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Talc from
Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:City
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 Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:550519
Long-form Identifier:1:3:550519:7
GUID (UUID V4):84be99a8-22ab-4177-a7db-ed386c52ed31
Localities for Talc in this Region
Westfield Soapstone Quarry, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Talc
6.7km (4.2 miles) Westfield Soapstone Quarry, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) Atwater serpentine quarry, Russell, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) Wright Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
24.6km (15.3 miles) Melvin Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
24.8km (15.4 miles) Tariffville Gorge, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) Old Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
29.2km (18.1 miles) Native American soapstone quarry, Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
33.4km (20.8 miles) Soapstone Mountain, Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) Pelham asbestos mine, Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
matrix for one or more of these species. In Massachusetts, datolite fills veins and open cavities in trap...as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite. Crystals from...century at the Lane quarries at Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found...al. 1980) and quarries at Prospect Park, Passaic County, are noted for datolite; datolite clusters and...and the Riverside quarry, Totowa, also in Passaic County. Downloaded by [Queensland University of Technology]
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
Book (edition)
CongresS; J / in the year 1834, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Commonwealth in the Clerk's Office of the ...Secretary of the of said i ; District of Massachusetts. by Edward D. Bangs, in the name and District...Excellency, John davis, Esq. Governor of Massachusetts. I HAVE the honor to present you with the second...the 3d of March , 1830, the Legislature of Massachusetts passed a Resolve, authorizing and requesting...Antiquarian Society at Worcester; One copy to the Massachusetts Historical Society One copy to the Boston Society
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
along a trend within the Morefield mine in Amelia County, Virginia. Brightwell (1999, 2001) analyzed amazonite...Bulletin describing a twin of datolite from Westfield, Massachusetts. In a major paper on datolite published...quartz. DlOPSlDE FROM THE ATWATER QUARRY AREA, WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.W Shelton', G. W Robinson', D...quarry near Westfield include some of the largest crystals/cleavages known from Massachusetts and possibly...from, and probably unrelated to, nearby ultramafic talc-serpentine occurrences that trend northsouth across
Report (issue)
-quadrangle, Berkshire, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties, Massachusetts by Stephen A. Norton \\ Explanation...1250 feet on the brook draining north into the. Westfield River at the east edge of the quadrangle. Their...-erondary or retrograde chlorite, serpentine, and talc. Wr.alh^i e.d surfaces are generally bnff but...The. geology of eastern Berkshire fount y, Massachusetts: U.S. Cool, Survey !5ui].. 159, 139 p. Norwood...Redefinition of the Rowe Schist i r- northwestern Massachusetts, in Cohee, G.V. and Vtest , W.S., Changes ?
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 ...............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
informs us that talc has been mined near Winterboro, Talladega Co., Ala. This talc was broken and could...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...mind. We have only one small rock outcrop in my county (Orange) at Rock Springs near Apopka. "The beaches
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
'Arizona Gem Fields'. Near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif., and then deep in the Muggins Mountains...), no fl. (s.w.). Wesrville is in So. Vermilion County of Eastern Illinois. INDIANA—"From a little stream...brown by iron. Covington is in Western Fountain County in Western Indiana. I O W A — " W e enclose for...of a large rock found in a field in Des Moines County, Iowa, by Mr. Art Hueschen of Danville, Iowa. "This...and has found many types of rocks in Des Moines County, Iowa, which we predict will be a Rock 247 Hound's
Report (volume)
Antigorite-chlorite rock___________-_-_-_-____-____ B-42 Talc-carbonate rock----_-________-_-_-_-________-__ 42...resources________________-_-______-_-_-_-_----_______ 70 Talc._____--_.____-__-__________-_---_-_-_-_-----_---------__...sites for future exploration by diamond drilling. Talc is a potential, though unexploited, mineral resource...Missisquoi Valley area. Large amounts of talc in the form of talc-carbonate rock occur in a belt at least...Newport Center. The St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad provides freight service with stations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
te from a newly discovered locality in Yavapai County, Ariz., on the Verde River near Camp Verde, Ariz...be of interest. These were collected in Yavapai County, East of Prescott, Arizona. "They were taken from...asbestos, from a deposit near Jamestown, Tuolumne County, to its plant in Baltimore, Md. "Asbestos experts...and she had been fishing on Duke's Creek in White County (Ga.) with her nephew, Jere Chambers. Mrs. Lanier...road about 4 miles north of Cleveland, in White County, at 9 a.m., Wednesday, September 10. Gravel from
Report (issue)
SURVEY GEOLOGY OF THE WINDSOR QUADRANGELE, MASSACHUSETTS Stephen Alien Norton This report is preliminary...Economic Geology . 177 177 180 185 185 191 193 Talc 193 Ornamental Stone Lime Glass Sand Crushed Quartzite...to recent geologic mapping in northwestern Massachusetts, southern Vermont, and southwestern New Hampshire...geologic map of southern Vermont northwestern Massachusetts. 11 Location of specimens for which modes...igraphic column for the Windsor quadrangle, Massachusetts. 26 Interbedded flaggy granulite and massive
Book
[- ' 1f,.,,1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go � -...Ed & Bert Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE...Jasper Mine Reading, Windsor Co., Vermont Reading Talc Mine Saxtons River, Vermont Davis Soapstone Quarry... M.�SSACHUSE TTS Adams, Massachusetts Pfitzer Quarry Ashland, Massachusetts Bayer - Mingolla Quarry Blandford...Blandford, Massachusetts Goldmine Brook Site Bolton, Massachusetts Bolton Lime Quarry Granby, Massachusetts
Book
CUMMINGS, BILLIARD, & CO. 1825. DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT. District Clerk's Oflht. BE it remembered..." JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the, District of Massachusetts. CAMBRIDGE -. University Press, Milliard...of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...of considerable extent. Made in small quantities. Talc, in granular limestone, with actynolite and sulphuret...granular limestone, with common pyrites in cubes, green talc, &c. Sulphuret of Molybdtna, on the banks of the
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................
Book (volume)
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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Catalog/List
Laranjeiras Mine, Minas Gerias,Brazil Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA ½ x½ £1.50 5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall...Mongolia. P.D.WellNo I , near Ajo, Pima lxl £4 County, Arizona , U.S.A Ribane Mine, Mozambique £8 Mt...Close, Cobham.Surrey England KT! I 2NL Boron, Kem County,Califomia U.S.A Madagascar Ix! £2 lxl £7. S0...ltaly lxl £5 Boghill Road Quarry, Glengonnley, County Antrim, Yaknl Mine,Bigndic, Turkey 1/,x½ £S ½...2x2 £6 Davis Mountains,Maricopa 5mm £3 County,Arizona, USA Hilarion Mine , Lnurium,Greecc ½ • £3 lxl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NationalMuseum,.tmn Chemistry The chemical constitution of talc is a problem that has engaged the attention of a...been assigned the name "gavite."2 Two occurrencesof talc of low silica and high water content have been studied...ERICAN M I N ERA LOGIST 168 Some specimens of talc collected by Mr. Earl V. Shannon, of the Department...quarry of the Westfield Marble Company in Russell, Massachusetts were investigated. The talc occurs as patches...the theoretical amount required by the ordinary talc formula. The feature of particular interest in this
Report (volume)
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...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
infrequently. However, a locality in San Benito County regularly produces this oddity. The accompanying...and its mode of occurrence in a pegmatite. Massachusetts New York Babingtonite Acquired from the Boston...specimens. Massachusetts is well known for the classic babingtonite localities of Westfield and Woburn...visited the Vh. mine (also known as the United States Talc mine) in Talcville for the purpose of collecting
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..........;.,;,.....Undeveloped! soapato&e deposit near the Hassachuaetta Talc Ccapany mine. a ^ . B4 a ......... ........
Report (volume)
DIRECTOR THE GEOLOGY EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY BENJAMIN KENDALL EMERSON WASHINGTON... 101 101 Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County .... .... ....'.......... .......... 103 Albite...-CONTENTS. Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County Continued. Page. Opal.............................. ............................................ Talc................:..............-...................11 THE GEOLOGY OF EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. By B. K. EMERSON. INTRODUCTION. The country
Book
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...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE,
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Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Colin Renfrew Disney Professor of Archaeology... Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst PREHISTORIC QUARRIES AND LITHIC PRODUCTION... Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts at Boston. Barbara A. Purdy, Department of Anthropology... Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts at Boston. Barbara A. Purdy, Department of Anthropology...chipped stone workshop site (8-MR-122), Marion County, Florida: a preliminary report of investigations
Report (issue)
northeasterly direction and through the corner of Westfield to Troy. The serpentine is accompanied with beautiful...second is northwest of Lowell, in the vicinity of Westfield, and the third and fourth are southwest of Lowell...side of the Round Mountain area in Lowell and Westfield. The belt is several miles in length and a mile... The property is owned by Thomas Gilbert, of Westfield, and is under an option which soon expires. A...FOE FLUX IN THE VICINITY OF MONTEVALLO, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA. By CHARLES BUTTS. The Ketona dolomite
 
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