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Aragonite from
Wright Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wright Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:420410
Long-form Identifier:1:3:420410:7
GUID (UUID V4):fcf96847-595c-46ea-a5d3-da41c6d79edd
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
1.8km (1.1 miles) Old Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
19.5km (12.1 miles) Loudville Lead Mines (Manhan Lead-Silver Mine; Southampton Lead Mine; Northampton Lead Mine), Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) Lee Lime mine (Lee Lime quarry), Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
40.8km (25.4 miles) State Route 20 road cut, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
41.6km (25.9 miles) Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
43.0km (26.7 miles) Specialty Minerals Mine (Pfizer Quarry; New England Lime Quarry; Follet Quarry; Adams Lime Quarry), Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
45.1km (28.0 miles) Redwing Quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) Cheapside Quarry (East Deerfield Quarry; Trew Corp. Quarry), Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
51.7km (32.1 miles) State Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
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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 (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
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
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)
for this mouth-watering specimen is Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee (Cochise Co.), Ariz. ARKANSAS—"First off...have found in the Magnet Cove area of Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I am sending you a specimen under separate...Colo. "Keep the presses rolling."—note from Walter Wright, prop., The Prospectors Shop, 201 San Francisco...on Delaware Bay, is in the N / E part of Sussex County, Del. From this beach, Bob and Hazel Reynolds,...item or two. ROCKS AND MINERALS IDAHO—"In Bonner County, Northern Idaho, at a place called Chimney Rock
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 (volume)
British Columbia Dept. Mines Ann. Rept.-British Columbia Department of Mines Annual Report. Victoria...Paleontology. Ithaca, N. Y. Calif. Dept. Nat. Res., Div. Mines Bull.; Mineral Inf. Service; Special Rept.California...California Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines Bulletin; Mineral Information Service; Special Report...Francisco, Calif. Calif. Jour. Mines and Geology-California Journal of Mines and Geology. San Francisco,...Gardenvale, Quebec. Colo. School Mines Quart.-Colorado School of Mines Quarterly. Golden, Colo. Colo. Sci
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
when a new pocket was broken into in the Mammoth Mine, Tiger, (Pinal Company), Arizona." ARKANSAS — Another...locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell... June 26-29, 1952. CONNECTICUT — The old copper mine near Bristol, Hartford Co., Conn., used to produce...mind. We have only one small rock outcrop in my county (Orange) at Rock Springs near Apopka. "The beaches...chlorite have been found at the Little Bob Mine—an 487 old pyrite mine on Land Lot 625, Paulding Co., Ga. I
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
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)
fairly nice specimens in an old road bed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, Ala....CALIFORNIA—The following item was sent in by Miss Helen E. Wright, Rt. 4, Box 248, Gainesville, Fla. "Thought you...Mountain for many years. The Colorado School of Mines Museum, which is one of the finest I've ever visited...of andalusite were brought to the Department of Mines in August, 1955, by Hon. Joe Boone of Milledgeville...Milledgeville who discovered them in Baldwin County, Ga., between the State Sanitarium and Oconee River. A preliminary
Report (volume)
Survey of Alabama Map. University, Ala. Alaska Div. Mines and Minerals Geochem. Rept. - State of Alaska Department...Resources, Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report. Juneau, Alaska. Alaska Div. Mines and Minerals Geol...Resources, Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report. Juneau, Alaska. Alaska Div. Mines and Minerals Rept...Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines and Minerals Report. Juneau, Alaska. Alaska Univ...University. Tempe, Ariz. Arizona Bur. Mines BuH.- Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin. Tucson, Ariz. Arizona Highways-
Report (issue)
CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 1952 136 SUPPLEMENT DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO 1952 MINERALS...read Vonsen. p. 46. T'nder anatase, San Benito County, add, at end of sentence, 136. They do Louderhack...30 E... M.n., read p. 89." Under cerussite. Inyo County (1) for sec. U,. T. sec. IJ,, T. 6 S., R. 30 E...erytlirite. add Tuolumne County: erijthrite 189. arscnopyrite in the Josephine mine, Logan (16), p. p. 1...Lake County, Bradford oecurence sliould bo li.sted as 2. p. 210. !^^onazite, Itiverside County, reference
Book (volume)
mineralized and dotted with once-rich abandoned mines. Dividing the stratigraphically complicated Piedmont...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:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Greek for rose) in the Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. He also discovered a number of...nails and a plow point. Fort Dunean; from Maverick County, Texas. Weighs43.5 kg. (96 pounds)and is associatedwith...Mexico. Dalton; from Whitfield County, Georgia. Hayden Creek; from Lemhi County, Idaho. 1'2 Seebibliography...143 Joe Wright Mountain; from Independence County, Arkansas' Laurens County; from Laurens County, South...South Carolina' Lick Creek; from Davidson County, North Carolina. Mazapil; from State of. Zacafecas, Mexico
Report (volume)
Nat. Res. Areas described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin,... L. D., Jr., 3. Minor: Wright, Lauren A. , 2. Indian Mtn. area: Crawford, Potash: Calif. Dept. Nat. Res...Res. T. J., 1. Div. Mines, 33. Piedmont area: Baker, J., 1. Idaho: Prater, L. S., 2. Illinois, limestones...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...and the extensive pegmatite dike exposures and mines. BON HOMME & CHARLES MIX COUNTIES SCOTLAND to WAGNER...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
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............................................
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of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...Catalogue of the several localities in Ireland where Mines or metalliferous indications have hitherto been...LONDONDERRY LONGFORD LOUTH MAYO MEATH MONAGHAN . QUEEN'S COUNTY . . . SLIGO TIPPERARY TYRONE . WATERFORD...possible, the various mineral- localities in the same county around their respective post-towns. A few cases
Journal (issue)
in review the works of Gilbert, Grabau, Let son Wright and the elder students, as Hall and Lyell THE...Hartman of \Vest Chester, Pa., his son, and myself, made a journey to the chrome mines of Little Britain...Britain Township, in Lancaster County. ' Our design was to explore the mines of that region. They were in...The first to receive our investigation was VVood’s Mine, situated about half a mile from Octorara Creek...carbonate of lime), lancasterite (a variety of aragonite), emerald nickel (a hydrate of nickel), brucite
Report (volume)
Columbi.a Dept. Mines ·Ann. Rep . ; Bull.,....,British C. olu1nbi~ .Department of .Mines Annual Report;...Indianapolis, Ind. Calif. Dept. Nat. Res., Div. Mines Bull.; Mineral Inf. Service; Special Rept. -California...-California Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines Bulletin; Mineral Information Service; Special Report...Francisco, Calif. Calif. Jour. Mines and Geology-California Journal of Mines and Geology. San Francisco,... Canada Dept. Mines and Tech. Surveys, Mines Br. Memo. Ser.-Canada Department of Mines and Technical
Report (volume)
Survey of Alabama Map. University, Ala. Alaska Div. Mines and Minerals Geochem. Rept. - State of Alaska Department...Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report. Juneau, Alaska. VII... BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1967 Alaska Div. Mines and Minerals Geol. Rept.- State of Alaska Department...Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report. Juneau, Alaska. Albertan...Columbia Dept. Mines and Petroleum Resources Ann. Rept. - British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Business Administration Building Cochairmen: K. O. EMERY AND M. N. BRAMLETTE 1. EDWARD S. DAVIDSON: Origin...sediments in the intermontane Safford Basin, Graham County, Arizona (15 minutes) 2. B. W. CARSS: Ely Springs...dolomite in eastern Nevada (15 minutes) 4. K. O. EMERY* AND JOBST HULSEMANN: Santa Barbara Basin, a semi-euxinic...the upper Miocene Castaic formation, Los Angeles County, California (20 minutes) 9:45 TUESDAY MORNING ...shape on alluvial-fan deposition in western Fresno County, California (20 minutes) 2. THOMAS CLEMENTS : Pleistocene
 
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