 | | Report (issue) | | Coimonwealth of Massachusetts Depart*- ~ v of Public Yforks H. A. MecDo>na3 ...Circular -?5 April, 1944 B-iery deposits near Chester, l.Iassachusetts E. T. Apfel CONTENTS Introduction...General geology General statement Rov/e schist Chester amphibolite Savoy schist Geologic structure Bnery...the ore The mines near Chester Prospecting Figure li Geologic map of the Chester emery area, Massachusetts...through the Chester emery vein. Figure 3; Longitudinal section of "Old IJnery Mine", Chester. Figure |  | | Report (volume) | | LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN KENDALL EMEKSON WASHINGTON...inineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass. This lexicon was prepared to accompany...MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES, MASS. By B. K. EMERSON. INTRODUCTION...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............219 by Robert I. Gait The Chester Emery Mines ...........................................the recent paper, “ Uralolite from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine: a second occurrence” (vol. 9, p....localities: 1 the j Elmwood and Gordonsville zinc mines near Carthage,Tennessee by Lance E. Kearns and F...Elmwood and Gordonsville zinc mines, near the town of Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Relatively little...of ore per day. The present working level of the mine is between 100 and 113 m. In the spring of 1976 |  | | Journal (issue) | | sample. The same stone is quarried in St. Lawrence County, and in Canada. Graywacke, of all sizes up to a...continued.) THE EMERY MINES AT CHESTER, MASS. BY A. W. GRABAN, SINCE the discovery of emer in Chester, Massachusetts...Massachusetts, has ranked among the foremost emery pro ucing regions of the globe. - Previous to its discovery...discovery our-chief sources were the emery mines of Naxos, which supply the civilized world with this valuable...mineral. . The possibilitesof the existence-of emery in this - State was indi cated to Dr. C. T. ackscn |  | | Journal (issue) | | P. Betancourt 410 Chester Avenue, Moorestown, NJ 08057 First Vice President Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. 309...309 Massachusetts Road, Browns Mills, NJ 08015 Second Vice President Stephen E. Fritz 102 Alison Rd....Wilk Field Trip (Ass't)—Warren Cummings Program—Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. F.O.M.S. Delegates and Alternates...Societies (EFMLS) Delegates—Philip P. Betancourt and Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. Alternates—Richard C. Bostwick...Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey. U.S. Geological Survey Professional |  | | Journal (issue) | | ELECTRIC LIGHT ON OBSCURE POINTS , MINERALS or MASSACHUSETTS , ORIGIN OF AMBER , SINGING SANDS , NAMES OF...from the sea to inaccessible peaks, from which the snow and ice never melt, and indeed there are but few...crystals. At Eskifjord is the noted Iceland spar mine. It is owned by the Danish government and leased...chance of getting any more Iceland spar from the mine. He had a large stock on hand, and his prices were...Eskifjord. Stilbite is found near the Iceland spar mine, and chabazjto in the 18 THE MINERAL COLLECTOR |  | | Report (volume) | | -....... 20 21 22 22 22 22 23 24 24 25 25 25 Emery .......................................... ^..................... 85 35 Corundum (emery) in amphibolite at Chester, Mass...........' . In anorthosite...deposits..........-.---...----..-.------.----..61 Emery in undetermined association. ...._.........--,--.......................... Origin of emery in amphibolite at Chester, Mass.................. * 81 86 92..... ........ ....-.-.----..--..-.-.--...... Massachusetts............................................ |  | | Report (volume) | | Clay County. Macon County. Jackson County. Transylvania County. Swain County. Haywood County. Buncombe...Buncombe County . Madison County. Yancey County. Mitchell County . Watauga County . Wilkes County. Ashe County...County . Alleghany County . Physiography and ecology of the peridotites. 28 28 29 32 34 35 36 38 42 46...mag¬ nesian rocks. Shooting Creek region, Clay County, North Carolina. Elf dunite. Elf amphibole-peridotite...Dunite at the Bad Creek mine. Dunite of the Asbestos mine. Dunite of the Sapphire mine. Vicinity of Glenville |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | localities. Crystals of tetrahedrite from the Hypotheek mine, Pine Creek district, Idaho, gave, after deducting...fibrous and bladed mineral from Chesterfield, Massachusetts, closely resembling cummingtonite in appearance...99.95 9.36 9-12 99.49 pegmatite at Russell, Massachusetts; D 3.172-3.180, H 5, ct 1.629, y 1.635. Stilpnomelane...occur with diaspore, etc., in the emery mine a t Chester, Massachusetts. The dark green corundophilite crystals...56 100*37* L. J. S. Minerals from the Tungsten Mine at Trumbull, Connecti(Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1920 |  | | 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) | | from these ores. Some sussexite, rhodonite, fow County, Ct., there are cubes of red and gray granites...used in smelting, and nearly all.the principal mines in New Jersey. The ores are land, Ct., East Long...lot of magnetites and limonites from different mines the northwestern corner of the building a loan collection...the appearance of a huge hexagonal pyramid. T lle Mine La Motte sends some very choice specimens of from...of minerals from Bergen Hill, some of which are chester, Pa. of well crystallized marcasite and hnnallte |  | | Report (volume) | | 21 Corundum (emery) in amphibolite at Chester, Mass......._.--... . Origin of the emery...................... Macon County .........._. ...........,..-...........-......,.._, Sheffield mine .......... .....Clay County.. ................................................. Buck Creek or Cullakeenee mine.........tracts...................... ......... Jackson County ................ ..................................... Laurel Creek mine ........................................ Track rock mine ......-......'..... |  | | Catalog/List | | Chiastolite from Meteorites — Quartz Crystals. Massachusetts. The Canyon Diablo The Pallas Iron, Spear-head...mineral, "At were of large, prisms, of this mine have been obtained, more Note. - Galena offer...in the specimens Dundasite, bunches samples Mine, of occurs lode. beautiful white large more...originally Cornish mining ceeding by colour, Mine fractures of great the mineral often Mount ...extremely some rarely Anglesite. Embolite, back Mine. with minute of small of capping gossan the |  | | Report (volume) | | meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams...cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 86 pp....57 pi. Price 25 cents. 38. Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky, by J. S. Diller. 1887. 8°. 31 pp. 1...Associated Rocks in Delaware, by Frederick D. Chester. 1890. 8°. 45 pp. 1 pi. Price 10 cents. 60. Report..................;............................ Margarite ............................................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | behold the splendid sparkle of the distant mica-mine dumps in New England sunshine to agree with this...decorative purposes, especially for use as Christmas "snow." 2 3 1 0 2 Muscovite is generally considered...the pegmatite veins of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsyl vania, Virginia, and...time as an editor for the New Mexico Bureau of Mines. 3 1 0 2 L E P I D O L I T E , K ( L i , A l...and Rumford, Maine; Chesterfield, Massachusetts; San Diego County, Cali fornia; Colorado and New Mexico |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | nearly two years 'in collecting specimens from every mine of importance in these States. The greater part...stephanite, from the Reese River district, Lander County. Among these are several quite valuable specimens...transparent crystals of quartz, from the Chase Mine, Lander County. The ores from this locality are remarkable...pieces of crystallized sulphur from Hum boldt County, some large pieces of selenite from the same locality...specimens of wulfenite from Eureka Consolidated Mines, Eureka County,salt crystallized , from brine and some |  | | 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...colorless crystals), Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | identificat ion card that secures the privileges of many mines, quarries, clubs, societies , museums, libraries.......... 3 NOTES ON GYPSUM CRYSTALS IN MORTON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. By Robe,-, H. Mitchell and Wilson...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 3. Rincon, Sao Diego County. By f ark Schwartz ............... ..............U. S. A. The official Joun1al cf the Rocks and Mine,alt Aaoc~ation 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS e I I I I...Lawrence County, New York (page 633, figure 2) ; and a crystal of clinochlore from W est-town, Chester County |  | | 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............................................ |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | from the summit, from Illitchell Coiinty to Macon County. They then make a curve round the source of the...calcareous rock of Asia Minor which forms the gangue of emery in that region. The adjacent rocks in each of the...age, and contemporaneous with the formation in Chester (Mass.). Each locality has, however, its special...special characteristic. I n Asia Minor the emery is associated with but a small quantity of black tourmaline...occur i t is found in most perfect crystals. The emery of Naxos and Nicaria is accompanied by black tourmaline |  | | Catalog/List | | on limonite ....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on...Copper aluminum silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...silicate CLEAVELANDITE Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine #2 Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite...ALTAITE Lead telluride • Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic tin white cleavable mass...magnesium silicate Canada Heath Lake, Smallwood mine ~e, light brown prismatic crystalline aggregate |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, 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 qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Book (edition) | | minerals of this character which a number of these mines have yielded, may be noted the following light a...larger of rare RARE MINERALS FOUND IN THE MICA MINES. Samarskite, TJrarinite, Pvrochlore, Idatchettolite...cerium, lanthanum and tions yttrium. The corundum mines, in the chrysolite ledges of the gion, have also...deweylite, prochlorite, cerolite, fibrolite, margarite, And the discovery of so many mineral rarities...Chrysolite. 120. Willeoxite. Garnet. 121. Margarite. 35. Halite. 76. 36. Cerargyrite. 77. Zircon |
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