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Quartz from
Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA


Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calciteⓘ3 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.
Anhydriteⓘ2 photos of Quartz associated with Anhydrite at this locality.
Hematite2 photos of Quartz associated with Hematite at this locality.
Oxy-chromium-dravite1 photo of Quartz associated with Oxy-chromium-dravite at this locality.
Tremoliteⓘ1 photo of Quartz associated with Tremolite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:655751
Long-form Identifier:1:3:655751:5
GUID (UUID V4):3fecfaa7-2b56-4621-9153-63e450f248f8
Localities for Quartz in this Region
American #1 Talc Mine, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Empire State No. 2 Mine, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.6km (0.3 miles) ⓘEmpire State No. 2 Mine, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘSylvia Lake Mine (deposit), Sylvia Lake, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘArnold Mine, Fowler, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘWhitton prospect, Rose Road, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘBalmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘToothaker Creek prospects, Cooper Hill, Toothaker Creek State Forest, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘHyatt Mine, Talcville, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘToothaker Pond prospect, Cooper Hill, Toothaker Creek State Forest, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘChub Lake prospects, Chub Lake, Hailesboro, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘCaledonia Mine, Spragueville, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for Fluid-Assisted Ore Remobilization at the Balmat Zinc Mine, NY Peter Matt, Wayne Powell, Ryan Mathur...for Fluid-Assisted Ore Remobilization at the Balmat Zinc Mine, NY, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi...for Fluid-Assisted Ore Remobilization at the Balmat Zinc Mine, NY Peter Matt (1), Wayne Powell (1,2),...Graduate Center at CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA; petermatt49@gmail.com 2) Department of...11210, USA 3) Department of Geology, Juniata College, 1700 Moore St., Huntingdon, PA 16652, USA 4) 1 Indian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide and Silicate Anatexis in the Balmat Zinc Deposit (New York, USA) and its Implications for Ore Remobilization...Sulfide and Silicate Anatexis in the Balmat Zinc Deposit (New York, USA) and its Implications for Ore Remobilization... Sulfide and Silicate Anatexis in the Balmat Zinc Deposit (New York, USA) and its Implications for Ore Remobilization...Graduate Center at CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA b Department of Earth and Environmental...NY 11210, USA, wpowell@brooklyn.cuny.edu c 1 Indian Head Trail, Gouverneur, NY 13642, USA, wdellie@gmail
Journal (issue)
METEORITICS • • • REQIONAL (iEOLOQY pALEONTOLOQY 0Lo&NEW WORLD EXPLORATION S,x catalogs issued yearly covering...MATRIX Publishing Services Inc. 1940A Carlisle Road York, PA 17404 Telephone number: 717/764-9673 FAX number:...E-mail: matrix@redrose.net FOUNDERS OF MATRIX Lawrence H. Conklin and Jay L. Lininger STAFF: EDITOR AND...MINERAL FEATURE The Mineralogy of St. Lawrence County, New York: A Historical Sketch by Jay L. Lininger...Zebulon Howell Benton: The Man Who Would Be St. Lawrence Mining King by Schuyler Alverson 108 HISTORIC
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mineralogy at Michigan Technological University. A native New Yorker, he has had a lifelong interest in the minerals...of the state and is a research associate at the New York State Museum. 458 ROCKS & MINERALS Dr. Steven...minerals of New York State and is coordinator of the Center for Mineralogy at the New York State Museum...University] at 04:12 29 December 2014 The GEMS of NEW YORK State J ust what constitutes a gemstone has...such as opal, aquamarine, or tourmaline. Although New York State is not known for its traditional precious
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...Harold L. Ailing's the mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York State. While obtainu University...AMERICA BY W. F. HUMPHREY PRESS, INC., GENEVA, NY Quartz, "Herkimer diamonds" Herkimer Co. Dedicated
Book
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...Harold L. Alling's geology students on a trip to the mining districts and the high peaks of the Adirondack...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.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PrecambrianSulfatesand Sulfides in the Grenville of New York and Ontario Jo}i•r S. BRow• Abstract During a...Grenvilleprovinceof northernNew York and southern Ontario. All were discoveredincidentalto mining operationswhich covereda...covereda range through magnetiteiron mines and lead-zinc-pyritestratiform sulfides,to pegmatitesexploredfor...or near marble terranes. In the Balmat-Edwardszinc districtof New York the two typesare foundin closeproximity...and halite in the Grenville marble of the Edwards,N.Y., zinc mine. Originallythis occurrence was construed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND 1936 PRIMARY THE ZINC MINE No. 3 MINERALIZATION AT BALMAT, OF NEW YORK. x JOHN S. BROWN. CONTENTS................................. Problemsof the district .................................... General Geology................................................. Balmat Mine ............................................257 INTRODUCTION. History. Ax Edwards, St. LawrenceCo., New York, a zinc mine has been operatedsinceI9•5...Institute of Mining Engineers,joint meeting,New York, February,•935. Publishedby permission of St. Joseph
Book
MINERALS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY BY GEORGE ROBINSON & SCHUYLER ALVERSON $2.50 In s£> * t•... For many years the mines and fields of St. Lawrence County have furnished museums and many lucky mineral...have been depleted through the the years, St. Lawrence County continues to supply many beautiful specimens...collecting sites at the present time. Potsdam, New York February, 1971 George W. Robinson Schuyler \Y...rock types and mineralized zones of the St, Lawrence County area, A detailed discussion of the geology
Report (volume)
Tourmaline-Rich Rocks in the Grenville Complex of St. Lawrence County, New York U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1626-C...Tourmaline-Rich Rocks in the Grenville Complex of St. Lawrence County, New York By C. ERVIN BROWN and ROBERT A. AYUSO...C22 Discussion C25 Comparison with the Balmat-Edwards district C29 Tourmaline genesis in the North Gouverneur...References cited C31 FIGURES 1. Index map of St. Lawrence County, N.Y. C2 2. Generalized geologic map showing...elements in rocks from the North Gouverneur area, New York C8 6. TiO2-FeO/(FeO + MgO) plot for tourmalines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...E R A L LOC A L I T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in 1978. Our...Mode of Occurrence Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized into three groups based on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FROM THE #1 MINE, BALMAT, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK Marian V. LUPULESCU§ New York State Museum, Division...Collections, 3140 CEC, Madison Avenue, Albany, New York 12230, USA Ralph ROWE Canadian Museum of Nature, Mineral...with bright green tremolite (0.40 wt.% Cr2O3), quartz, phlogopite, and fluorapatite in talc – tremolite...at the #1 mine at Balmat in the Adirondack Lowlands, St. Lawrence County, New York. The mineral occurs...as small (up to 0.5 mm) dark green crystals in quartz, tremolite or along tremolite cleavages and contacts
Report (issue)
deposits of the BaImat--Edwards district, northwest Adirondack Mountains, New York .; ; 3 )(:), 31 2 4...talc deposits of the Balmat-Edwards district, northwest Adirondack Mountains, New York, by A. E. J. Engel...Abstract Introduction Location and importance of the district Purpose and scope Acknowledgments Geologic setting...and metamorphism in the Adirondacks Rocks of the district Introduction Marble Distribution and outcrop pattern...pattern /.I Contents (Cbnt'd.) Page Rocks of the district (Cont'd.) Marble (Cont'd.) Evolution of lithologic
Report (volume)
Sphalerite Occurrence in the Northwest Adirondacks, New York GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1519 Geology...Sphalerite Occurrence in the Northwest Adirondacks, New York By MICHAEL P. FOOSE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...BULLETIN 1519 Discussion of a stratabound zinc occurrence, its geochemical expression in soil and rock...rock, and its regional implications for other zinc occurrences in the northwest Adirondacks UNITED STATES...sphalerite occurrence in the northwest Adirondacks, New York. (Geological Survey bulletin ; 1519) Includes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1346 Find of halerite Crystals e Balmat Zinc Mme, e County, New York St. La Downloaded by [The University...Figure 1 (above). Location map of the Balmat-Edwardsdistrict, New York. Redrawn by Bill Besse. Figure 2 (lef)...Jones, mine manager, Balmat, New York (1945). 404 ROCKS & MINERALS Atthough zinc mineralization was...became aware of the crystallized minerals from the district. Downloaded by [The University of Texas at El...the SulJide Zone at Boling Salt Dome, New GuEf;Wharton County, Texas” and was in the July/Airgust 1998
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
4 SUPERGENE SPHALERITE, GALENA AND LEMITE AT BALMAT, N. Y.• JOHN WIL- S. BROWN. CONTENTS. Prev...the other common ores, such as those of lead and zinc, have been virtually fruitless. Currentopinionis...Economic Geologistsand Amer. Inst. Min. Eng., New York, Feb., I935. See also Brown, John S.: Structure...Structure and Primary Mineralization of the Zinc Mine at Balmat, N.-Y. ECON.G]•OL.,vol. •, pp. 233--258, I936...University of New South Wales user 332 JOHN 3'. BROWN. zonesof supergenelead or zinc sulphidesare
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY of NEW YORK Downloaded by [University of Tennessee, Knoxville] at 09:24 21 December 2014 the...the Empire State N ew York acquired the nickname of “the Empire State” in recognition of its vast wealth...resources. To further this image, in 1836 the New York State legislature voted to sponsor a comprehensive...first extensive scientific study of the geology of New York State, and it culminated in 1842 and 1843 with...I believe, were aware of the mineral wealth of New York, or of the number of species which it contains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
names and prefixes established by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)...their efforts should not be New York State Museum minimized. Albany, New York 12230 In this article, I hope...display case of the “Amphiboles of New York” exhibition at the New York State Museum; Marian Lupulescu photo...the use of the new amphibole nomenclature is really not so complicated, and that the new names and prefixes...Leake 2004; Bayliss, Kaesz, and Nickel 2005). The New York State Museum has a large and beautiful collection
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NATURE AND ORIGIN ST. LAWRENCE OF THE PYRITE AND JEFFERSON NEW YORK DEPOSITS OF COUNTIES,............ 352 ABSTRACT In St. Lawrenceand JeffersonCounties,New York, thereare 19 known occurrences...Lowlandsregionof the northwestAdirondacks,southeastof the St. Lawrence River. The bedrockis principally PrecambrianGrenville...feetthick in the Lowlandsregion. The earliestpyrite mining in the region was in 1883-4 at the Stella mine;...beenproduced. • Publishedby permissionof the Director, New York State Museum and ScienceService, Journal Series
Report (issue)
New York State Museum Bulletin Published by The of the University No. 259 State of New York N...N. Y. ALBANY, May 1925 New York State Museum John M. GEOLOGY OF Clarke, Director THE GOUVERNEUR... STATE mineral OF NEW YORK THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Regents of the University...Yonkers New York Syracuse - - - Jamaica 1926 Roland B. Woodward B.A. Frank Albany -New York - -...Vocational and Extension Education, Lewis A. Wilson New York State Museum Bulletin Published by The of the
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Cover Photographs January/February: Chalcopyrite on quartz, La Mine de Giraud, La Gardette, Bourg d’Oisan...Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. March/April: Quartz, variety amethyst, Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico...May/June: Quartz (Herkimer “diamond”), Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey...cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen, Jeff...September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals, Inc., specimen
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Cambridge, Massachusetts; Dr. Marian Lupulescu, New York State Museum; Dr. George Robinson, Michigan Technological...Adrian College; and Dr. Steven C. Chamberlain, New York State Museum. Eighteen abstracts were submitted...IDENTIFICATION OF MOUNTAIN LEATHER SAMPLES FROM NEw YORK STATE. D. G. Bailey1, J. R. Chiarenzelli2, M....NY 13323; 2Geology Dept., St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617; 3New York State Museum, Albany, NY...sixteen samples of mountain leather currently in the New York State Museum mineral collection to correctly identify
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Franklin, New Jersey, and the Relationship between Stratiform Iron Oxide Ores and Stratiform Zinc Oxide-Silicate...Oxide-Silicate Ores in the New Jersey Highlands CRAIG A. JOHNSON† U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 963...Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 Abstract The New Jersey Highlands terrane, which...northeastern United States, contains stratiform zinc oxide-silicate deposits at Franklin and Sterling...numerous massive magnetite deposits. The origins of the zinc and magnetite deposits have rarely been considered
Report (issue)
the Balmat-Edwards (Gouverneur) mining district in the northwestern Adirondack Mountains, New York 2....Grenville series of the northwestern Adirondacks, New York 4: Generalized map of parts of the Sylvia Lake-Cedar...chemical and textural features of granitic gneiss and quartz-biotite-oligoclase gneiss. For specific modal values...longitudinal profiles of several major folds in the district. These profiles are drawn along the axial planes...development of structural features in the Balmat-Edwards district Illustrations (long list) Cont'd. Figures
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ZincandIronMetallogeny in theManiwaki-Gracefield District, SouthwesternQuebec* MICHEL GAUTHIER** AND ALEX...Station"A," Montreal,QuebecH3C 3A7, Canada Abstract Zinc andirondepositsin the GrenvilleSupergroup metasedimentary...the economicallyimportantBalmatEdwardsdistrictof New YorkState.The mineralization is stratiform,it isconsistently...dolomiticmarbleunits,andit hasagessimilarto the New York deposits('-' 1,200-1,300 m.y.). At leasttwo phasesof...stratigraphic positions whichare laterallyequivalentto the zinc mineralization, andconsequently the iron-formations
 
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