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Zircon from
Rattlesnake Hill, Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rattlesnake Hill, Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:678494
Long-form Identifier:1:3:678494:2
GUID (UUID V4):05a2b663-6c87-4ec4-aedd-ae69b6d07dbb
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
18.8km (11.7 miles) Granite Railway Quarry (Granite Rail Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) West Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) Fallon Brothers Quarry (Quincy Quarry; Ballou Quarry; Old Colony Crushed Stone Company Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) Hardwick Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
19.9km (12.4 miles) Merry Mount Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) Grants Mills, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
27.3km (17.0 miles) Beacon Pole Hill quarry, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
29.7km (18.4 miles) Cumberland Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
32.2km (20.0 miles) Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) Assonet Village, Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
References
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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.
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so-called Pennsylvanian basins of southeastern Massachusetts. Three papers deal with the geology of alkali...alkali plutonic-volcanic areas in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. High-grade and low-grade (prehnite-pumpellyite)...(prehnite-pumpellyite) metamorphism in Massachusetts and Maine, respectively, are the subjects of two of the papers...and the geology of the Ayer Granodiorite of Massachusetts. JOHN R,. GRIFELN STUDIES IN NEW ENGLAND...Brownlow V1 Vil iX Part I. Geology of eastern Massachusetts INaTOROVGNNE TON “5. B bo 8 OR Bo ee ek 5 ee
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Geology of Massachusetts E. Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedharn Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Avalonian... Stratigraphy of the Nashoba Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Enigmatic Terrane G. Stratigraphy of the...Belt, Central Massachusetts H. Structural and Metamorphic History of Eastern Massachusetts I. Intrusive...Intrusive Rocks of Eastern Massachusetts J. Radiometric Ages of Rocks in Massachusetts L.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-E-J The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor E. Stratigraphy
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Geology of the land area of the Boston 2° sheet, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and 10- New Hampshire... 16 17 18 U. S. Geological Survey Boston, Massachusetts 19 ,U. S. Geological Survey* OPEN FILE REPORT...GEOLOGY OF THE LAND AREA OF THE BOSTON 2° SHEET, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...magnetite, apatite, garnet, fluorite, sphene, and zircon; secondary 14 minerals include sericite, epidote...Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded 19 a 620 + 15 my,Precambrian,zircon age. 20- According
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D. FULLAGAR University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 and Goddard Space Flight Center... H. PINSON, JR. [ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 P. M. HURLEY...HURLEY J The Blue Hills Igneous Complex, Massachusetts: Whole-Rock Rb-Sr Open Systems Porphyry, the Blue Hills...and Sr isotopic composition. An ap- Boston, Massachusetts, occupies an area apparent Rb-Sr age of 365...for the Quincy Granite. The Blue Hill Milton and Quincy, Massachusetts. The chemistry and petrography of
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4 7 3 - 9 The chemistry of riebeckites of Massachusetts and Rhode Island PAUL C. LYONS t Boston University...University, College of Basic Studies, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, U.S.A. SUMMARY.Four new chemical analyses...riebeckites of the hypersolvus granites of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Riebeckites of southern New...distribution of the hypersolvus granites of Massachusetts and Rhode Island is shown in fig. I. The alkali...Island are riebeckite-aegirine granites and the Rattlesnake granite is a riebeckite granite. Modal data on
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represented by the New Hampshire and eastern Massachusetts occurrences, differentiated igneous rocks occupy...Maine Agamenticus, Maine Abbott Mountain, 'Maine Red Hill, N.H. Cannon Mountain, N.H. Pliny Range, N.H. Whales... fleasant Mountain, Maine Barber Hill, VI. Little Rattlesnake Hill, N.H. Green Mountain, N.H. Burnt Meadow...Correlation with the alkalic rocks of eastern Massachusetts-to be discussed in the following section-had...1959) obtained Pb-alpha ages of 177 to 195 m.y. on zircon from several bodies of these alkalic rocks. The
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................................... 461 Diamond Hill felsite.............................................. Riebeckite-bearing granite porphyry Diamond Hill quartz deposits.......... Sheldonville quartz vein...remarkable quartz deposit known locally as Diamond Hill. As will appear beyond, all three of these for­...much dispute. The riebeckite rocks near Cumberland Hill mark, so far as is known, the southernmost extension...feature of the petrology of th<; eastern part of Massachusetts and which reach their most important development
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141 Brochantite, Kirkcudbrightshire, 893 Broken Hill, New South Wales, sillimanite, 3o3; magnesian smithsonite...Z-phase of Assarsson, 325 INDEX Cape Ann, Massachusetts, granite, riebeckite, 473 Capo Pula, Sardinia...CtlANG (L. L. Y.), High-Mg smithsonite from Broken Hill, N.S.W., 3o7 Chichibu mine, Saitama prefecture,... Japan, xanthophyIlite, 42 I Chimwadzuht Hill, Malawi, chromite, chlorite, peridotite, 695 Chiprovtsi...Wales, anal., X-ray, 765 Cookstove Mtn., El Paso County, Colorado, genthelvite, danalite, 627 Coordination
Report (volume)
BULLETIN 1380 Prepared in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works A facies change and...in southwest Massachusetts are described) and correlations between western Massachusetts and Connecticut...----------Stratigraphic section of western Massachusetts ------------------Hoosac Formation ________...------------------------------------Summary of Massachusetts section -------------------------Discussion...quadrangle -------------------------------------Long Hill and Bridgeport quadrangles ----------------------Westport
Report (volume)
Structural Dislocations in Eastern Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1410 Structural Dislocations...Dislocations in Eastern Massachusetts By ROBERT O. CASTLE, H. ROBERTA DIXON, EDWARD S. GREW, ANDREW GRISCOM...faults and mylonite zones that form the eastern Massachusetts dislocation belt UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...under title: Structural dislocations in eastern Massachusetts. (Geological Survey Bulletin 1410) Bibliography:...119.3:1410 1. Faults (Geology) Massachusetts. 2. Mylonite Massachusetts. I. Castle, Robert O. II. Series:
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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
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MA 02481 USA d University of Rhode Island, Department of Geology, Kingston, RI, 02881 USA e Nova Scotia...Oceanographic Institute. Laser ablation ICP-MS analyses of zircon grains yielded crystallization ages of 414.9 ±...Danvers; F, Franklin; P, Peabody; Q, Quincy; R, Rattlesnake; S, Scituate; Sa, Salem gabbro/diorite; W, Wenham...age plots for laser ablation ICP-MS analyses of zircon grains from granitic samples 419-2-1 (a, b), 445-1-2...Abundant allanite is present in sample 349-2-1A, and zircon is a prominent accessory phase in all of these
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arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...quartz (crystals), sillimanite (Avery Hill, crystals). Belmont area: fluorapatite (blue-green), and orthoclase...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...crystals), siderite, siderophyllite, zinnwaldite, zircon (microcrystals) (Bob Janules, pers. com., 2000)
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titanomagnetite, 817 Liron massif, Saint-Jean-du-Gard, Gard, zircon, 79o Montboissier, Puy-de-Dome, basalt, ultrabasic...r53 Mont Dore, Puy-de-Dome, zircon, 79o Plan de la Tour, Maures, Var, zircon, 79o Puy Beaunit, Puy-de-Dome...rh6nite, 817 Velay granite, La Palisse, Allier, zircon, 790 Vernegoux, Massif Central, France, basanite...ilmenite, troctolite, 703 Gabon Coast Chimwadzulu Hill, Ncheu, chromite, chlorite, peridotite, 695 South-West...COLORADO Cookstove Mtn., El Paso County, genthelvite, danalite, 6z7 El Paso County, genthelvite, 627 St. Peter's
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geologic map of the Ashley Falls quadrangle, Massachusetts a and Connecticut . 1011 By c/^vv ! Nicholas...i -.'. : Prepared in Cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Public Ce ot+9 f* %vv^ Works...Dalton Formation in the Brush Hill, Umpachene 3 ! Falls, and Leffingwell Hill windows, as well as the detached...Benton Hill fault, the Dalton Formation and Cheshire Quartzite above the June Mountain Alum Hill-Rattle...of the Beartown nappe 12 (rocks-above the Benton Hill fault in this quadatangle),. 13 Periods of folding
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Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 P. O. BANKS Department of Earth Sciences...and subsolidus histories. Similar chemistry and zircon ages of 400 to 450 m.y. indicate that all of these...as the subaerial alkalic granites of eastern Massachusetts. The Gulf of Maine lies within the Avalon Platform...greenschist facies, and it is exposed in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island as well as in the Maritime...contain accessory sodic amphibole, sphene, opaques, zircon, and apatite; secondary chlorite replacing amphibole
Report (issue)
Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine 1 . David C. Roy and Ely Mencher Discussion:...Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine... Louis Pavlides Lower Devonian Seboomook...Shride Pre-Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Massachusetts .Kenneth G. Bell and Donald C. Alvord Stratigraphic...Wachusett-Marlborough Tunnel, east-central Massachusetts .James W. Skehan. S.J.. and A. Adel Abu-moustafa...stratigraphy in the Brimfield area, Connecticut and Massachusetts .John D. Peper and M. H. Pease, Jr. Pre-Silurian
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Geology of Selected Quadrangles In Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This volume was printed as separate...Toulmin 3d. (B) Geology of the Norwood quadrangle, Norfolk and Suffolk Counties, by Newton E. Chute. (C) Surficial...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
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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............................................
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Resources of the Hudson and Maynard Quadrangles Massachusetts By WALLACE R. HANSEN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Prepared in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Works UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Gospel Hill gneiss_ _ _ _ _____ ___ __ __ __ ________ __ _____ __ __ Unnamed gneiss at Bare Hill Pond_...geology of the Hudson and Maynard quadrangles, Massachusetts. 2. Map showing surficial geology of the Hudson...the Harvard conglomerate lentil at north Vaughn Hill, Bolton__________________________________ 9. Harvard
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Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA 0 . D . HERMES Department of Geology, University...University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, USA J . I . GIL-IBARGUCHI Departmento de Mineralogia-Petrologia...ductile movement on the intervening Lake Char-Honey Hill fault system. Key words: Alleghanian; @Ar/”Ar geochronology;...In southcastern New England, the Lake Char-Honey Hill fault system (Figs 1 and 2) separates the composite...Zartman, 1%): 1. Cape Ann Complex, 445 f 10 Ma (U-Pb zircon). 410-353Ma (K-Ar hornblende), 357-352 Ma (K-Ar
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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............................................................... V. A, Pigeon Hill Granite Company's Upper quarry, Rockport, Mass.;...Structure at Pigeon Hill quarry, Rockport, Mass.................... Structure at Upper Pigeon Hill quarry, Rockport
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POTENTIAL OF EPA REGION 1 Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont OPEN-FILE...POTENTIAL OF EPA REGION 1 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont R...Linda C.S. Gundersen, R. Randall Schumann, and Sharon W. White 1 Appendix A: Geologic Time Scale 19...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment of Massachusetts R. Randall Schumann and Linda C.S. Gundersen...involving, almost literally, a "cast of thousands." Sharon W. White and R. Thomas Peake of the U.S. Environmental
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___ 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 ______
 
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