connecticut...work of Loughlin from the gabbro south to Long Island Sound. The most recent compilation of Connecticut...The most common new minerals are chlorite and actinolite from the pre-existing mafic minerals and sericite...Brim-PieId Schist, Middletown Formation and Monson Gneiss. Brimfield and Middletown are correlated respectively...gradational into Middletown, and where the anthophyllitic gneiss characteristic of the Middletown is not present |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material Page...Directions to the Mineral Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut .... Additional Locality...booklet devoted to the mineralogy of the Middlesex County region. Invaluable assistance in preparing the...with some calcium, mag nesium, and aluminum. ACTINOLITE-Calcium magnesium iron silicate AESCHYNITE-Complex...URALITE-Calcium magnesium iron silicate, near actinolite in composition URANINITE-Uranium oxide URANOPHANE-Hydrous |  | | Report (volume) | | 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:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and much used in industry, is found in De Kalb County, 4 miles northwest of Fort Payne, Ala. There a...Another deposit is reported as being in Clarke County-" ARIZONA—Earl Mayer, 1753 " I " St, Yuma, Ariz...might now add, that Clinton is the county seat of Van Buren county. As stated, this bridge is in the wilds...know of two pivot rocks near Shirley, Van Buren county, and one about three-fourths mile from edge of...of Hot Springs National Park, Garland county, on one point of Sugar Loaf Mt., near the top crest." CALIFORNIA—The |  | | Report (issue) | | Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-292-A Prepared...Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont R. Randall Schumann EDITOR OPEN-FILE...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment of Rhode Island Linda C.S. Gundersen andR. Randall Schumann...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | pink Lenni, Delaware county VIII crystals green crystals. Rocksville, Bucks county light green crystals...crystals. No. 1 shaft, St. Peter's, Chester county radiating, columnar crystals of light green to pink color...green variety. P & R mine, Siesholtzville, Berks county. (W. Headden) B light ; ; ; 1 : G SiO, ...Chester county. 10: Altered, very hydrous; Oakford, Bucks; corresponding 209, 1836). 15: Actinolite, in...in grayish-green banded crystals; Easton. 401: Actinolite, in green blades. Mineral Hill, Delaware. 123: |  | | Report (issue) | | 4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating...42 9.86 4.77 13.60 100.69 2.277 LOCALITY: Berks County: Birdsboro. MESOLITE m Na Al Si3Oio.2H O 2 2 |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Report (volume) | | 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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | Report (volume) | | Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...formation......................................... Rhode Island...............................................formation........................................... Rhode Island formation .................................................................... 150 Berkshire County............................................... |  | | Book (volume) | | ........................................412 Rhode Island .............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map .......................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | come from the Tollgate mine or elsewhere in the Middletown area. D a n a (Palache, B e r m a n , and Frondel...[ p r i o r to 1 8 9 5 - 9 6 ] ) , Trumbull: actinolite, beryl, epidote, fluorite (thermoluminescent)...of view 10.2 cm across, 1-84, Newtown, Fairfield County; collected 1960. Weber specimen, Marcelle Weber...Calcite, 2.6 cm long, Route 7, Brookfield, Fairfield County. Jeffrey Scovil specimen and photo. * « i Road...(left). Chalcocite, 2.4 cm across, Bristol, Hartford County. Canadian Museum of Nature speci men, Jeffrey |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Rhode Island...............................................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...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | River, with the ex ceptions as follows: Albemarle County was very thorough ly covered in Rocks and Minerals...G.S. Topo graphical Sheets. Also used were the county road maps which number every little road which...Richmond, Virginia The price is 2 0 cents per county. Other states could well follow this example. The...=Mine. G.=Gold. St.=Stone. C o . = C o m p a n y or County. A c t i v e . = I n operation when visited. W...formerly collected xls, tremolite (green radiated), actinolite there: Chalcocite, malachite, chabazite (var |  | | Report (issue) | | ........................................104 Rhode Island ..............................................blackwall or a soapstone containing talc, chlorite, actinolite, serpentine, carbonate, and Fe-oxide minerals...Massachusetts (147)). Talc locally replaces tremolite-actinolite or other ferromagnesian minerals. Further discussions...amphibole+chlorite zones contain chlorite and talc with actinolite, 13 Figure 1. Sketch cross-sections of typical...talc-bearing serpentinites, particularly tremolite-actinolite, anthophyllite, phlogopite, chromian magnetite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Nb-Ta-Ti OXIDE MINERALS FROM TWO PEGMATITES OF THE MIDDLETOWN AREA, CONNECTICUT. S. L. Hanson’, B. M. Jarnotz...Spinelli and Oak Leaf pegmatites are located in the Middletown pegmatite district of Connecticut and are hosted...compositionsfor samarskite group minerals from two Middletown, Connecticut, pegmatites. ciosamarskite, and... TETRAHEXAHEDRAL FACES ON CROSSULAR FROM INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. K King, RO. Box 126, Walworth, NY...Cintra, Portugal; Affacatta and San Piero, Elba Island, and Cantoiria, Italy; PitkrHranta, Finland; Konigswart |  | | 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...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Report (issue) | | MAP OF THE MIDDLE RADDAM QUADRANGLE, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, CONNECTICUT By Gordon P. Eaton and John.L. Rosenfeld...microcline, calcits. diopside, clinozoisite, tremolite-actinolite, garnet, sphene, and scapolite and minor tourmaline...pale-greenish-^gray, quartz, plagioclase-biotitemicrocline-actinolite or hornblende-diopside calc-silicate rock, containing...fibrolite, etched into relief by weathering MIDDLETOWN GNEISS Very light gray to rusty oranges tained...minor allanite and sphene. Distinguished from the Middletown Gneiss principally by the total absence of orthoamphiboles |  | | Report (issue) | | ALTITUDES IN VERMONT, /GEOLOGY OF GRAND ISLE COUNTY, THE OLDEST CORAL REEF, P. E. TERRANES OF BETHEL...some further account of the Geology of Grand Isle County. Following this is an inter esting study of an...This map covers most, though not all of Franklin County, of which St. Albans is chief, thus giving the...VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST season (1923), and with the Island Pond and Averill quadrangles complete the northern...Enosburg Falls map includes an area wholly in Franklin County, going east through much of Berkshire, Enosburg |  | | Book (edition) | | flame. Fusible in large pieces with difficulty 4. ACTINOLITE. in the blowpipe flame. Fusible in small 5. ORTHOCLASE...Teneriife, Java, Hamen. New Zealand, Deception Island, and most active volcanic regions, aiford more...near Clear Lake, in California; Inferno, Humboldt County, and Rabbit Hole Mines, Nevada; near Evanston,...argillyte, and occasionally in sandstone. In Rhode Island and at WorcesIts ter, Mass., ft occurs in beds...Y.; Greenville, N. C.; near Attleboro, in Bucks County, Pa.; Wake, N. C. ; on Tyger River, and at Spartanburg |  | | Report (issue) | | bedrock map (which also showed the geology of Rhode Island) was published in 1917 by Benjamin K. Emerson...Emerson, B.K., 1917, Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 597, 289 p...metavolcanic rocks older than the Proterozoic Z Rhode Island and Dedham batholiths.......... Rocks possibly...Conglomerate (Pp), Wamsutta Formation (Pw, Pwv), Rhode Island Formation (Pr, Prc), and Dighton Conglomerate........................................... 44 Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts batholiths and |
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