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Pyrite from
Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:606245
Long-form Identifier:1:3:606245:3
GUID (UUID V4):33c51510-7da5-4f09-9ebc-ba2990815af3
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Pigeon Hill Quarries, Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
4.8km (3.0 miles) Blackburn Circle locality, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
24.9km (15.5 miles) Devil's Basin, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) Devil's Den (Devil's Den lime pit), Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
27.1km (16.8 miles) Chipman Mine (Merrimac Mine; Newburyport lead-silver mine), Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) Turkey Hill, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) Governor Endicott mine (Towne's Copper Mine), Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
30.8km (19.1 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (Lynn Sand and Stone Co. Quarry; Bardon Trimount Quarry; Hume Quarry), Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
35.3km (22.0 miles) Kallenberg Quarry (Robin Rock Quarry; Jordan Quarry), Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
37.7km (23.4 miles) Tophet Hill mine, Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
44.6km (27.7 miles) North Woburn, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
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Report (volume)
BUL.L.ETIN 354 CHIEF COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND BY T. NELSON...granites and quarries............................ Massachusetts...............................................Descriptions of the granites and quarries Continued. Massachusetts Continued. Quincy....................................................................... 98 Rockport.......................................................................................... 126 Rockport porphyry ....................................
Report (volume)
___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______
Report (volume)
704 GEOLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS BY CHARLES H. CLAPP WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT....... 9 9 9 10 11 11 11 15 j ( Geology of Essex County.................................................. 26; . . 3 4 CONTENTS. Geology of Essex County Continued. Igneous rocks Continued. Subjacent...reconnaissance map and structure section of Essex County, Mass.........................................map and structure section of southern part of Essex County, and adjoining parts of Suffolk and Middlesex
Report (issue)
Be3:48 Si3:02 O12 S: (3) Bartlett, New Hampshire, USA; by electron microprobe, BeO calculated from stoichiometry... garnet, °uorite (skarn); albite, cassiterite, pyrite, muscovite (tin-bearing pegmatites); arsenopyrite...Distribution: In the USA, at Rockport and Gloucester, Essex Co., Massachusetts; on Moat Mountain, Conway...Haven, Connecticut, USA. Type Material: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 85384; National Museum...Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 124353; The Natural History Museum, London, England
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
Report (issue)
BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF OHE IPSWICH QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS 8 10- by William H. Dennen 11 1975 12 13... BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE IPSWICH QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS Introduction Rocks of the Ipswich quadrangle...quadrangle is situated on the northeastern 19 20- Massachusetts coast within the Seaboard Lowland section of...-fA9 maters on Fifteen Mile Hill in the Town of Essex to 21 -11 maters under the salt marsh at Six Goose...quadrangle are completely tidal; the 6 Ipswich and Essex Rivers are tidal inland to "falls" above which they
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
feldspar group. THE MINERALS OF ROCKPORT. I{. E. MCKINSTRY MASSACHUSETTS Cambrid,ge, Mass. More than...was called to the unusua, mineral occurrences at Rockport, on Cape Ann, by J. P. Cooke's description of...being the type locality for these species, the Rockport quarries have afforded an interesting list of...pegmatite masses. Location und, Present Condition.-Rockport is best reaehed via the Boston and Maine R. R...white quartz and granular black mica. Danalite. Rockport is the type locality for this mineral, which,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oxidation product of jordisite associated with sparse pyrite in a quartz vein at Lake Como, Colorado. 3 WHO'S...of the Mildren and Steppe Mining Districts, Pima County, Arizona. While completing his graduate work, Sidney...(1960) on a new occurrence of allanite in Pima County, Arizona, Sidney Williams became a prolific writer...disseminated grains in granite at Cape Ann, Essex County, Massachusetts; also found in New Hampshire, Colorado...new mineral species from the granite of Rockport, Massachusetts. Amer. Jour. Sci. 42:73-77. Dana, J . D
Report (volume)
Geology of Selected Quadrangles In Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This volume was printed as separate...quadrangle, Worcester and Franklin Counties, Massachusetts, by Donald F. Eschman. (D) Geology of the Taunton...quadrangle, Bristol and Plymouth Counties, Massachusetts, by Joseph H. Hartshorn. o ; Bedrock Geology...Vicinity Massachusetts > w By PRIESTLEY TOULMIN 3d GEOLOGY OF SELECTED QUADRANGLES IN MASSACHUSETTS ~s -GEOLOGICAL...1163-A Prepared in cooperation with the i Massachusetts Department of Public Works « UNITED STATES
Report (issue)
VARIEGATED MARBLE SOUTHEAST OF CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA. By CHARLES BUTTS. About 3£ miles a little... SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS. By T. NELSON DALE. INTRODUCTION. The granites...granites and granite quarries of Milford, Quincy, Rockport, and Becket, Mass., were described in a former..."granites" here described, as well as the others of Massachusetts described in Bulletin 354, are commercially...TS H A M P S ! RHODE ISLAKD MAP OF MASSACHUSETTS, SHOWING GRANITE-QUARRYING CENTERS. NOTES
Report (issue)
Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts by Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvin...Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvln This...contains the records of radlometrlc ages for Massachusetts from the Radlometrlc Age Data Bank of the U...portrayed on a new bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). The compilation Is believed to...they appear on the Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). Steiger, R. H., and Jager, E.
Book
Nephelite-Cancrinite-Syenite 31. Essexite Maine Massachusetts Dacite-Quartz-Diorite Series: Colorado Minnesota...Diabase New Jersey VIII. 38. 48. Diabase Massachusetts Olivine-Augite-Hypersthene Gabbro 49. 50. ...Crystalline Limestones Vermont Dolomite-Marble Massachusetts Pink Marble Georgia IV. Ophicalcite, Serpentine...Oolitic Iron Gneisses and Crystalline Schists Massachusetts Hornblende-Gneiss New York 122. 123. 86. 87... 1. Glasses Scoria Near Black Rock, Millard County, Utah. O. E. Meinzer. Ref. : MACROSCOPIC MICROSCOPIC
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, bismuthinite, pyrite, loellingite, arsenopyrite, and molybdenite. They...stage minerals in the in­ terior of the pegmatites. Pyrite, pyrrho­ tite, loellingite, arsenopyrite, and bismuth­...California; and three miles west of Buntingville, Lassen County in the same state. GALENA, lead sulfide, has been...Mexico. Galena occurs in association wirh siderite, pyrite, and cryo­ lite in the unique cryolite pegmatite...Sphalerite occurs in crystals coated by films of pyrite in quartz near the core in the Toll Gate Quarry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discovered in I872 at Western Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado, and was analysed and described by Genth...Mtn., E1 Paso Co., Colorado. 7 to 12: Rockport, Massachusetts. 13 to 20: Cumberland, Rhode Island (details...(anal. 5) are both from Cookstove Mountain, E1 Paso County, Colorado; no further details are available for...(I957). N M N H Io6748 (anal. 24), also from E1 Paso County, was described by Glass and Adams (I953), and was...material. Danalite was orginally found at Rockport, Massachusetts (Cooke, 1866), and the holotype specimen
Report (issue)
Traverse strata of Indiana and the Bell Shale, Rockport Quarry Limestone, Ferron Point Formation, Genshaw...Antrim Shale of northern Indiana; the Bell Shale, Rockport Quarry Limestone, Ferron Point Formation, Genshaw...Limestone of western Ontario. Of these units, only the Rockport Quarry Limestone and the Amherstburg Formation...FROM MIDDLE DEVONIAN STRATA ONT INDEX MAP I ESSEX co WAYNE CO - _MONROE CO \ Dundeeo I Monroe...bituminous, alumnious slate" near Logansport, Cass County, and similar strata in the southern part of the
Report (edition)
much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...abundant in the Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming...metals with the element sulfur. Sulfides of iron (pyrite, pyrrhotite), copper (chalcopyrite), zinc (sphalerite)...surfaces. They generally occur in massive form, though pyrite ("fool's gold") is frequently crystallized. 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............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PEGMATITE DISCOVERED IN ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN AREA, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW YORK By ELMER B. ROWLEY 54 West Notre Dame...general strike is E-W with nearly vertical dip. Minor pyrite occurs both intergrown, and associated with the...3 feet wide carries pyrite crystals up to 3mm across. Associated with the pyrite are allanite crystals...States; Cape.Ann Granite Quarries, at Rockport, Massachusetts. "Zjrcon. Zircon is a zirconium silicate...is found with uraninite, thorite (uranothorite), pyrite and zircon in the band of highly oxidized and radioactive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
one member. Cedar Bluff is in central Cherokee County in N / E Alabama. ARKANSAS—From a gravel pit located...of sawing are present. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. Rome, Georgia Mineral...found in the sanbornite deposits of eastern Fresno County in central California. The four new minerals are:...occurs as tiny yellow grains—name is for Fresno County. Verplanckite (barium manganese silicate with chlorine)...(chalcedony pseudo-morph after coral) from Hamilton County, Florida near the famous Suwannee River. This coral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the North Fork of the South Platte River in Park County) to the Canon City embayment, a distance of about... Teller County. Porphyritic granite, Bear Creek, 1] miles east of Jones Park, Teller County Granitic...cutoff, El Paso County. Aplite dike, near Green Mountain settlement, El Paso County. l'ayalite granite...Gold Camp Road, El Paso County'. Mount Rosa granite, Rosemont, Teller County. Mount Rosa granite (fine-grained)...Stove Mountain, El Paso County Windy Point granite, Pikes Peak, Teller County. 75-5-1 75-5-2 75-5-3 75-5+t
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FerO, for Fe, rhodonite for Mn, quartz for Si, pyrite for S, and AlrO, for Al. Microthermometric measurementson...Taghouaji o4a (./ 7 o1 o CairngormMountains A Rockport +Zonation from core IO nm, I I a 0 3 6 0 T...Scotland (Clark and Fejer, 1976), and Rockport, Massachusetts(Dunn, 1976)are given for companson. E...is lower than that for Mn-poor genthelvite. A Rockport, Massachusetts.Zubkov and Metalidi (1972), differenceinf...Adams, J.W. (1953) Genthelvite crystal from El Paso County, Colorado. American Mineralogist, 38, 858-860.
Report (issue)
PRELIMINARY BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROCKPORT QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS Correlation of Map Units Pzcl Pzc2...PRELIMINARY BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROCKPORT QUADRANGLE MASSACHUSETTS Description of Map Units Dike Rocks:... minerals are apatite, sphene, magnetite, and, pyrite. separated and cut by unfoliated granite. Often
Catalog/List
. . . . . . . . Fasciculite Xis in schist; Massachusetts Hornblende Common Hornblende Cleavable, black;... . . ........ . Xline, white, in dolomite; Massachusetts . .............. Hexagonite Purple :dine mass;...1.50 Xis, in matrix, ends of xis polished; Massachusetts .. ANDESINE (sodium and calcium aluminum silicate)... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Massachusetts or New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....DATOLITE (basic calcium boron orthosilicate) Xlcd; Massachusetts or New Jersey .35 1.00 3.00 DELVA UXITE (hydrated
Catalog/List
. . . . . . 65 Fasciculite Xis, in schist; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3...DIGENITE (cuprous sulfide-isometric form) Massive with Pyrite; Montana ..... .. . . . . .... . .. . . 150 DIOPSIDE-See.... . ... . .. . . .. . 6 FiM, xline, white; Massachusetts, 1 0 lbs. or more, .2 0 per lb . . . .. .. ...EMMONSITE (hydrated ferric tellurite) ,Hassive with pyrite; New lVlexico, 1 x 2•, .50 . . . . . . . . 109... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 17 Xli11e, with Pyrite; Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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
 
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