 | | Report (volume) | | SCHISTS AND ASSOCIATED GRANITES AND PORPHYRIES OF RHODE ISLAND BENJAMIN K. EMERSON JOSEPH H. PERRY WASHINGTON.............. 18 Nonoccurrence of il vaite in Rhode Island.................. 19 Inclusion of limestone............................... 24 Beds west of Providence and Pawtucket ................... 25 Cranston......'.................... Vein quartz at Diamond Hill.............................. "Warnsutta group"...crystalline rocks in the vicinity of Providence and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island............................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NOTES ON THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF RHODE ISLAND. I. PROVIDENCE COUNTY Lr,ovo W. Frsunn.q,Nt Enwrx K. GnlNav...recent survey of the minerals of the state of Rhode Island which are included in the museum collections...Brown University and of Roger Williams Park of Providence, together with a careful study in the field by...the chief rnineral localities and occurrencesin Providence Countvr is here recorded. r A paper is being...Ilmenite Ilvaite Jamesonite Knebelite Limonite Magnetite Malachite Melanterite Microcline Muscovite Molybdenite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln...Lincoln in northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone...Old Dexter quarry, Diamond Hill, the Route 114 road cut, and the Iron Hill mine. T H E T O W N S H I...northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland in England; however,...both the state mineral and the state rock of Rhode Island. Much of this area coincides with the Pawtucket |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COLLECTING AT SNEECH POND CUMBERLAND, RHODE ISLAND MARIANNE MONAHAN 757 West Roxbury Parkway West Roxbury...02132 Sneech Pond Copper Mine, Cumber land, Rhode Island, an area 40 miles south of Boston and 12 miles...of Sneech Pond, near the top of a juniper covered hill. The area was mined between 1720 and 1780 and the...R+.I22 :/ z mile Figure 1: Road Map for the Cumberland, R.I. area J U L Y / A U G U S T 1975 413 ... a water tower on the top of Cumberland Hill has exposed fresh outcrop which shows lenses of mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A GEOLOGY OF THE DIAMOND IIILL-CUMBERLAND DISTRICT IN RHODE ISLAND-M ASSACHUSETTS 1 BY CHARLES H. WARREN........................................... 441 Cumberland quartzite......................................................................... 461 Diamond Hill felsite...........................................(435) 436 WARREN AND POWERS----DIAMOND H ILL—CUMBERLAND DISTRICT Page Riebeckite-iegirite granite....... Riebeckite-bearing granite porphyry Diamond Hill quartz deposits.......... Sheldonville quartz vein |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brown limonite. Wickenburg is in N / W Maricopa County in western Arizona. xline—crystalline tain a... The Dallas Gem Mine is in southern San Benito County in western California. COLORADO — "Would you please...surface shows the interior cently found in San Benito County, here to be an attractive moss agate of pleasing...term "astonishing" is not an exaggeraSan Miguel County is in southwestern tion ! W e were lucky in being...greenish datolite. Meriden is in N / E New Haven County in central Connecticut. FLORIDA — Mary G. Poole |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...fluffy mass in a vial). The sample came from the Oak Hill mines of Santa Clara Co., Calif. The following is...the N. W . part of Dade County, Fla., due west of Miami and near the Monroe County line. Among the samples...Geological Survey recently by Dean H. Baxter, Marble Hill Hotel, Rockmart, Georgia. These specimens are completely...Lots 612 580 and 649, 19th District of Paulding County."—Spring 1954 issue, page 48. IDAHO—"I am sending |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, whose topic was "Minerals of Rhode Island." Prof. Quinn's lively...with interesting mineral specimens from the Rhode Island area. Monroe L. Weiss, Sec. 65-30 108th St....meeting place, 85-01 118th Street, Richmond Hill, Long Island, N.Y., the following were elected to office:...Village, L.I. N.Y. HOUis 4-4494 3-2-58 Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society (N. Y.) Over forty members...Committee 5 Foster Avenue Glens Falls, New York Fulton County Mineral Club Jan. 6, 1 9 5 8 The guest speaker |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...of Iron, at Rumford Falls, (J. P.) PARKER'S ISLAND. (In the Kennebeck.) Schorl, sometimes translucent...situated 2 m. N. from the village, on a precipitous hill, whose base is washed, by the Connecticut river...(Hall.) WINNEPISSIOGEE LAKE. Hornblende, on Red hill, near the lake. (C. C. Baldwin.) 17 VERMONT...crystals are very abundant in granite on a small island a few feet above the bridge, imperfect. Prehnite |  | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...and Webber Hill, El Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral...Corral, Nevada County; Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western...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, |  | | 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...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...Rd., Ardsley, N.Y. Chairman—Gene Jacob, 10 Beacon Hill Rd., Ardsley, N. Y. Oct. 2. 3. 1965—Topeka Gem &...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966—Dallas County Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at rhe...Federation of Mineralogical Societies. Host: Clark County Gem Collectors, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las...MATERIAL— (No Selling) Chairman —Gene Jacob, 10 Beacon Hill Road, Ardsley, N. Y. 648 ROCKS AND MINERALS Notice |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...twin, YvT V / v> / -f repeated twin o( rutile Cumberland, England, \ m m " '.^y^ penetration penetr;...OF ROCK COLLECTING Suppose you are climbing a hill top of which at the only to avoid making ers |  | | Book (edition) | | anthracite region 10. Structure section in Tazewell County, east of Richlands, southwest 8. 9. 12. 13. ...grahamite fissure to anticlinal fold, in Ritchie County, W. Va Plan of Trinidad pitch lake Section of gilsonite...formations of Arkansas Volcanic ash from Madison County, Mont Section showing occurrence of corundum around...areas of barite Bennett barite mine, Pittsylvania County, Va. Map of barite veins near Lexington, 109...Plan of pyrite lenses at Sulphur Mines, Louisa County, Va., showing 401 pyrite (a) and crystalline schists | | | Book | | topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...wi th tin beak. 5 Fluorite penetration twin, Cumberland, England. 5 The famous pegmat1te rock mass...OF ROCK COLLECTING Suppose you are climb ing a hill at the top of wh ich is a mineral deposit. If you'...mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc., with...in pegmatite Mount Antero , 12,000 feet Chaffee County . Colorado from the Smith co llection 1/10/74 |  | | Book (edition) | | minerals chalcedon)' — and the oxides of iron magnetite and hematite and the hydrated oxide, limonite...(mcnaccanitc), which arc of minor importance. Magnetite and hemaQuartz is found in all rocks high in silica...varieties when present in a subordinate capacit)'. Magnetite is the most widespread of all the rock-making...at Meissen, near Dresden, in Saxony, and on the island of Arran,. vania. off the west coast of Scotland...developed orthoclases. Others are known in Custer county. Col. (see Analysis i), and in Montana (Analyses |  | | Report (issue) | | 062 .07~ . 085 .080 . 079 Blowing Rock, Watauga County, N.C. Fichtelgebirge, Bavarht .............. Crystal......... Montgomery County, N.C ............ Granitite ............. Eldorado County, C11l .................... ~....... Rhyolite .............. Plumas County, Cal .................. (73. 0) Pitchstone ...... Monte 1\Ienone ....................... Plumas County, Cal .................. ll!adison Plateau, Yellowstone................. : Rhyolite.............. Tehama County, Cal................. Granite ............... Riesengebirge |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Germany); Chihuahua and Zacatecas (Mexico). In the USA, there are large quantities of acanthite at Leadville...in Siberia (Russia) and in Alaska and California, USA. The Alaskan deposits are found close to significant...byssolite is found mainly in Pennsylvania and Virginia, USA. FACT FILE ACTINOLITE Group: Silicates Crystal...in the yellow Bernadino County, mineral limonite, and in the California, USA; in Cap sulphide-rich upper...(Scotland); Magnet Cove, Arkansas, and Libby, Montana (USA). cc LU z □ LU cc a... C/.) LU □ Many orthopyroxenes |  | | Report (volume) | | introduced for use in North America, the Pacific Island possessions of the United States, and the Trust...America, Greenland, the West Indies, the Pacific Island possessions of the United States, and the Trust...Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone...Aarde farm, sec. 4, T. 26 S., R. 11 E., Greenwood County. Aaron Slatet Precambrian or Paleozoic: Central...Central Railroad, sees. 5-7, T. 11 S., R. 5 E., Pope County. Named for Abbott Station. Abbyville Gabbrol Precambrian |  | | Report (volume) | | 5 in., inch or inches. Circ., Circular. Co., County or Company. Indus., Industrial. Inst., Institute...Pre-Cambrian : Central southern Virginia (Mecklenburg County). F. B. Laney, 1917 (Va. Geol. Surv. Bull. 14,...formation. Middle Cambrian : Western Utah (Gold Hill district). T. B. Nolan, 1930 (Wash. Acad. Sci. Jour...Abercrombie Peak, on ridge S. of Dry Canyon, in Gold Hill dist., is underlain by this fm., hence the name...Pleistocene : Southern South Carolina (Charleston County). E. Sloan, 190 (S. C. Geol. Surv. geognostic map |  | | Book (edition) | | include quartz and related minerals chalcedony magnetite and hematite and the With these should be mentioned...Quartz is found in all rocks high in silica. Magnetite and hematite are at times almost abundant enough...them- when present in a subordinate capacity. Magnetite is the most widespread Limonite is an alteration...that the earliest to form the metallic oxides (magnetite, ilmenite, hematite) ; the sulphides (pyrite,...C. Microcline 101085 Orthoclase to 1095 Magnetite 1 to 1095 Hypersthene Muscovite 1185 Leucite |
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