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Mica Group from
Sparta Mine, Ossining (Sing Sing), Westchester County, New York, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Mica Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mica Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sparta Mine, Ossining (Sing Sing), Westchester County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:609387
Long-form Identifier:1:3:609387:7
GUID (UUID V4):83a54d45-fd0d-46ab-88dd-7fe986f8d2d1
Nearest other occurrences of Mica Group
19.4km (12.1 miles) Consolidated Feldspar Mining Corporation's plant, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
20.7km (12.8 miles) Hobby Hill Quarry, North Castle, Westchester County, New York, USA
27.4km (17.0 miles) New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) West Point, Orange County, New York, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) Greenwood Furnace, Arden (Greenwood), Orange County, New York, USA
28.7km (17.9 miles) Mahopac Mines, Town of Carmel, Putnam County, New York, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) Philipstown, Cold Spring, Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, USA
32.9km (20.5 miles) Hard Mine, Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
32.9km (20.5 miles) Mule Mine, Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
32.9km (20.5 miles) Cannon Mines, Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
References
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Book
MtN€RfllS of New Vork Stole David €. Jensen Includes 16 pages of minerals in full color jgS0% MIN6RRLS... MIN6RRLS of New Vork State David E. Jensen up WARD PRESS Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc...Inc. Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David E. Jensen All rights reserved...mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York State. While obtainu University of Roc Science...Kay Preface This report on the Minerals of New York State is partially a sum­ mary of published knowledge
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T TLIBRAr 3 1223 90016 3958 of New York State David E. Jensen .. . , ,,, Includes 16 pages of...Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn Yan, New York...school at the University of Rochester, he joined a group of Dr. Harold L. Alling's geology students on a...blossomed into a lifetime interest in the minerals of New York State. While obtaining his M.S. in geology at...the outline of New York State is LABRADORJTE from the Saranac Lake area. of New York State David E.
Report (issue)
BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS ENVIRONS...ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY ... James G. Manchester AFFERTON PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author has...his recreational hours collecting minerals in New York City and its environs. A record lias been personally...in the old lists, and the names of many others, new to the district, and discovered in recent years,
Book
unique ore deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey. For over two hundred years, the mines at...WILEY-INTERSCIENCE a Division of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York • London • Sydney • Toronto S. PUBLIC LIBRARY...Hill, a checklist. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy—New Jersey—Sussex Co. I. Title. QE375.N4F76 ISBN 0-471-28290-1...the large number of both different min¬ erals and new minerals that have been found in these places. The...minerals reported but not yet validated, synonyms and group names, and various ill-defined substances of local
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unique ore deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey. For over two hundred years, the mines at...WILEY-INTERSCIENCE a Division of John Wiley tb Sons, Inc. New York • London • Sydney • Toronto Copyright © 1972...Hill, a chccklis1. Bibliography: p. I. Mineralogy-New Jersey-Sussex Co. I. Title. QE375.N4F76 ISBN 0-471-28290-1...the large number of both different min­ erals and new minerals that have been found in these places. The...minerals reported but not yet validated, synonyms and group names, and various ill-defined substances of local
Book (edition)
Miiiujul in its present sliape is it has undergone, new ill list provial arraii^(‘inent of tlu^ s])ec/u*s...s])ec/u*s has dotennination of minerals has new tliron^^'hout. hi the reno- rations }iavf‘ luM^n introduced...coin[>rehensive treatise on all known laiiierals JAMEjS New nA\ en, Nov. 1, ib7b. D. DANA. I’A'OLE OF...Zeolites Section 'riioiusonit(\ b. 1 2h\S Group 1 i singcrite Chlorite Gi\>uj> . 397 310 312...484 42(5 L biliceons 2. Mica and Dotasli-IMcDpar Series 487 8. Mica and Sodadime Feldspar Series
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interest themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral...explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in ...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent...physical attribute of minerals. Few descriptions of new mineral discoveries will fail to report fluoresi...fluorescent mineral color remains, but for the growing group of knowledgeable collectors, more is required. The
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ENLARGED. ILLUSTRA TED BY NUMEROUS WOOD-CUTS. NEW YORK: JOHN WILEY 1887. & SONS. EARTH' SCIENCES...work (1878) is as follows: new throughout. In the it has undergone, new illustrations have been introduced...of minerals, and in the introduction of the many new species announced during the past eight The chapter...The work is greatly enlarged, and supplied with new illustrations. indebted, for facts about ores and...localities in Ontario and Quebec. JAMES D. DANA. NEW HAVEN, Dec. 15, 1886. TABLE OF CONTENTS. MINERALOGY
Book
interest themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral...to explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent...physical attribute of minerals. Few descriptions of new mineral discoveries will fail to report fluorescence...fluorescent mineral color remains, but for the growing group of knowledgeable collectors, more is required. The
Journal (issue)
University of Georgia William Pinch Rochester, New York Bruce K. Goodwin College of William and Mary...Northridge, California Curt G. Segeler Brooklyn, New York Terry E. Huizing Cincinnati, Ohio Ben M. Shaub...Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of New York at Buffalo W. Cullen Sherwood James Madison University...University, Hamsonburg Alice L. Krai~ Hackensack, New Jersey Dwayne D. Stone Marietta College Susan Tufts...Tufts U.S. Geological Survey Carl Krotki New York, New York William Maloney Bethesda, Maryland Joseph
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Sterling Hill, New Jersey JOHN C I A N C I U L L I 50 East Shore Trail Sparta, New Jersey 07871 Charles...both the Franklin mine and the Sterling Hill mine have continued to con­ tribute new mineral species to...Franklin and Sterling Hill mines have introduced 49 new mineral species to mineralogy, 26 of which are still...Franklin limestone in (Precambrian) northwestern New Jersey. They were sporadically exploited for some...mineral species from Franklin and Sterling H i l l , New Jersey, outlines the growth of knowledge and interest
Report (volume)
formerly of the Survey, but now of Rutgers College, New Jersey. The Survey has heretofore limited its publications... Clay County. Macon County. Jackson County. Transylvania County. Swain County. Haywood County. Buncombe...Buncombe County . Madison County. Yancey County. Mitchell County . Watauga County . Wilkes County. Ashe County...County . Alleghany County . Physiography and ecology of the peridotites. 28 28 29 32 34 35 36 38 42 46...mag¬ nesian rocks. Shooting Creek region, Clay County, North Carolina. Elf dunite. Elf amphibole-peridotite
Report (issue)
FRONTISPIECE PLATE I STONE MOUNTAIN, DEKALB COUNTY, GEOHGIA, I6 MILES NORTHEA T O F ATLANTA , 0 TilE...Maine . . . Muy~nd Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey . • New York . . North Carolina Pennsylvania...Heard County . . . . . . . 65-68 The Flat Rock Quarry . 66 The Wynn Quarry . . . . 6S Troup County . .... • 69-70 The Mountville Quarry • 70 Meriwether County . . . • • 70-SJ Granite • o • • • • • • • • JI...Gneiss . 8I The T. B. Tigner Quarry • . 82 Coweta County • . . . • • . 83-96 Granite . . . . . . . . • S3-9I
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latest knowledge from scientific .iterature, such as new nomenclature of lIIlphiboles, micas and zeolites...copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular, Lake Superior, USA, the largest being I 5 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23...140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law twins up to...Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica...Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds of silver wires, up to 150 1nm (6 in) long, have been made in Dzhezkazgan
Book (edition)
(Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada), Henry L. Barwood (USA). Dmitriy Belakovskiy (Russia). Fabio Bellatreccia...(Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey de Fourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada)...Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth (Canada). J.L. Jam bor (Canada), Anthony R. Kampf (USA). Pave! M. Kartashov...Karnp-Moller (Denmark). Akira Kato (Japan). Lance E. Keams (USA). Elisabeth Kirchner (Austria), Uwe Kolitsch (Austria)...Republic). Per Nystcn (Sweden), David O'Hanlcy (USA). Filippo Olmi (deccased) (ltaly). Werner H. Paar
Report (issue)
GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM GOLD TORBERNITE GARNET IN MICA ANATASE RUTILE AJTUNITE AND TORBERNITE THULITE...owned by Tiffany valued at $100,000. & Company of New York and First thought to be emerald but later identified...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...COUNTIES Alamance County • .' 22 24 24 Alexander County 24 Alleghany County 25 Ashe County • 25 Avery...Avery County 25 Buncombe County 26 Burke County 26 Cabarrus County 27 Caldwell County 27 Caswell
Report (issue)
Carolina Emerald owned by Tiffany f, Company of New York and valued at $100,000. First thought to be emerald...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...Alamance County ........................................................... 24 24 Alexander County ......Alleghany County ....................................................... 25 Ashe County ............Avery County ............................................................... 25 Buncombe County ...
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...The current progress in mineralog), with countless new data in books and scientific as well as amateur journals...to the chemical formula, allegiance to a mineral group, symmetry and crystal structure as well as the strongest...submitted to, and accepted by, the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...chemical formula, structure (crystal system, space group, and unit cell dimensions), and at least some other
Book
latest knowledge from scientific literature, such as new nomenclature of amphiboles, micas and zeolites. The...copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular. Lake Superior, USA, the largest being 15 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23 x...(5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law twins up to...Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica...Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds of silver wires, up to 150 mm (6 in) long, have been made in Dzhezkazgan
Book
BOUNTY BOOKS A Division of Crown Publishers, Inc., New York The author acknowledges the help and co-operation...amianthus, blue 100 _amianthus, Cape 100. amphibole group 98 analcite 76, 108, 111 anatase 34, 34 andalusite...coquimbite 60 cordierite 95 galena 12, 13 garnet group 76 garnierite 107 gaylussite 50 gehlenite 85 gismondine...eye 31 fayalite 75 feldspars 111 feldspathoid group 108 ferrierite 122 ferrimolybdite 63 fluoborite...119 metacinnabarite 13 meyerhofferite 54 mica group 104 mica, white 104 microcline 112, /13 millerite
amianthus, blue 100 -amianthus, Cape 100 amphibole group 98 annabergite 73 arduinite 119, /2/ argentite...dialogite 42, 42 diamond 5, 6 galena 12, /3 garnet group 76 garnierite 107 gaylussite SO gehlenite 85 gismondine...97, 98 fayalite 75 feldspars 111 feldspathoid group 108 ferrierite 122 ferrimolybdite 63 fluoborite...119 metacinnabarite 13 meyerhofferite 54 mica group 104 mica, white 104 microcline 112, //3 millerite...102, /03 pyroxene group 96 pyrrhotite 12, /2 siberite 96 siderite 42 silica group 31 silicates 75 sillimanite
Journal (issue)
Field Trip - LIMECREST Quarry, Limecrest Road, Sparta, N.J. 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. - Joint Field Trip...S. NOTES Our new administration for the year 1977 is a pleasant balance of old and new faces. In both...President, and Dick Bostwick, 2nd Vice President, are new names only to our Society masthead. Both have been...sincere thanks. We also welcome Mary Me Glynn as a new Trustee and Fred Howell as Auditing Committee Chairman... Only the Sterling Mine continues in operation today and still produces many new and exciting mineral
Report (issue)
COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing...been selected at random, and will be augmented as new subjects are published. MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR...................................... 111 Garnet Group .................................................................................... 118 Axinite Group ...............................................
Book (edition)
and blowpipe tests for further information. Many new and relatively simple tests are described by Dr....Minerals the text has been completely reset; several new minerals have been added and the localities of occurrence...continue to be an important feature of this guide. Many new color photographs have been added as well as a plate...smashing of crystals in magnificient pockets by mine foremen; such vandalism is not only stupid,...vein, although it does give a company the right to mine, should not be taken as justification of thoughtless
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arnianthus, blue 100 ...amianthus, Cape 100 amphibole group 98 analcite 76, 108, I 11 anatase 34, 34 andalusite...fassaite 97, 98 fayalite 75 feldspars 111 feldspathoid group I08 ferrierite 122 ferrimolybdite 63 fluoborite...85 gahnite 24 galaxite 24 galena 12, 13 garnet group 76 garnierite 107 gaylussite 50 gehlenite 85 gismondine...119 metacinnabarite 13 meyerhofferite 54 mica group 104 mica, white 104 microcline 112, 113 miJlerite...68, 68 pyrope 76 pyrophyllite 102, 103 pyroxene group 96 pyrrhotite 12, 12 quartz 28, 31, 95 quartz, amethyst
 
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