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Quartz from
Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:553643
Long-form Identifier:1:3:553643:6
GUID (UUID V4):14834a4f-0763-4b9d-96df-08bba9dc940f
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Sturbridge Graphite Mine (Tantiusques Mine; Winthrop Lead Mine), Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
7.1km (4.4 miles) ā“˜Sturbridge Graphite Mine (Tantiusques Mine; Winthrop Lead Mine), Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) ā“˜Cordierite locality (Bigelow Pond), Union, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
17.0km (10.6 miles) ā“˜Interstate 84 (I-84; I-86; State Route 15; Wilbur Cross Highway), Union, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
17.9km (11.1 miles) ā“˜Chandler Hill, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
20.8km (12.9 miles) ā“˜Monson quarries (Flynt quarries), Monson, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles) ā“˜Diamond Ledge (West Stafford quartz locality; Stafford Springs quartz locality), Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
28.6km (17.8 miles) ā“˜Ballard Quarry, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
30.0km (18.7 miles) ā“˜Purgatory Chasm, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
30.8km (19.1 miles) ā“˜Becker Quarry (Becker's Quarry), West Willington, Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
31.0km (19.2 miles) ā“˜Baryte locality, Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
SURVEY No. 116 A GEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY OF MASSACHUSETTS LIBRARY CATALOGUE SLIPS. United States. Department...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Massachusetts | hy | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Massachusetts | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Massachusetts | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...topographer. XXIII. Geology of the Green Mountains in Massachusetts, by Raphael Pnnipelly, J. E. Wolff, and T. Nelson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GNEISS AND ASSOCIATED MICROCLINE-RICH PEGMATITE AT STURBRIDGE, I,{ASSACHUSETTS AND UNION, CONNECTICUTI Fnor...Gneiss of argillaceous composition at Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and at Union, Connecticut, 10 miles to...assemblagebiotite-cordierite-garnetmagnetite-microcline-quartz-plagioclase-sillimanite. The conclusion is made...alm6e5 pyr26.agro2.espe1.2. Lenses of microcline-quartz pegmatite are intimately associated with the gneissl...decomposedwith increasing metamorphism, and reacted with quartz to form siliimanite in situ and at lerst part of
Report (issue)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Works H. A. MacDonald, Commissioner U. S. Department...6 May Graphite deposits near Sturbridi^e, Massachusetts Hari T. Apfel Contents Introduction Acknoi...Historical background Geologic formations Paxton .quartz schist Brl:.iield schist Hubbardston granite Geologic...Cozzens property. Graphite Deposits near Sturbridge, Massachusetts by Earl T. Apfel A vein ef graphite...as Quassuck Lake, in the tovn of Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Sturbridge. The mine, long abandoned, is 4-4
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sponsored by the Schiele Museum and the Gaston County Gem and Mineral C l u b . Schiele Museum Grounds...31522; 912/638-2425. September 12-14ā€”Cambridge, Massachusetts. B O S T O N '86, 2nd Annual Boston MineralogiĀ­...Street, C a m Ā­ bridge, Massachusetts 02139. September 12ā€”14ā€”St. Louis County, Missouri. "Gems of the...North County Recreation Complex, Veteran Memorial P a r k , 2577 Redman Road, St. Louis County, Missouri...Marie Grande, 25 Mohawk Forest North Adams, Massachusetts. Blvd., September 13, 14ā€”Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON............................................ Worcester County, Mass.......................................member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................
Report (issue)
THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. By WILLIAM C. AIDEN. INTRODUCTION. The area described...described in this paper lies mainly in central Massachusetts and comprises about two-thirds of the plateau extending...Valley on the west to the lowlands of Middlesex County on the east (fig. 1). The area is about FIQDBE...Ware, and Quinslgamond quadrangles, central Massachusetts. 52 miles in exstent from east to west and...topographic survey of the Belchertown, Barre, Worcester, Marlboro, Palmer, Brookfield, Webster, and Blackstone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the system CaO-NazO-KzO-AlzOr with HzO mobile and quartz in excess. The following reaction takes place at...representedby the following reaction: (1) Muscovitef quartz-potash (2) Muscovitefpotash-rich *HzO. feldsparf...coarse mica schists and bands of coarse-grained quartz and feldsparin varying amounts. rt should be noted...pelitic rocks are biotite, muscovite, plagioclase,quartz, sillimanite,garnet and perthitic microcline. euartz...assemblages Tlrln I. Assemblages with museotsiteand quartz: qtz-plag-micr-bio-musc-sill-garn qtz-plag-micr-bio-musc-sill
Book
[- ' 1f,.,,1 " VE M NlN[W ļæ½IUWPSļæ½l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go ļæ½ -...Ed & Bert Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE... M.ļæ½SSACHUSE TTS Adams, Massachusetts Pfitzer Quarry Ashland, Massachusetts Bayer - Mingolla Quarry Blandford...Blandford, Massachusetts Goldmine Brook Site Bolton, Massachusetts Bolton Lime Quarry Granby, Massachusetts...Dinosaur Museum Hardwick, Massachusetts Quabbin Aqueduct Leverett, Massachusetts Leverett Lead Mine Plainfield
Journal (issue)
. 15~00 GOI 0, Colorado, Briaht xld. wires on Quartz. 2x 1% ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ . ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ 15.00 GOLD...masses in Quartz. 2 ~ 1Ā¾ . ā€¢ . . . . ā€¢ . . . . . 2 .50 GOI D. Klondike. Visible masses In milky Quartz. 2 Ā½x2... Bullfrog Mine, Nevada. Finely disseminated In Quartz encloslnt Chrysocolla, polished. 2 Ā½ x2x1 Ā½. Visible...SCHEELITE, Nova Scotia. Crude xi. and masses in Quartz 2Ā½x2Ā¼ ..... . 2.00 LIVINGSTONITE, Mexico. Xlline... 516 DAUPH INY, FRANCE TRIPLITE FROM EL PASO COUNTY, COLO. By Arth11r / . Bo11cot ................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
number of productive mines were worked; but in Massachusetts, while many promising samples of ore minerals...of iron and the very doubtful graphite mine at Sturbridge ( 1 ) . Two metal mines were however ultimately...presided over the Mining Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He states that in August...opposite direction. Besides galena, 248 pyrites and quartz, the lodes yielded siderite, limonite, hematite...Salisbury, Georgetown and other parts of Essex County. Barren hills and arid pastures were in the market
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inward toward a quartz monzonite pluton The MSO/(MSO*FeO) silicate-muscovite-quartz-plagioclasecordierite-biotite-Al...A-index of cordierite from a contact aureole around a quartz monzonite stock are more closelv related, at least...to subporphyritic qlJartz monzonite, composed of quartz, oligoclase,microcline perthite, biotite, muscovite...steeply dipping contact between the hornfels and the quartz monzonite, the igneous rock is locally chilled...assemblage,cordieritebiotite-Al silicate-muscovite-quartz-plagioclase-magnetite, does not vary significantly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ology of Staten Island. Micro Minerals The Wayne County Gem and MinĀ­ from the collection of Walter Zabinski...Valley Gem and Mineral Members of the Tompkins County Gem Club, Elmira, made two 27 tape recorded and...Eastchester, provided The members of St. Lawrence County Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY] at 08:01...activities into the Old Jail. Frank Mayo of the Cobb County (Ga.) Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, spoke on...January The Rock and MinĀ­ eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, visited the Eureka Quarry near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals and Fossils sponĀ­ sored by the Williamson County Gem and Mineral Society. San Gabriel Community...19th Annual Show of the Gila County Gem and Mineral Society. Gila County Fair Grounds. Highway 60. Show...Springs, Missouri 64015 March 13,14, 1976-Boston, Massachusetts. Greater Boston Gem and Mineral Show. Sponsored...the Boston Mineral Qub and the Southeastern Massachusetts Mineral Qub. Bridgewater State College Student...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Maryland, Inc. Charles Woodward High School, 11211
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
~- sillimanite ~- quartz, cordierite + garnet +-~--hypersthene + sapphirine -~ quartz, cordierite -~ garnet~...hypersthene -}-spinel -]- quartz and cordierite A-garnet.-.-- olivine ~-spinel ~- quartz. In this sequence of...garnet -{-sillimanite @ quartz and cordierite -]-hypersthene~garnet ~ quartz are used to obtain pressure-temperature...cordierite-garnet-sillimanite-quartz and cordierlte-garnet-hypersthene-quartz. The experimental results are...paragenes hypersthene-sillimanite (kyanite)-quartz and sapphirine-quartz. These assemblages suggest unusually
Journal (volume)
its Aftermathā€. Steve Mabee (Massachusetts State Geologist), "Massachusetts Enters the Shale Gas Wars:...state geologists of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, respectively. Larry Becker spoke last and recapped... My state geologist colleagues from Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire ably supported the geology...(NaSO4), smectite, calcite, pyrite, chlorite, illite, quartz, and feldspar. Together with the high levels of...14-17, 2015 Location: Sturbridge Host Hotel and Conference Center, Sturbridge, MA Spring 2015 The
Journal (issue)
of the Massachusetts Geological Society. Haley & Aldrich, Inc., Bedford, NH What Massachusetts Geological...Society, you say? The dallen@HaleyAldrich.com Massachusetts Geological Society is formed now. I sent Member-at-Large...State Geologist June 2015 ā€“ Issue No. 89 GOLD IN QUARTZ, Q MOTHER M LODE L BELT T, CALIFOR RNIA The Moth...e-Iong system m of linked or en e echelon go old-quartz ve ins and mineralized schist s and gre eenstone... no orth and northwest to northern E1 Dorado D County. The most productive portion p of the Mother Lode
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
19th Annual Show of the Gila County Gem and Mineral Society. Gila County Fair Grounds. Highway 60. Show...Minerals and Fossils sponĀ­ sored by the Williamson County Gem and Mineral Society. San Gabriel Community... Missouri 64015 March 13, 14, 1976-Boston, Massachusetts. Greater Boston Gem and Mineral Show. Sponsored...the Boston Mineral Club and the Southeastern Massachusetts Mineral Club. Bridgewater State College Student...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Maryland, Inc. Charles Woodward High School, 11211
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A NICKEL DEPOSIT NEAR DRACUT, MASSACHUSETTS. WILLIAM H. DENNEN. CONTENTS. PAGE Abstract ....................... Quartz Diorite Gneiss and Schist ........................... Quartz-Mica Schist ("Brimfield")...yr{te deposit between Lawrence and Lowell, Massachusetts, occurs in a Paleozoic noritic stock in Cambrian...Merrimack River between Lowell and Lawrence, Massachusetts. The rock outcropsover an area of about27 squaremiles...described in this paper. NICKEL DEPOSIT. 27 LFā€¢END Quartz ā€¢ diorite ā€¢neiss & schist Oligoclase- glaucophane
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
19th Annual Show of the Gila County Gem and Mineral Society. Gila County Fair Grounds. Highway 60. Show... New York 11743 March 13, 14, 1976-Boston, Massachusetts. Greater Boston Gem and Mineral Show. Sponsored...the Boston Mineral Club and the Southeastern Massachusetts Mineral Club. Bridgewater State College Student...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Maryland, Inc. Charles Woodward High School, 11211...others. Hunt for fluorescents, copper minerals, quartz, agate, turquoise crystals, unakite, rubles, sapphires
Book
MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~Ā·Ā· . \. 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
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...to the Antiquarian Society at Worcester; One copy to the Massachusetts Historical Society One copy to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springs, Missouri 64015 March 13,14, 1976-Boston, Massachusetts. Greater Boston Gem and Mineral Show. Sponsored...the Boston Mineral Club and the Southeastern Massachusetts Mineral Club. Bridgewater State College Student...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Maryland, Inc. Gaithersburg Agricultural Center..."MAINE'S TREASURE CHEST" Gems and Minerals of Oxford County By Jane Perham Stevens ADVANCE ORDERS TAKEN FOR...others. Hunt for fluorescents, copper minerals, quartz, agate, turquoise crystals, unaklte, rubles, sapphires
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
others. Hunt for fluorescents, copper minerals, quartz, agate, turquoise crystals, unaklte, rubles, sapphires...Valley Gem and Mineral Society, Inc. Tippencanoe County FairĀ­ grounds, Teal Road, Lafayette, Indiana. Show...1976-Dunkirk, New York. Annual Show of the Chautauqua County Gem and Mineral Society. Floral Hall, FairĀ­ grounds...Mineral Section, Rochester Academy of Science. Monroe County Fairgrounds. Route 15A, South of Rochester, New...Coteau Des Plaines Gem and Mineral Society Show. County Agricultural Building, 1910 West Kemp, Watertown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
thickness. In addition to graphite, veins may contain quartz. tourmaline, ilmenite. rutile, sillimanite, muscovite...loading 2-4 mg of graphite with CuO and Cu metal in quartz tubes and sealing under vacuum. The sealed tubes...ilmenite separatmg massive graphite in the vein from quartz-muscovttrgarnet-biotite-sillimanite schist of the... during the waning stages of metamorphism. The quartz-graphite-t-utile vein at Bristol. for example (Fig...samples PDB m Concentrically layered graphite-quartz a Garnet-biotite gneiss FIG. 2. Sketch of cut
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Kalamazoo GeoĀ­ logical and Mineral Society. County Center Building, Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake Street...Michigan Ave. Show Chairman: Norm Hanschu, 6607 Sturbridge St., Plymouth, Michigan 48170 May 15, 16, 1976-Binghamton...the Mohawk Valley Geological Society. HerĀ­ kimer County Fairgrounds, Route 5S, Frankfort, N.Y. Dealer Chairman:...Empire State." Cayuga Gem and Mineral Club. Cayuga County Community College. Franklin St., Auburn, N.Y. Show...Annual Gem and Mineral Fair sponsored by the Bergen County Mineraology and PaleĀ­ ontology Society, Inc. Parking
 
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