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Montmorillonite from
Big Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Montmorillonite
Formula:(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Montmorillonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:50881
Long-form Identifier:1:3:50881:2
GUID (UUID V4):6fdc8d8d-6d12-4e51-b929-1217da745657
Nearest other occurrences of Montmorillonite
60.7km (37.7 miles) Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
82.5km (51.3 miles) Barrus farm pegmatite localities, Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
85.4km (53.1 miles) Chandler Mine, Raymond, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
93.5km (58.1 miles) Parker Mountain Mine, Parker Mountain, Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
97.0km (60.2 miles) Loudville Lead Mines (Manhan Lead-Silver Mine; Southampton Lead Mine; Northampton Lead Mine), Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered
Field Trip Notes
//' . GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD IN ''fy,.'t:J TRIPS NEW ENGLAND NOVEMBER 10-12, 1952 Organized by the...Before visiting any of the sites described in the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference guidebooks...Highlands of East-Central New York, Southern Vermont, and Southern New Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding...Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford Granite" 103 Field Trip...OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW YORK, SOUTHER Leaders: VERJ-IONT, AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE Marland P, Billings
Report (issue)
Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL..._______ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ________________________________...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE: THE PLACE TO GO By F R A N K W A R D 2 Mildred A v e n u e , Rye, N . Y . 1 0 5...bring to light numerous specimens labeled Oxford County, Maine. M y own collection boasts quite a few that...from the numerous mines and quarries of Oxford County over the past five summers. A scattering of articles...come to Oxford County. T h e pegmatites that comprise the min­ eralized zone of Oxford County are in many...however, some minerals that are unique to O x f o r d County alone and these aren't as rare as the collector
Report (issue)
...................................... Sumpter County................................................................................................. New Mexico.............................................sodium-bentonite (montmorillonite) from the Clay Spur Bentonite Bed of the Mowry Shale, Crook County, Wyo.......calcium-bentonite (montmorillonite) from the Yegua Formation, Claiborne Group, Gonzales County, Tex...........(saponite) from Pleistocene tuffaceous playa beds, Nye County, Nev. ........................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOL. 40, PP. 9 o 3 - I 6 Twenty-ninth list of new mineral names M. H. H E Y British Museum (Natural...which have been approved by the I.M.A. Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, together with 3I names...drill core from the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, proved to be a nickel porphyrin, C3~H36N4Ni...occurs in dry weather on the waste piles of a coal mine in the LvovVolynsk basin, identical with the synthetic...Mineralogical Society. 9o4 TWENTY-NINTH LIST OF NEW MINERAL NAMES Argentoaikinite, Argentocosalite,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1329 Arizona Economic geology Aluminum, Maricopa county, Wickenberg (Sheridan, Michael F , et al.) tt-t2...(Mclean, W. John, er a/.) 7-E 1103 Hemihedrite,Pinal county, Florencemine, Maricopacounty, Wickenburg,Rat Tail...a/.) 7-8 1088 Kinoite, SantaRita mountains,Pima county (Anthony, John W., er a/.) 5-6 7O9 Phoenicochroite...Jerome,United Verde mine (Wood, Michael M.) 5-6 729 Wherryite, Tiger, Mammoth mine (Mclean, W. John.)...functional relationships in science and technology; New Series, Volume 2, Group III 7-E 1451 ( B e c h m
Journal (issue)
a recreational device, a sort of game—that was new.” (See also front cover.) A Trip TO LEAD PIPE SPRINGS...Edge Road must be abandoned 12 OLDEST MINE OPERATING IN NEW HAMPSHIRI by Mrs. Julian Wetherbee It has...of course, the “in betweens”’ v nary run-of-the-mine collections, consisting of a little of everything;...one was ever encountered who coul just where this mine had been, and careful search of the area never revealed...SCIENCE, December, 1949) ) > Linda Vista, Las Cruces, New Mexico, D cembet 1O, 1954 Thanks for sending me a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits just north of the town of Marysvale, Utah, USA, were formed primarily by low-temperature (100º–170º...propylitically altered rocks containing illite, montmorillonite, and chlorite, with minor pyrite, kaolinite...the dominantly steam-heated system. Introduction NEW, HIGH-RESOLUTION analytical remote sensing techniques...studies of a similar hydrothermal system at nearby Big Rock Candy † Corresponding author: e-mail: barnabyr@usgs...iron-bearing rocks and soils near the Trinity mine and Big Rock Candy Mountain that are related to variations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND MARIAN B. JACOBS Columbia University, New York, New York ABSTRACT Argillic alteration is recognized...several igneous centers may be observed: (1) in New Mexico, the Ambrosia Lake uranium deposits occur...lies along the southern margin of the Plateau in New Mexico and Arizona, and a west prong extends northward...the accompanying chemical changes. Caribou Mine, Boulder County, Colorado Among the Front Range veins, the...Argillization Orthoc1ase, andesine Kaolinite, montmorillonite Seridtization Orthoc1ase, andesine, biotite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrences VANDALL T. KING P.O. Box 90888 Rochester, New York 14609 United States Arizona Pyrophyllite ...report on copper, the Codelco el Teniente copper mine in Chile experienced a major cave-in that was estimated...The July nickel report described a ma­ jor new nickel mine that is being developed at the Radio Hill deposit...commenced at Nevada Goldfields mine, Manhattan, Nevada, while a major "new area of gold min­ eralization...meters in an area 4.8 km north of [the] Homestake Mine" in Lead, South Dakota, according to a second-quarter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JanuaryIFebruary: Pyromorphite, Les Barlow, A., 98 Farges mine, Correze Province, France; Barnes, J. H., see Media...Bastnasite-(Ce), New Hampshire, 161 Van Pelt 0 photo. March/April: Progression of L$e, painting Bavenite, New Hampshire...Hampshire, 161 Bazzite, New Hampshire, 161 by Stephen Greb. May/June: Bournonite, Yaogangxian Bearss, G...Miarolitic Cavitx Minerals of the Government Pit, Albany, New Mountain, South Hunan Province, PeoHampshire, 158-68...July/August: Silver, Mollie Gibson mine, Bertrandite, New Hampshire, 161 Pitkin County, Colorado; specimen Beryl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
celestite, chondrodite, fluorite, harmotome, montmorillonite, tremolite, etc. Douglas Scott, Markham, Ontario...Ontario, Canada. 276 KENTUCKY FOSSILS-New find in Bath County. Brachiopods, platystrophias, Ordovician...Specimen in matrix, 2V2", $1.25 postpaid. Anderson County Corals, fine, reddish, 2 " x 3 " , $1. Satisfaction...to clients. New clients please give references. A. G. PARSER, INC., 54 West 46th Street, New York 36, N...LOUIS, 14, MO. OPALS, BRILLIANT COLORS-Direct from mine, 15 for $5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)...barite specimens at the Elmwood zinc mine in middle Tennessee. This mine, opened in 1975, and other nearby
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in northwestern Nevada and southeastern Oregon, USA Stephen B. Castor ) , Christopher D. Henry NeÕada...School of Mines, Mail Stop 178, Reno, NV 89557, USA Received 14 June 1999; accepted 24 September 1999...led to an abrupt decrease in the construction of new plants in the 1980s and concomitantly to a drastic...prospects in volcanic rocks, Nevada and Oregon, USA Production and grade: % U3 O 8 Resource: kg U3 O...Rock Creek– Pole Creek Thacker Pass Old Man and Big Bend Springs none 2=10 6 kg at 0.09% ‘‘large, lowgrade’’
Journal (issue)
minerals and mineral names for most of that time. F A new definition of what constitutes a mineral species...recently been published by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names. This definition is not...intended to influence future decisions on minerals new to science. "In generalterms, a mineral is an elementor...formed by the action of natural weathering in mines, mine spoil, and so on, will still be regarded as minerals...for the purpose of creating new species. Those formed by the action of mine fires however, will no longer
Journal (issue)
Prince William County at the Cedar Run mine about 200 yards from the Fauquier County line. The barite...zone in red shale-sandstone of Triassic age. The mine was last operated in 1903, when 1500 tons of ore...available XX Not applicable Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including...The Hewitt mine, located south of Lynchburg and southeast of Evington in Campbell County, was worked...was closed because of groundwater flooding. The mine had a maximum depth of 160 feet. Barite was mined
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Elborton-Georgia (kaolinite-gibb&.e), Big Sur4alifornia (montmorillonite), and Spokane-Wa&ington (halloysite-nontronite)...and D/H of soils formed on shales containing montmorillonite and illite exhibit little or no change relative...local meteoric waters. The p8h% kaolinitt+H,O, montmorillonite-Hz0 and gibbsite-Hz0 display the following...to l-028 depending on the Fe-content of the montmorillonite; $&,rltbH,O = l-018 and a&slkH,o = 0.984. Complications...were studied, namely, kaolinite, gibbsite, montmorillonite and halIoysite, a.9 well as certain of the
Book (volume)
Descriptive Mineralogy Vandall T. King Rochester, New York 14609 , Eugene E. Foord U S. Geological Survey...Philip Hauck Richard P. Hauck was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey on June 30, 1935. He has been actively involved...deep concern for the fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining...mining history led him to purchase the mine in order to form a living museum so that it would remain accessible...mineralogical community. Through his efforts, the Sterling mine has been declared a national historic landmark.
Report (edition)
much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...llecting equipment and techniques for those who are new to the ·hobby. Several previous guidebooks have been...visiting those which are still open. The words "mine" and "quarry" are often used interchangeably in...localities. We have followed the convention of using "mine" only for sites that are chiefly underground workings...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line
Report (issue)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A sbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...not yet discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once they are discovered...depleted, new deposits are found, new extractive technology and uses are developed, and new geologic knowledge...knowledge and theories indicate new areas favorable for exploration. This Professional Paper discusses... ... . .......... .. ..... .... .. ...... ... . Big Squaw Creek.....................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
owners and users. (Even the private land in the upper New England states is generally more accessible than...pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan...from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced most of the rare minerals, ceased...Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991). i i...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Engineering, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA; ejayvit@gmail.com (E.J.V.); bfplatt@olemiss.edu...Environment, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA; dhmalon@ilstu.edu Correspondence: jngiffor@olemiss...February 2020   Abstract: We provide new detrital zircon evidence to support a Maastrichtian...drainage system. Fieldwork conducted in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, targeted two sites containing montmorillonitic...seismicity continues to the present. Here, we provide new data from the Ripley Formation in northern Mississippi
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA ABSTRACT ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission...satellite launched in 2000 provides revolutionary new capabilities for costeffective mineral and landcover...feature at those wavelengths. The presence of montmorillonite, kaolinite, or muscovite, among other minerals...ASTER bands 12 and 13, and between ASTER montmorillonite gypsum muscovite ASTER Band Centers: 10...0 Figure 3. Plot of laboratory spectra of montmorillonite, kaolinite, gypsum, and muscovite from Salisbury
 
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