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Oligoclase from
Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Township
Classification
Species:Albite var: Oligoclase
Formula:(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Oligoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:681527
Long-form Identifier:1:3:681527:1
GUID (UUID V4):85e33e34-a819-4d05-835f-5e4e5f69f957
Nearest other occurrences of Oligoclase
22.2km (13.8 miles) Burke Quarry, Kirby, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA
44.4km (27.6 miles) Clement Mine, Warren, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
47.3km (29.4 miles) White Mountain Mine, Thornton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
50.1km (31.1 miles) Jackson Falls, Jackson, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
52.4km (32.5 miles) Archertown Brook Occurrences, Orford, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
54.2km (33.7 miles) McGinnis Mine (McGinnis Mica Mine; Wilcher and Pilsbury Mine), Wentworth, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
54.5km (33.9 miles) Leggett mica prospect, Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
58.1km (36.1 miles) Wells-Lamson Quarry, Barre, Washington County, Vermont, USA
58.6km (36.4 miles) Bond & Whitcomb Quarry, Barre, Washington County, Vermont, USA
59.3km (36.8 miles) Duffee Quarry, Barre, Washington County, Vermont, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz
Report (issue)
and the STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, NEW HAMPSHIRE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...CORRELATION OF MAP UNITS Op 70 ROCKS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PLUTONIC SUITE Piscataquis Magmatic Belt 60...70 60 60 60 45 40 Sf Dl 70 55 60 50 Littleton Formation 75 50 FA U 85 70 60 55 Oaau...kinked in locations. Possibly associated with the Littleton Formation metarhyolite member (Dlr). This unit...equivalent of the mafic extrusive rocks found in the Littleton Formation (Dlm) (Rankin and Tucker, 2009). Occurs
Report (issue)
and the STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, NEW HAMPSHIRE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...NORTH MAG Base from U.S. Geological Survey, Littleton, 1967, photorevised 1988; Lower Waterford, 1967...Datum of 1927 10,000-foot grid ticks based on New Hampshire State plane coordinate system and Vermont State...MAP UNITS Scm Msz MESOZOIC ROCKS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PLUTONIC SUITE Remick pluton Drt Moulton diorite...THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY-GASPÉ TROUGH DEVONIAN Littleton Formation Dgm Dgqs Dlv Dlm Gile Mountain Formation
Report (issue)
Ordovician (?) formations .............. 45 /" Littleton formation .................. General statement.... 96 ^ iv Page / Granitic rocks of the New Hampshire plutonic series ... Pegmatite .... ..........Maine. ............. A-l Gedrite from Oxford County, Maine. ............. B-l Tables 1. Estimated..._Brob^ amphibolite S*-T~. V"/ member <*£ the Littleton formation. .......... 55 Estimated modes of...of the biotite schist map unit of the Littleton formation ................. 58 Estimated joodes of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND STRUCTURE OF THE FRANCONIA QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE BY CHARLES R. W IL L IA M S AND MARLAND P ................................................ Littleton formation (including Talford schist)...................................................... New Hampshire magma series..................................WILLIAMS AND BILLINGS— FRANCONIA QUADRANGLE New Hampshire magma series.................................................... Other intrusives of the New Hampshire magma series.............................. White
Report (issue)
Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL..._______ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ________________________________...pegmatites ___________________ _ Pegmatites of the Grafton and Keene districts __ _ Sources of pegmatites...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
9 3 7 GEOLOGY OF THE CARDIGAN QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE BY KATHABINE FOWLER-LUNN AND LOUISE KINGSLEY............................................... Littleton schists................................................................................... New Hampshire magma series.............................................................................. Littleton schists.........................................Cardigan quadrangle lies in the west-central part of New Hamp­ shire, between latitude 43°30' and 43°45' north
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
STRUCTURE AND PETROLOGY OF THE SUNAPEE QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE BY CARLETON A. CHAPMAN ABSTRACT The rocks of...of the Sunapee quadrangle, in southwestern New Hampshire, are chiefly metamorphic in origin and range..."porphyritic" granitic gneiss. East of the gneiss is the Littleton formation. The western (older) portion of this...predominately of mica and microcline gneiss. East of the Littleton formation is the Kinsman quartz monzonite. This...fairly uniform sequence of pelitic rocks of the Littleton formation. As a result of regional metamorphism
Report (issue)
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and 10- New Hampshire 11 12 by 13 Patrick J. Barosh, Richard J...MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND AND NEW HAMPSHIRE 5- Description of rock units Introduction The...Intrusive Complex of Rhode 7 Island. 8 the Oxford, Grafton, Milford, and Blackstone quadrangles. 9 10- They...jointing parallel to the 11 foliation. 12 oligoclase, albite, biotite, and muscovite; accessory minerals...microcline, perthite and plagioclase, mostly oligoclase^ 13 and includes some albite, biotite, minor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ENCLOSING SCHIST, LOVEWELL MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE' NEW HAMPSHIRE* , ' By Fnao Benr...the sunapee quadrangle, New Hamsphire. Adjacent pelitic schists of the Littleton formaand tion consist...assemblages biotite-garnet-oligoclase-quartz-sillimanite biotite-garnet-oligoclase-quartz-siliimanite-orthoclase...Lovewell Mountain quadrangle, southwestern New Hampshire' Heald (1950,p. 65-67) also gave chemicalanalysesof...tetrahedral diagrams.These of rocks of the Kinsman and Littleton diagrams show that assemblages formations are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AUGUST 1949 GEOLOGY OF THE MONADNOCK REGION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE By KATHARINE FOWLER-BILLINGS CONTENTS Page Abstract...quartzite 1257 Littleton formation 1257 General statement 1257 Lower member of Littleton formation 1258...Rusty quartzite member 1258 Middle member of Littleton formation. .. . 1261 General statement 1261 Mica...1262 Upper member of Littleton formation 1263 Nodular concretions in Littleton formation 1264 Oliverian...Oliverian magma series 1264 New Hampshire magma series 1265 Kinsman quartz monzonite 1265 General statement
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE MERRYMEETING LAKE AREA OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AroNzo QurNN,Brown [Jniversity,Provid.ence,..., AND GroNN W. SrBwenr, (Iniaersily of IVew Hampshire, Durham, IVew Hambshire Corqrpr.rrs Abstract Introduction... like several other small areas in central New Hampshire, has a considerable variety of igneous rocks...important development in recent studies in New Hampshire (mainly by Billings and his students) has been...with the early Devonian Littleton formation of the Littleton, New Hampshire, area(tsillings,1935; Billings
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE PERCY QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE BY RANDOLPH W. CHAPMAN CONTENTS Abstract Introduction...Biotite-quartz monzonite and coarse syenite New Hampshire magma series General statement Long Mountain...1086 1060 R. W. CHAPMAN—PERCY QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE Jefferson dome Lost Nation intrusive body Long...1098 ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. Index map of New Hampshire 2. Syncline in Albee formation 3. Diagrammatic...quadrangle, New Hampshire Plate 1. Geological map and structure sections of the Percy quadrangle, New Hampshire
Report (issue)
All who were involved in the preparation of the new bedrock map, particularly those responsible for the...understanding and portrayal of the geology. Although the new map is very different from Emerson's in many aspects...1984, Lithotectonic assemblages as portrayed on the new bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts: American Journal...Gneiss and schist near New Bedford (Zgs)................... Biotite gneiss near New Bedford (Zgn) ................. 40 Regional relations in southeastern New England .................... 42 Quartzitic assemblage
Report (issue)
Middle to Late Devonian Hardwick Granite of the New Hampshire Plutonic Series. The Monson Gneiss is a series...Quartz Diorite, and Concord Granite of the New Hampshire Plutonic Series. general there are two distinctive...remapped by Robinson (1963) who extended the New Hampshire terminology initiated in adjacent areas by Hadley...Massachusetts some of the nomenclature of the New Hampshire area (Billings, 1937), particularly that of...Page, Chief of the Branch of Regional Geology in New England, was particularly encouraging through all
Field Trip Notes
//' . GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD IN ''fy,.'t:J TRIPS NEW ENGLAND NOVEMBER 10-12, 1952 Organized by the...Before visiting any of the sites described in the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference guidebooks...Highlands of East-Central New York, Southern Vermont, and Southern New Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding...Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford Granite" 103 Field Trip...OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW YORK, SOUTHER Leaders: VERJ-IONT, AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE Marland P, Billings
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mines & Minerals of North Groton, New Hampshire The historical background of the famous North Groton...Candia Road Chester, New Hampshire 03036 R O B E R T W. WHITMORE Weare, New Hampshire 03281 N O R T H G... a large percentage of the popula­ tion of New Hampshire would not recognize the name, let alone be able...owner of the Palermo mines in North Groton, New Hampshire. WENTWORTH X McGinnis Mine X Wheat Mine ...of the North Groton-Rumney-Wentworth area of New Hampshire. Newfound Lake Volume 65, July/August 1990
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
org/cgi/alerts to receive free e-mail alerts when new articles cite this article Subscribe click www...beyond loss of H20 and COj. The Littleton formation of New Hampshire is a series of pelitic rocks, but...the problem Acknowledgments Composition of the Littleton formation Analyses Petrography Behavior during...Behavior during metamorphism Metamorphism of the Littleton formation.. . Metasomatic metamorphism according...Average composition of Littleton rocks. . . 924 6. Average composition of Littleton rocks, excluding water
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY OF THE MT. WASHINGTON QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE BY MARLAND P. BILLINGS, CARLETON A. CHAPMAN...volcanics Littleton formation Highlandcroft magma series Oliverian magma series New Hampshire magma series...sections of the Mt. Washington quadrangle, New Hampshire. 261 ABSTRACT The Mt. Washington quadrangle...Ordovician (?) Ammonoosuc volcanics, and the Devonian Littleton formation. All these rocks have undergone high-grade...geological map of the Mt. Washington quadrangle, New Hampshire (PI. 1). The map is accompanied by three structure
Report (issue)
EPA REGION 1 Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-292-A...REGION 1 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont R. Randall Schumann...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment of New Hampshire Linda C.S. Gundersen andR. Randall Schumann...directed to develop model standards and techniques for new building construction that would provide adequate...aerial radioactivity, and indoor radon data by county. Because of constraints on the scales of maps presented
Report (issue)
Syracuse, New York 4/ --Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine, and Queens College, Flushing, New York ...Falls quadrangle DEVONIAN--Rocks principally of New Hampshire Plutonic Suite of Devonian age, but includes...magnesium-rich biotite, 50 percent normally zoned oligoclase-andesine, and accessory apatite and zircon. The...composed of about 25 percent quartz, 60 percent oligoclase, 5-10 percent biotite, minor muscovite, sparse...biotite; in sillimanite zone the plagioclase is oligoclase, and the phyllosilicates are well crystallized
Book (volume)
MODIFIED DRIFT By WARREN ae OF GLACIAL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. UPHAM, DRIFT. APPENDIX II. TO PARTS ...INTRODUCTION, . . . . .. THE MINERALOGY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, LITHOLOGY, INDEX TO PART IV, APPENDIX, Part...Rockingham, Vt., 3 : 18, Section in Bridgewater and New Hampton, 19, Section in Concord, Fig. 20, Section...of IN THE 14-16 ATLAS. New Hampshire—/ac-szmle, reduced. New Hampshire—/ac-simzle, half size. Two...the topography, contour lines, and geology of New Hampshire, with portions of that of the adjoining territory
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occur in a quartz-albite pegmatite at Newport, New Hampshire. The forms c{001}, b{010}, and.m[110] are present...e{021 } and z {031 } are less commonly observed. A new form, probably {121}, was observed on one crystal...a pegmatite occur near the town of Newport, New Hampshire, at an abandonedfeldspar working which is known...at the boundary of the Claremont and Sunapee,New Hampshire quadrangles,is about 4| miles west of Newport...intruded is composedof metamorphosedsedimentsof the Littleton formation (Lower Devonian). The rock immediately
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAFIC DIKES OF THE WOODSVILLE VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE Menr,aNo P. BrrrrNcs, Harvard, (Jniaers,ity...dikes in the woodsville quadrangle, vermont and New Hampshire, intrude metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks...common throughout eastern Vermont and western New Hampshire. These rocks, as well as the metasedimentary...miles in east-central vermont and west-central New Hampshire between north latitudes 44"00t and 44o15'and...peripheral shell. an intrusive amphibolite in the Littleton-Moosilauke area (Billings, 1937,p.513) that this
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ILLU STR A TIO N S Figure Page 1. Index m ap of New H am pshire........................................of p a rt of the M ount W ashington quadrangle, New H am pshire........................................occur in th e M t. W ashington quadrangle, northern New H am pshire, b u t those of the Oliverian magma series...OLIVERIAN MAGMA^SERIES F ig u r e 1.— Index map of New Hampshire Shows distribution of bodies of Oliverian magma... F — Franconia, G = Gorham, H = Hanover, L = Littleton, M = Moosilauke, Ma = Mascoma, MC = Mt. Cube,
 
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