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Muscovite from
Pinnacle Quarry, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pinnacle Quarry, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:52961
Long-form Identifier:1:3:52961:1
GUID (UUID V4):02dc35d6-0900-482b-830c-527c7f9e78bc
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...Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire...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...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VANDALL T. K I N G P.O. Box 90888 Rochester, New York 14609 NEW YORK £ J A N E T W. C A R E S 18 Singletary...adapted from U.S. Geological Survey map of New Hampshire and Vermont (1972). 324 ROCKS & MINERALS he...minerals found in Ver­ mont slate. Figure 2. Slate quarry, Poultney; photo by Roger Bacon. The granite industry...small particles is widely distributed over northern New England in glacial gravels, and many swiftly moving...decorator tiles. The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low­ ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi­ cant locality
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 ________________________________...pegmatites ___________________ _ Pegmatites of the Grafton and Keene districts __ _ Sources of pegmatites...characteristics of mica _________________ _ Properties of muscovite _____________________ _ Structural imperfections...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________
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
Book (volume)
MODIFIED DRIFT By WARREN ae OF GLACIAL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. UPHAM, DRIFT. APPENDIX II. TO PARTS ...INTRODUCTION, . . . . .. THE MINERALOGY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, LITHOLOGY, INDEX TO PART IV, APPENDIX, Part...Rockingham, Vt., 3 : 18, Section in Bridgewater and New Hampton, 19, Section in Concord, Fig. 20, Section...of IN THE 14-16 ATLAS. New Hampshire—/ac-szmle, reduced. New Hampshire—/ac-simzle, half size. Two...the topography, contour lines, and geology of New Hampshire, with portions of that of the adjoining territory
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
9 3 7 GEOLOGY OF THE CARDIGAN QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE BY KATHABINE FOWLER-LUNN AND LOUISE KINGSLEY............................................. New Hampshire magma series..................................Cardigan quadrangle lies in the west-central part of New Hamp­ shire, between latitude 43°30' and 43°45' north...wooded. Danbury, Alexandria, Hebron, Orange, and Grafton are small farming centers within the quadrangle...the results would fit in with other quadrangles in New Hamp­ shire, which were being mapped at the same
Report (volume)
Surficial Geology of the Canaan Area New Hampshire By CHARLES S. DENNY CONTRIBUTIONS TO GENERAL GEOLOGY...4. Map of surficial geology of Canaan area, New Hampshire. 5. Map of bedrock geology of Canaan area. Pag4J...14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Map of New England and vicinitY-----------------------Loose...GEOLOGY SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF THE CANAAN AREA, NEW HAMPSHIRE By CHARLES s. DENNY ABSTRACT Slightly...Mascoma and Cardigan quadrangles in west-central New Hampshire. Largely concealed beneath the drift are igneous
Journal (volume)
ABSTRACTS MAGNETIC MODELS OF THE LAKE GEORGE REGION, NEW YORK Blank, Deborah L., Department of Geology, Middlebury...Middlebury, Vermont 05753 Lake George is found in eastern New York on the southeast edge of the Adirondack massif...amphibole and, structurally downward, epidote and muscovite, is deformed by isoclinal recumbent folds (F2)...east and is marked by truncation of rocks of the Pinnacle and Cheshire Formations along their contact with...during and after the second deformational event. New Ic-Ar dates suggest that this event occurred between
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Stoneham and Vicinity Oxford County, Maine Downloaded by [Penn State University] at 01:41 12 December...Stoneham, Maine—a century apart. Figure 1. Aldrich quarry beryl. Maine Mineral and Gem Museum (MMGM) specimens:...pegmatites, particularly the important Aldrich quarry, with a focus on beryl and its gemmy blue variety...under discussion is bounded on the west by the New Hampshire state line, on the north by the Androscoggin...org (accessed July 2015). Albite, microcline, muscovite, and quartz are the essential minerals of these
Journal (volume)
1995 VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY BUSINESS AND NEWS New Members Newfane, Vermont • Scott Gaffney Burlington...Waterbury, Vermont • Timothy Schmaltz Treasurer's and New Members Report Of the 150 members of the Society...renewed are members who have retired or moved out of New England in the past year. Also, only a few of our...approximate balance of $2,89.00 in the VGS account. Three new members have joined the Society since the last Executive...status of the reciprocal agreement with the New Hampshire Geological Society. VGS is currently a member
Journal (volume)
Poster: - Marc Bardoux* and Robert Marquis: L 2001: a new interpretation of northwesterly-dipping reflectors....... 50 IV. DESTRUCTION OF A PASSIVE MARGIN II: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE VERMONT APPALACHIANS...........rocks (Tibbit Hill Formation, Call Mill Slate/Pinnacle Formation, and White Brook Dolomite). The post-break-up...Lincoln anticline, Enosburg Falls anticline, and the Pinnacle Mountain anticline. The importance of this region...anomaly. Based on the stratigraphic proximity to the Pinnacle Formation, and the presence of slate beds separating
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...collector of gem minerals RUSSELL P. Thomas NEW YORK MACFALL Y. Crowell Company / ESTABLISHED...Shop and Herbert Grand Girard, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ken Kyte of Covington, Louisiana, Merton...Indiana, George E. Lambert of Wappingers Falls. New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington...Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, liquid in the
Journal (volume)
of the Milton Quadrangle, Northwestern Vermont; A new inter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p...Structural analysis of the Bittersweet Falls/Austin Quarry area near Weybridge, Vermont . . . . . . . . ....and petrology of alkaline rocks at Cannon Point, New York and Barber Hill, Vermont ................ LAKE...study area is the north-trending, east-dipping Pinnacle Thrust. This thrust placed Upper Cambrian formations...Ordovician ones. The structure due west of the Pinnacle Thrust is an east-dipping homocline. This is contrary
Report (issue)
EPA REGION 1 Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-292-A...REGION 1 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont R. Randall Schumann...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment of New Hampshire Linda C.S. Gundersen andR. Randall Schumann...directed to develop model standards and techniques for new building construction that would provide adequate...aerial radioactivity, and indoor radon data by county. Because of constraints on the scales of maps presented
Report (issue)
Mountain-flenry Knob aroa, Gaston County, North Carolina and York County* South Carolina. Geologic Map of...Henry Knob, Tork County, South C-rolina Geologic Hap. of the Shelton property, Gaaton County, North Carolina...Carolina Geologic Map of The Pinnacle, Gaston County, North Carolina Geologic Hap of the North End of Clubb...Mountain, Lincoln County, North Carolina Geologic map of the Will Khox property, Gaston County, North Carolina...Gaston County, ITorth Carolina, and a «*"T* part of the northern portion of adjacent York County, South
Report (issue)
gneiss _____________________________________ Muscovite schist and gneiss. Kyanite schist _____ Kyanite...Slate __ . Halifax County Other localities North Carolina Hagers Mountain, Person County.- _.______ Corbett...Corbett deposit, Johnston County Burnsville-Swannanoa area, Buncombe, Yancey, and Mitchell Counties ________...________ ____ Rutherford County Other localities North Carolina-South Carolina Kings Mountain district, Cleveland...Cleveland, Gaston, and Lincoln Counties, N.C., and York County, S.C. ._ __-__ ____ --- ---General geology Rock
Report (issue)
HENDERSON COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA, AND GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA Carolina Geological Society – Guidebook...Henderson Counties, North Carolina and Greenville County, South Carolina.” John M. Garihan, Department of...Mountain and Cleveland quadrangles, Greenville County, South Carolina. Earlier geologic reports and geologic...quadrangle of Cattanach and Bozdog (2011). The results of new mapping in Horse Shoe, Pisgah Forest, and Brevard...field examples of these themes, for example the Pinnacle Mountain trail shear zone and the Cliff Ridge
Report (issue)
SAURATOWN MOUNTAINS ANTICLINORIUM: VIENNA AND PINNACLE 7.5 M INUTE QUADRANGLES KEITH I. MCCONNELL. ...SIGNIFICANCE OF THE QUARTZITE ON PILOT MOUNTAIN, SURRY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA DAN WALKER. . . . . . . . . ....Leonard S. Wiener for providing some information on county roads at a critical time. iv CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL...Crenulated and rodded quartz-feldspar layer in the State quarry (Stop 8). post-metamorphic Danbury fault originally...Early Jurassic forming the Dan River and Davie County basins that flank the anticlinorium along suitable
Report (issue)
•...•...••. 14 The Belvidere Mountain asbestos quarry, locality 9 ... ~ •................. 14 Locality.....•..••••.••......••.• 15 The VVaterville talc quarry, locality 22 •.......••..••........•.•.•. 15 The...• . . • • • . . 25 The Rochester verde antique quarry, locality 73. . . • • . . • . . . • . • • • . ....................... 28 The Hammondsville talc quarry, locality 117.......................... 28 Locality....................... 28 The Vermont Talc Co. , quarry, locality 126......................... 29 Localities
Journal (volume)
on in Vermont geology and have naturally acquired new interests. Others were formerly student members who...associations near 9:20 Gore Mountain, Adirondack Mountains, New York 2. Bruce Davidson: A structural study of 9:40...minerals include calcite, quartz, biotite and muscovite. Differences in cetrography throughout the belts...metasediments flanking the Mount Holly Complex -the Pinnacle schists and overlying Underhill formation to the...Underhill, outcropping in a small valley with Pinnacle on three sides, contains two members, the Forestdale
Report (issue)
53 15 Mount Mitchell-P. Albert CarpenterJII 55 16 New River-Carl E. Merschat 57 18 Stone Mountain-Carl...not think James, Mount Jefferson, Mount Mitchell, New about as we go about our daily activities. River...occasional prominent monadnocks, and in Cabarrus County, in 1799, was the first discovthe towering peaks...geologic features. The Earth changes constantiy. As new rocks form, they are heated and cooled, folded and...Inner Piedmont MOUNTAIN Mt. Jefferson Mt. Mitchell New River Stone Mountain Traissic basin Raleigh beltCarolina
Journal (volume)
Quaternary surfaces in the northwestern Espanola Basin, New Mexico ..................... 10. Charles Stick: The...QUATERNARY SURFACES IN THE NORTHWESTERN ESPANOLA BASIN, NEW MEXICO Demsey, Karen A., Department of Geology, Williams...the Rio del Oso, in the northwest Espanola Basin, New Mexico. The surfaces represent a sequence of distinct...began to form about 200,000 YBP in adjustment to a new base level about 100 m above the present flood plain...Beekmantown Group were investigated northeast of Pinnacle Hill. A detailed columnar section has been compiled
Report (issue)
.............................................57 New Mexico ........................................................................................ 99 New Jersey ...............................................................101 Appalachian Mountains in New England, Introduction ..............102 Connecticut..........................................110 New Hampshire ..........................................................................................123 New York ...........................................
Report (issue)
.......5 INTRODUCTION ......................5 PINNACLE FORMATION (-CZp)...............5 .......6 UNDERHILL...Mountain area consist of the Camels Hump Group (Pinnacle, Underhill, Hazens Notch, Mount Abraham and Pinney...Granulite (mislabelled on Eiben's map as -Curs) Pinnacle (-CZp) -Cugs Heterogeneous rusty graphitic schist...later in this report. Jo Laird, University of New Hampshire, used the electron microprobe to study amphiboles...east-west joints. PINNACLE FORMATION ('CZp) Christman and Secor (1961, p. 14) described the Pinnacle Formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
STRUCTURE AND PETROLOGY OF THE SUNAPEE QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE BY CARLETON A. CHAPMAN ABSTRACT The rocks of...of the Sunapee quadrangle, in southwestern New Hampshire, are chiefly metamorphic in origin and range...foliation, and recrystallization converted much muscovite into large porphyroblasts of potash feldspar....grain size was greatly increased, and nearly all muscovite was converted to huge microcline porphyroblasts...381 382 C. A. CHAPMAN—SUNAPEE QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE CONTENTS TEXT Page Introduction 382 General
 
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