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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Talc
Formula:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Talc data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wright Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:420422
Long-form Identifier:1:3:420422:0
GUID (UUID V4):fd17e6ec-4d21-4a07-933f-e98a4404d267
Nearest other occurrences of Talc
0.9km (0.6 miles) Melvin Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
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
18.1km (11.2 miles) Atwater serpentine quarry, Russell, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) Westfield Soapstone Quarry, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) Lee Lime mine (Lee Lime quarry), Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
38.5km (24.0 miles) Native American soapstone quarry, Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
40.5km (25.2 miles) Pfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield 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
43.4km (27.0 miles) Serpentinite, Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
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Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TALC RESOURCES OF THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES By...the U.S. Government. 1995 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Talc Resources of the conterminous United States Contents............................................8 Talc and talc-bearing rocks ................................optical properties of talc .........................10 Geology and Genesis of Talc Deposits .................................................12 Uses for talc ...............................................
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
Report (issue)
Commissioner of Public Schools. State Treasurer. WRIGHT, TERRELL, Hon. W. A. Hon. J. M. Commissioner...23 23 Introductory Remarks Sapphire Corundum Emery Physical Properties Artificial Production of Corundum...Chlorites 52 52 IV. Vermiculites V. Serpentine and Talc 53 56 Phosphates 57 CHAPTER IV. GEOLOGY OF...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
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
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
Report (volume)
further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...the White Mountains, Mono County, Calif., and near Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nev. KYANITE Kyanite generally...Baker Mountain, Prince Edward County, and Willis Mountain, Buckingham County, in Virginia, and at Henry...Henry Knob, near Clover, York County, S.C. These are the only deposits now producing kyanite in the United...in Humboldt Queen Canyon, near Oreana, Pershing County, Nev., however, is the only known commercial deposit
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)
Talc Resources of the United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1167 Talc Resources of the United...States By A. H. CHIDESTER, A. E. J. ENGEL, and L. A. WRIGHT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1167 UNITED STATES... by A. H. Chidester, A. E. J. Engel, and L. A. Wright. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963. v, 61...Bibliography: p. 58-61. 1. Talc U.S. I. Engel, Albert Edward John, 1916thor. II. Wright, Lauren Albert, 1918joint...__-_---_---_----_ Classification and geology of talc deposits_______-_--___--__-_____-Deposits associated
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)
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 .........................k Talc and soapatona mines, prospects, and quarries^ ......... ...... ....... & Foliated Talc Cesapany... 9 10 Appraisal^ ..^.^.... ........ , Massachusetts Talc Coapany stine^ $*pl°gy..........;.,;,.....soapato&e deposit near the Hassachuaetta Talc Ccapany mine. a ^ . B4 a ......... ........ ..... .
Report (volume)
Selected Bibliography of Talc in the United States 'Jy CELINE W. MERRILL :ONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY... CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOlOGY SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TALC IN THE UNITED STATES By CELINE w. MERRILL INTRODUCTION...list of both general and specialized references on talc in the United States that are available in either...the mineralogy, geology, and industrial uses of talc. The entries are arranged alphabetically by author...author and are indexed by subject. The term "talc" is used in a mineralogical sense as a mineral name and
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............................................
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
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 ......-......'.....
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
informs us that talc has been mined near Winterboro, Talladega Co., Ala. This talc was broken and could...when a new pocket was broken into in the Mammoth Mine, Tiger, (Pinal Company), Arizona." ARKANSAS — Another...light greenish (but stained brown) foliated mass of talc has been donated to R. & M. by Julian A. Smith...Smith, Route 2, Box 786B, Modesto, Calif. The talc was found in a road cut in weathered serpentine near San...locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell
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)
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)
References to Each Locality By ELAI E M. LUEDKE, CHESTER T. WRUCKE, and ]OH A. GRAHAM CONTRIBUTIONS TO...references to each locality, by Elaine 1. Luedke, Chester T. Wrucke, and John A . Graham. Washington, . S...Museum and Science Service, Geological Survey." 1. Mines and mineral resources- ew York (State)-Bibl. (S~...--------------------------------------------------- ­ EmerY--------------------------------- - ------- -- -----...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Talc _______________ ________________________________
Report (volume)
Pale"ontologie, t. 9, fas. 1, 2. Paris, France. Annales des Mines, 11° se"r., t. 5,1. 1-4. Paris, France. Annals and...Columbia, Bureau of Mines: Bulletin, no. 1; Annual Report of the Minister of Mines for 1913. Victoria...nos. 5-8. Berkeley^ Cal. Canada, Department of Mines, Mines Branch: Summary Report for 1913; and miscellaneous...Survey: Bulletin 7. Denver, Colo. Colorado School of Mines: Magazine, vol. 4; Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4; vol...Proceedings, vol. 13, pp. 1-46. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, no.
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)
PalSontologie, t. 10, 12, fasc. 1-2. Paris. Annales des Mines, llth ser., t. 6-12; 12th ser., t. 1, 2. Paris....nos. 2, 3. Boston, Mass. Arizona State Bureau of Mines: Bulletin, nos. 113-117. Tucson, Ariz. Association...British Columbia, Bureau of Mines: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines for 1920, 1921. Victoria, B...1, 2. Berkeley, Calif. Canada, Department of Mines, Mines Branch: Summary Report for 1920; Bulletin, no...21, 22, 25, 26. Denver, Colo. Colorado School of Mines: Magazine, vols. 11, 12; Quarterly, vols. 16, 17
Report (issue)
(MAS) Data Base was created under the Bureau of Mines for the collection, validation, interpretation,...dissemination of minerals information. The Bureau of Mines was assessing the worldwide availability, economic...only of limited use, just within the Bureau of Mines for various programmatic functions assigned to the...January 1996, before the closure of the Bureau of Mines, therefore the USGS is not responsible the accuracy...of Mines prior to it’s closure. The MAS Data Base was a working file of the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Quality
Report (issue)
thoroughly. They were Bill Domoracki, Ron Fodor, Wright Horton, Harmon Maher, Butch Maybin, Clark Niewendorp... Gold deposits of the West Springs area, Union County, South Carolina Dennis J. LaPoint................Counties, South Carolina Allen J. Dennis and James E. Wright..................................................Broad River at 5.8 (34.3) miles. Turn right onto Chester bypass at 14.0 (48.3) miles. At 3.7 (52.0) miles...grassy field. Walk down to rail siding: STOP 3 (Chester metagabbro). Return to SC 9 0.1 (55.8) and turn
 
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