 | | 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...there's gold. Real gold. The stuff of the Old West, here in the Old East, and worth $400-plus per ounce, if |  | | Report (volume) | | Sanford. Upon Mr. Sanford's transfer to the Bureau of Mines the work was put into the hands of Frank L. Hess...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | .......................................... Massachusetts...............:............................... Willis, C. F., and others, Arizona State Bur. Mines Bulls. 1-8, 1915-16. Comstock, T. B., A preliminary...and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico mines and minerals...minerals of the Black Hills: South Dakota School of Mines Bull. 10, 1914. Purdue, A. H., The minerals of Tennessee...by K. A. A. Johnston, Canada Geol. Survey Dept. Mines Mem. 74, Geol. Ser. 61. This list does not record |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Desired. Alabama—Mr. Ernest Fairbanks, 109th Street, Old Orchard Beach, Me., sends in this bit of information:...sent R & M a number of specimens from the copper mines of his town. The specimens are extremely beautiful...When it comes to beautiful minerals, the copper mines of Arizona rank high in the mineral world. Arkansas—At...of black, crystallized ferberite from the Conger Mine, near Nederland, Boulder Co., Colo. It is good to...in Georgia at the fo'lowing localities: Cherokee County —2V2 miles northeast of Ball Ground, 1 mi'e northwest |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Forms of Pyrite ................................................219 by Robert I. Gait The Chester Emery...Emery Mines ...................................................235 by G. Fred Lincks Cuprite Up Close .....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 |  | | Report (issue) | | INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Inventory of Metal Mines and Occurrences Associated with the early Mesozoic...the U.S. Government. 1992 INVENTORY OF METAL MINES AND OCCURRENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EARLY MESOZOIC...Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude ................. .14 VII. Table 1: Inventory of metal mines and occurrences associated with the early Mesozoic...located in the Hartford basin and vicinity, Massachusetts .................... .72 C. Section C: Occurrences |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on the Post territory which covers most of Yuma County, Arizona, and a small area in California."—letter...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U. S.) that has been opened up...Liggett military reserjade deposits in (Monterey County) Cali- vation are some of the very few found on...Middlesex signed to conserve the stone for removal County, Conn., was sent in by Richard by legitimate collectors...might be staurolite. Later, after seeing a very old reference on the occurrence of ilvaite in East Hampton |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 14:35 04 June 2016 New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group...presence of America’s largest hard-rock garnet mines within its borders, a famous New York garnet specimen...representative of a garnet from Deshong’s quarry, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, that can barely be considered almandine...specimens have been found at several mines near Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, particularly the Standpipe...collected at Mount Apatite near Auburn, Androscoggin County; and the Bumpus quarry, ROCKS & MINERALS 244-253 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a green rock found in Fairplay, Colo., in Park County. Would you please identify it for me?—asks Elizabeth...it is a very nice one. Fairplay, in western Park County, is in central Colorado. C O N N E C T I C U T...Lane, Bloomington, Ind. North Vernon, in central County, is in S/E Indiana. Jennings MAINE—Gerald Arquette...quartz. "From the Harvard Mine we found quite a few of these."—on label. Harvard Mine, on Noyes Mt., is near...Greenwood, in southern Oxford County, is in western Maine. MASSACHUSETTS—"I am becoimng a bit worried |  | | Report (volume) | | onshore and offshore early Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia... anomalous mineral occurrences, prospects, and mines. The annotated bibliography presented here was largely...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | matrix for one or more of these species. In Massachusetts, datolite fills veins and open cavities in trap...as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite. Crystals from...at the Lane quarries at Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found at the...green datolite crystals from the Second Sovietski mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia. The 18.5 ⫻...al. 1980) and quarries at Prospect Park, Passaic County, are noted for datolite; datolite clusters and |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...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...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Frc.2. Pyrite, Bald Mountain, Colorado. LIMONITE PSEUDOMORPHOUS AFTER PYRITE I.ROM YORK COUNTY. PA. EDWIN...crystals of pyrite partly or wholly altered to limonite are to be found in many parts of york County. In fields... 69 suresof this rock in quarries or cuts the pyrite is often preserved, but the loose crystals are...solid limonite. Rarely they are found hollow, the pyrite nucleushaving changedinto some form more solublethan...beenexamined. FAMOUS MII.IERAL LOCALITIES: EMERY MINE TIIE CHESTER EARL V. SHANNON Washrington,D. C, Perhaps |  | | Book (volume) | | Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE... as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide |  | | Book (volume) | | Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE... as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide |  | | Book | | regarding the type of ABANDONED MINES Guest editorial: collecting in abandoned mines (by S. Voynick) 20: 178-180...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...minerals from [the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by F. Olmi, C. Sabelli & G....AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 69 suresof this rock in quarries or cuts the pyrite is often preserved, but the loose crystals are...solid limonite. Rarely they are found hollow, the pyrite nucleushaving changedinto some form more solublethan...beenexamined. FAMOUS MII.IERAL LOCALITIES: EMERY MINE TIIE CHESTER EARL V. SHANNON Washrington,D. C, Perhaps...mentioned in mineralogicliterature as the old emery mine at Chester, Mass., but like many other of the more...England localities, printed referencesto it are very old and vague and give the modern collector no idea as |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE LEAD MINES OF LOUDVILLE JOHN H. M A R S H A L L , JR. Plumbago Mining Corporation Rumford, Maine...Washington, D.C. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The old lead mine at Loudville, on the banks of the Manhan River...of the most interest ing metal deposits in Massachusetts. As well as having produced a consider able...material is due to the fact that it is a very old mine, and in early days the miners probably hand-cobbed...deep hole dug in the dumps often yields 150 year-old tailings which contain excellent mineral specimens |  | | 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............................................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production of zinc...number of good sphalerite occurrences, the Eagle mine at Gilman holds the record as that state’s leading...specimens. Inasmuch as the minerals of the now-closed mines of Gilman are the theme of the 2003 Denver Gem and...the commercial zinc mines of the BalmatEdwards district in Saint Lawrence County (Smith and Figure 1...sphalerite (variety marmatite) on siderite from the Eagle mine, Gilman, Colorado. The 8.4-cm specimen is in the |  | | 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 (issue) | | 23 23 Introductory Remarks Sapphire Corundum Emery Physical Properties Artificial Production of Corundum...A. Burdick, Manager of the Laurel Creek Corundum Mine, Pine Mountain, Rabun Co., Ga., Mr. Corn of Visage...improbable, that they were familiar with the use of emery, at the time, when that substance, which is met...corundum is the emery of the supposed that the early Egyptians obtained emery from this point, and...arts. Indeed, up to the time of the discovery of emery in Asia Minor, in Grecian Islands. 1847, by Dr |  | | 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 ......-......'..... |
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Old Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA