 | | 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) | | Between Naugatuck and Beacon Falls, both in New Haven County, Conn., the Naugatuck River flows through a wide...New York 28, N. Y."—on label. River Sand from Westfield, Mass. This interesting sample was sent in by...by R. H. Nelson, 949 Granville Rd., Westfield, Mass. The sample is a dark reddishblack, medium grained...muscovite and colorless zircon (fl,orange). "Sand from Little River, Westfield (Hampden Co.), Mass"—on label...fine grained, gray sand. It consists of colorless zircon (fl. orange), colorless quartz, red gemmy garnet |  | | 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) | | -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...may include clino- zoisite or epidote, garnet, zircon, iourmaline, nv-igneH te., muvcovire, and hornblende...th»3 north. Include spheric, apatite, and euhedral zircon. Trace minerals The fabric ranges from weakly...The. geology of eastern Berkshire fount y, Massachusetts: U.S. Cool, Survey !5ui].. 159, 139 p. Norwood |  | Keppie, J.D., Dallmeyer, R.D., Krogh, T.E., Aftalion, M. (1993) Dating mineralization using several isotopic methods: an example from the South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada. Chemical Geology, 103 (1) 251-270 doi:10.1016/0009-2541(93)90305-3 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA CRoyal Ontario, Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto...anomalously young isotopic ages (Millet Brook and Westfield) have been analyzed for U, Pb and Ar isotopes...6 Ma (4°Ar/3gAr plateau ages). New data from Westfield indicate that a paraintrusive porphyry was intruded...intercept of a chord through four, nearly concordant zircon fractions) and that greisen muscovite cooled through...Rb-Sr whole-rock isochron age of ~ 270 Ma at Westfield reflect isotopic resetting that occurred below |  | | 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............................................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Merryall and Haddam, Connecticut; Russell and Westfield, Massachusetts ; from Bedford, New York ; and many other...Lode pegmatite near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Common in the pegmatites of Yavapai...Mountain in the Crested Butte region of Gunnison County, Colorado, in good gem crystals. ANDRADITE, calcium-iron...Andradite has been found at Middletown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and at other localities in Delaware...St. Peter's Dome, Colorado; and at Rockport, Massachusetts, at which locality some large and unusual crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hartfi rd, and Deerfield rift basins, northeastern USA Peter C. van de Kamp a,*, Bernard E. Leake b,c "..." 1750 CabernetLane, St. Helena, CA 94574-1604, USA b Department of Geology andApplied Geology, The University...Newark and Hartford rift basins of the northeastern USA in the Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic, soda-tich...rocks along a northeasterly trend in the eastern USA and Canada (Ratcliffe, 1971; Cousminer and Manspeizer...cuts along Highway 66; 3 = New Haven Formation, Westfield, cuts along Highway 20; 4 = Sugarloaf Formation |  | | Report (issue) | | Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of PUblic Works H. A. MacDonald, Commissioner U.S. Department...geologic map of the Plainfield-Hawley area, Massachusetts Plate 2 - Geologic map of the manganese deposits...deposits on the A. G. Betts property, Plainfield, Massachusetts. ****** Figure 1 - Key map showing locations...Plainfield-Hawley and CharlemontHeath areas, Massachusetts. Figure 2 - Garnet in schist. Camera lucida... Geology of the Plainfield-Hawley area of Massachusetts (with special reference to deposits of manganese |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HILL SPODUMENE LEDGE NEAR SOUTH WORTHINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS By B. M. SHAUB 159 Elm Street, Northampton,...located in the northwest corner of the ogy of Massachusetts published in 1833. town of Huntington. The ledge...formation regarding the crystallography toward the Westfield River. A line, of this mineral. Likewise the first...(fluorescent), beryl, columbite, lithiophilite, triphylite, zircon and a few small grains of a mineral having a pitchy...Geology, Mineralogy, Botany and Zoology of Massachusetts, p. 503, J. S. and C. Adams, 1833. (2) Julien |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 8y RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany, N. Y....are ID<:ated within t~e bound.anes of Hampshire County, situated in ~e western half of the. state. The...all of the recorded gemstone 10Ga;htles of the county from the very earliest recorded ones to the . ...o~fully accurate form. Not being a nat.lve of the county or even the state the wr.ter is at a disadvantage...CHIASTOLITE) Crystals suitable for polishing. Hampshire County APATITE Pelham, asbestos mine, 4 miles S.W. Clear |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEY GEOLOGY OF THE WINDSOR QUADRANGELE, MASSACHUSETTS Stephen Alien Norton This report is preliminary...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...quadrangle, Massachusetts. . . 17^ 22 23 Assemblages found in the Windsor quadrangle, Massachusetts in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ureyite whewellite whitlockite wollastonite yagiite zircon Quebec Uvarovite Mr. Pete Dunn has published data...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ......6, 113 Datolite Datolite localitY near Westfield' 5 M a s s . ,T h e - ( S h a n n o n ) . . '...Oxidized zinc ores, Leadville, Colo. . 64 Luminescence,zircon (Venable). 44 Lupton, H. See Newbury, E. Mackensen...Chester Emery Mine. 69 Datolite localify near Westfield, Mass... 5 Linarite and leadhillite fron Idaho...sulfates. . 9 Twiricrystals. ...... ..9,30 Two new zircon minerals. orvillite and oliveiraite (Lee). . ....dolomite... ........20 Yttrialite ...... t42 Yuma County, Arizona (Foshag) 149 91 t52 73 44 4 62 42 104 |  | | 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 |  | | 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, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in Plumose County, Arizona. N o one knows better than we do that there is no such county in Arizona and...Franklin Co., Kansas. KENTUCKY—For many years Elliott County, in eastern Kentucky, has been known as a possible...reason for these many attempts is that in Elliott County is found a rock, called kimberlite, which is identical...attempt is being made to find diamonds in Elliott County—this time by core drilling. Part of the clipping...Diamond, he is. "The drilling for gems is in Elliott County, financed by people there, including Circuit Judge |  | | Report (volume) | | Newport Center. The St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad provides freight service with stations... Tr. "Tr" Tr Tr. "Tr". Tr 5 Palnitp 3 Tr Zircon. .. Allanite. ... . .......... . . Tr. Tr Tr...Notch in the southwestern part of the town of Westfield. It is chiefly interbedded carbonaceous and noncarbonaceous...Peak in the northwestern part of the town of Westfield. The general absence of B-14 CONTRIBUTIONS...traces, include albite, calcite, chlorite, limonite, zircon, and apatite. The carbonaceous quartzite is well |  | | 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...Carnelian, Chrysoprase, Jasper, Agate, Chrysoberyl, Zircon, Adularia, Nephrite, Emerald, Beryl, Precious Gar-...of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...becoming a coarse kind of steatite. (Hall.) 35 MASSACHUSETTS. ABINGTON. Limpid Quartz, fine crystals in |  | | Report (volume) | | formations in western Connecticut and western Massachusetts by Rolfe S. Stanley .................... AI23...the Cobble Mountain Formation in southwestern Massachusetts, and north-central Connecticut, by Rolfe S....Volcanics in southeastern Vermont and north-central Massachusetts, by Newell J. Trask ..........................eastern Connecticut and adjacent Rhode Island and Massachusetts showing structural features...................units in southeastern Connecticut, eastern Massachusetts, and northern Rhode island ................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Quarry on the north line of Holyoke' and the third Westfield quarry, Old Hampshire Co., Mass., associatedwith...following paragenesiswas observed: A. Quarry No. l, Westfield. Anhydrite, caleite, datolite, solution of anhydrite...the determination of the iron oxides. S, G. G. ZIRCON-tsEARING PEGMATITES IN VIRCINIA. TsoM.rs L. 'W...pe'rmission from Chenfuol Abstrocts,10, (18), 2986, 1916. zircon occurs in pegmatite cutting a biotite gneiss in...features in these localities a,re the occunence of zircon in maesive forms of unusual size, and its aBsociotion |  | | Report (volume) | | onshore and offshore early Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg...Maritime Maryland Massachusetts, Deerfield basin Massachusetts, Hartford basin Massachusetts, other Morocco |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | erals in. (Pabst) Babingtonite and ePidote from Westfield, Mass. (Palache).t93,652 269 Bacalite. (Buddhue)...Ingerson). Davis, H. T. with Ilentlerson, E. P. Moore County, N. Carolina, 215 meteorite-Aneweucrite.... DeJong...Improved Vander670 wilt rock saw. . . . Epidote from Westfield, Mass' 652 (Palache). Epistilbite from Bedford...reviewl . 74 Henderson, E. P. and Davis, II. T. Moore County, N. Carolina, meteorite-Anew eucrite... . 215 and...[Book review]. 197 Wilcox, R. Occurrence of large zircon needlesin basic pegmatite... . 459 463 Williamsite |
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