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Talc from
Wright Quarry, Stony Run, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Talc
Formula:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Talc data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wright Quarry, Stony Run, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:904723
Long-form Identifier:1:3:904723:5
GUID (UUID V4):e7f743be-04f3-4a2a-a10a-5d54973ddfee
Nearest other occurrences of Talc
6.2km (3.9 miles) ā“˜Bare Hills Copper Mine (Smith Avenue Copper Mine), Bare Hills, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ā“˜Anthophyllite Location, Bare Hills, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ā“˜Discovery workings (Main workings), Bare Hills, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ā“˜Unnamed Chromite prospects, Bare Hills, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
8.1km (5.1 miles) ā“˜McMahon Quarry (Greenspring Quarry), Bare Hills, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ā“˜Lord Baltimore Drive Quartz occurrence area, Windsor Mill, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) ā“˜Patapsco Glen Construction Site, Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) ā“˜Bok Asbestos Mine, Hollofield, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
15.2km (9.5 miles) ā“˜Bluegrass Company Quarry (H.T. Campbell Quarry; Campbell Quarry), Texas, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
20.1km (12.5 miles) ā“˜Choate Mine, Owings Mills, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TALC RESOURCES OF THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES By...the U.S. Government. 1995 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Talc Resources of the conterminous United States Contents............................................8 Talc and talc-bearing rocks ................................optical properties of talc .........................10 Geology and Genesis of Talc Deposits .................................................12 Uses for talc ...............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colo. "Keep the presses rolling."ā€”note from Walter Wright, prop., The Prospectors Shop, 201 San Francisco...specimen. CONNECTICUTā€”From the abandoned basalt quarry at Granby, Hartford Co., Conn., we have a beautiful... cone-in-cone, which he had collected near Coal City, Grundy Co., 111. In his letter dated June 27, I960...the interesting geological formation known as Rock City. It reads: "Southwest of Minneapolis in Ottawa Co...mile, south 2 miles, west y2 mile and then to Rock City which is noted for its 200 or more unusually well
Report (volume)
Selected Bibliography of Talc in the United States 'Jy CELINE W. MERRILL :ONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY... CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOlOGY SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TALC IN THE UNITED STATES By CELINE w. MERRILL INTRODUCTION...list of both general and specialized references on talc in the United States that are available in either...the mineralogy, geology, and industrial uses of talc. The entries are arranged alphabetically by author...author and are indexed by subject. The term "talc" is used in a mineralogical sense as a mineral name and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Annual Convention of the Eastern Federation in Baltimore, Md., last September (see Nov-Dec 1956, R & M...is characteristic of of idocrase at the Gillette Quarry in Had- the mineral. I believe this to be one of...a new discovery of that material "The Tollgate Quarry in Middletown at the famous old locality. What...is being made to organize from the wall of the quarry. The remnants a mineral club in this part of the...a chance to pick up specimens. scheelite at the quarry, but only as specks. The terrain consists mostly
Report (volume)
Talc Resources of the United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1167 Talc Resources of the United...States By A. H. CHIDESTER, A. E. J. ENGEL, and L. A. WRIGHT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1167 UNITED STATES... by A. H. Chidester, A. E. J. Engel, and L. A. Wright. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963. v, 61...Bibliography: p. 58-61. 1. Talc U.S. I. Engel, Albert Edward John, 1916thor. II. Wright, Lauren Albert, 1918joint...__-_---_---_----_ Classification and geology of talc deposits_______-_--___--__-_____-Deposits associated
Book (volume)
colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: ļ‚ at Holton Quarry, 7Ā½ mi. NWļ‚¾agate; ļ‚‚ N of Calloway airport at rd...1Ā½ mi., in Knox dolomite exposed in an abandoned quarryļ‚¾ Barite, Calcite, Fluorite (purple cubes), Galena...US 27: (a) along both sides of Hwy.ļ‚¾agate; (b) quarry on W side of rd.ļ‚¾agate, chalcedony, chert, opal;...W 3 mi. and 2 mi. N: (a) at the Marble Springs Quarryļ‚¾gemmy marble (red and green); (b) E, in Taylor...CHEROKEE COUNTY BALL GROUND: ļ‚ area: (a) local depositsļ‚¾talc; (b) S and W of town, area fields, etc.ļ‚¾Staurolites;
Report (volume)
Indianapolis. Iowa.............. Prof. George F. Kay, Iowa City. Kansas............Prof. Erasmus Haworth, University...Holman, Bangor. Maryland........ .Prof. E. B. Mathews, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Michigan......places. Bauxite. Cherokee County, mined near Bock Run; known also in Dekalb County, and occurring southward...material not worked, occurs as soft white clay at Rock Run. Colbert County, good white ware clay at Pegram....Mineral Springs. Cherokee County, occurs at Rock Run. Elmore County, at McLean pottery, burns bluish.
Book (edition)
southwest for several miles, Tallapoosa Steatite, talc Soapstone . county. Oak Bowery, Chambers county...With other cupriferous and argentiferous ores. Talc, soapstone . "Tellurinm" ... Occurs in very small...constrrct reservoirs in which to retain the waters that run to waste in rainy seasons. Many auiilerous veins...Sulphide of antimony Stibnite Talc Tetradymite. Thenajrdite . . Talc Telluride of bismuth. Commonly...to markets. Frequent. Two miles south of Bradshaw City. Large deposit of it on Verde river, about a mile
Report (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Maryland ............ 31 Table 6 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Maryland...................................... 33 Figure...to Januzzi, quarry is near bottom of next 1959. hill. Distance from Branchville to quarry is 0.6 km. ...until it ends. Continue by foot along old roadway, quarry is on left side of trail. Pegmatite - Torbernite...Hazen Property Pelton's Quarry Rock Landing Uraninite, columbite, Pegmatite Quarry gummite, autunite, torbernite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
take a fishing pole." CONNECTICUT-From a limestone quarry near Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn., we have a very...esbeen found Co., Me. MARYLAND-Zelma Wright, Jr. 3105 Dundalk Ave., Baltimore 22, Md., sent in a coarse...Beltway, Baltimore Co., Md. "There is a good collecting area at junction of Joppa Road and Baltimore Beltway...junction."ā€”letter dated Aug. 28, 1958, from Mr. Wright. MASSACHUSETTS-Ernest H. Fisk, West Chesterfield...colored sheets of selenite are found in the quarry at National City, Iosco Co., Mich. These sheets of selenite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
informs us that talc has been mined near Winterboro, Talladega Co., Ala. This talc was broken and could...but most interesting, was on display at the Canon City, Colo., Convention June 26, 1952. The jadeite was...light greenish (but stained brown) foliated mass of talc has been donated to R. & M. by Julian A. Smith...Smith, Route 2, Box 786B, Modesto, Calif. The talc was found in a road cut in weathered serpentine near San...Denver, Colo., when he was interviewed at the Canon City, Colo., Convention, on Friday, June 27, 1952. Some
Book (volume)
and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.āŽÆfossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburdenāŽÆoval...dumpsāŽÆMarcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY DALLAS CITY: on the Dallas Cr. (see map next page) āŽÆgeodes (lined...crystals); (b) Hamilton Quarry, the lower Warsaw section at the top of the quarry (see map) āŽÆgeodes (lined...Smithsonite and Sphalerite in any combination). Hamilton Quarry Location East Branch Crystal Glen Creek NAUVOO... Illinois Niota Dewdrop Diamond Geode Location Dallas City Geode Location WARSAW, area rd. cuts, pits quarries
Book (volume)
and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.āŽÆfossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburdenāŽÆoval...dumpsāŽÆMarcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY DALLAS CITY: on the Dallas Cr. (see map next page) āŽÆgeodes (lined...crystals); (b) Hamilton Quarry, the lower Warsaw section at the top of the quarry (see map) āŽÆgeodes (lined...Smithsonite and Sphalerite in any combination). Hamilton Quarry Location East Branch Crystal Glen Creek NAUVOO... Illinois Niota Dewdrop Diamond Geode Location Dallas City Geode Location WARSAW, area rd. cuts, pits quarries
Report (volume)
............................................. Maryland.................................................Indianapolis. Iowa___ __Prof. George F. Kay, Iowa City. Kansas_____Prof. Erasmus Haworth, Lawrence. Kentucky____Mr...Maryland____Prof. E. B. Mathews, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Michigan____Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A....Perisho, Vermilion. Prof. Victor Ziegler, Rapid City. v Tennessee____Mr. G. H. Ashley, Washington, D...Utah______.Mr. G. W. Ritter, Salt Lake City. Mr. Maynard Bixley, Salt Lake City. Vermont_____Prof. G. H. Perkins
Report (volume)
California Press, Berkeley, Calif. Cement, Mill, & Quarry. Chicago, 111. Ceramic Abs_____________ Ceramic...Geologist. Augusta, Maine. Manufacturers Record. Baltimore, Md. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department...of the Mineralogical Society of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah. The Mineralogist. Portland, Oreg. New York...Bulletin, Departments of Geology and Mineralogy. Rapid City, S. Dak. Stanford University, Abstracts of Dissertations...Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Salt Lake City, Utah. Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin. VerVermont
Journal (issue)
1939 Contents for August . 1939 CHIPS FROM TH E QUARRY .........................., .....................Italy." Beyond a doubt he refers to our minā€¢ eral talc. He also remarks that this stone is lathed for cooking...being divided with still greater facility (than talc) and can be split into leaves as thin as may be...place ,vhere an isolated item is more likely to be run down by the investigator, and it is regrettable that.... 153,358,397 Maine . . . . . . . . 3,423,353 Maryland . . .. . . 11.157, 550 Massachusetcs . . 7,559
Report (issue)
Inner Piedmont and Smith River allochthons _____ 7 Maryland and northern Virginia Piedmont allochthons___...Sauratown Mountains anticlinorium __________ 9 Baltimore Gneiss domes_________________ 9 Manhattan Prong...from the augen gneiss in the core of the Bryson City dome (Q). Above the Fries-Hayesville fault in northeastern...James Run is characteristic of much of the terrane. Rankin (1975) Formations and the Baltimore paragneiss...two plutons, the Occoquan Adamellite and the Dale City is allochthonous. Quartz Monzonite, for which a
Journal (issue)
State Line chromite district, Pennsylvania and Maryland ..................149 by E. E. Foord, A. V. Heyl... Special Second Class postage paid at Bowie, Maryland notes fro m th e y EDITOR GLOSSARY UPDATE The...(Scottsdale, AZ) Artrox (El Paso, TX) Baltimore Mineralogical Society (Baltimore, MD) Carlos Barbosa (Rio de Janeiro...(Albuquerque, NM) Diversified Minerals (Salt Lake City, UT) Eldorado Enterprises (Boulder, CO) El Paso...Mineral Co. (Casa Grande, AZ) Joseph Kielbaso (Tip City, OH) Kohl's Enterprises (McKinleyville, CA) Rustam
Report (issue)
478Ā±6 Ma Oo* Early Ordovician 483Ā±9 Ma Mine Run Complex Oi O|po O|mIV O|mIII O|gu O|mII Zlch...a maximum elevation of about 55 m (180 ft) in Maryland and 117 m (384 ft) in the District of Columbia...rocks as well as the Catoctin Formation (Zcm) Swift Run Formation (Neoproterozoic)ā€”Fine-grained, greenish-gray...type locality (Southworth and others, 2010) Dale City Quartz Monzonite (Middle Ordovician)ā€”Medium-light-gray...hundreds of kilometers from their source (Cas and Wright, 1988). This unit contains interbedded pelitic
Book
Metamorphic Minerals 306 Graphite; Asbestos; Talc; Vermiculite 10. Sedimentary Minerals and Sulfur... and pot- ash. Clay, supplemented by feldspar, talc, and other minerals, supports the ceramics industry...of feldspar for ceramic use keeps a wary eye on talc and nepheline syenite. Or the nonmetallic may be...rock, cement raw materials, fluorspar, feldspar, talc, sylvite, and other nonmetallics. Additional types... accounted for 32 per cent of a much expanded talc output in 1957. As a result of research, entirely
Journal (issue)
Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Richard W. Thomssen Carson City, NV photography: Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France...Dunn McGuinnessite from a serpentinite body in Maryland ......................127 by F. Magnusson Native...through our book department (P.O. Box 1656, Carson City, NV 89702ā€”Add $3 U.S. postage, $4 forĀ­ eign). For...published bienĀ­ nially (in ā€œevenā€ years) by the Baltimore Mineral Society at the time of its Micromount...for the forces of good in mineralogy. In his A Stony Sermon (1900) he goes on to attack labeling errors
Book
Pennsylvania___ _ _ _ 1 _ 2 _ 2 1 CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West...n g y e l l o w " c o l o r " i n y o u r pan. Maryland: M o n t g o m e r y, Frederick, H o w a r d ...n d a n assortment o f fossils. Photograph b y Maryland Board o f Natural Resources. 2 K e n t u c k...took home from old quarries in Pennsylvania and Maryland, pieces of apple green precious serpentine. In...vivianite crystals ever found were dug right in the city of Richmond, Virginia, by skilled hobbyists. Truly
Journal (issue)
Contents for July-August, 1950 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ...................................................................................... Rosco C. WRIGHT DIES S UDDENLY .................................................. 363 WORLD'S LARGEST SANDSTONE QUARRY ............ .................................................. 373 ANEW MINERAL LQCALilY IN BALTIMORE, MD. By fack Kepper ........ 374 LINTEN B. GREENE...--v,-- _ ......... ,., :,,..v CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ---------------ā€¢ā€¢ā€¢-ā€¢ā€¢_,..............,..._,..,
Book
306 9. Metamorphic Minerals Graphite; Asbestos; Talc; Vermiculite 10. Sedimentary Minerals and Sulfur...nitrates, and potash. Clay, supplemented by feldspar, talc, and other minerals, supports the ceramics industry...of feldspar for ceramic use keeps a wary eye on talc and nepheline syenite. Or the nonmetallic may be...rock, cement raw materials, fluorspar, feldspar, talc, sylvite, and other nonmetallics. Additional types...of talc in ceramic mixes, first begun in 1930, accounted for 32 per cent of a much expanded talc output
Report (volume)
__-__---------__--___..---_..____.._________._.___.--_ Maryland.___________________________________________________...open-pit methods. The major departure from standard quarry practice is the maintenance of relatively narrow...36, T. 8 N., R. 4 W., M.D.M. Deposits at Nevada City and in sec. 22, T. 16 N., R. 8 E., M.D.M. a. Little...the State Line serpentine along the Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary. Deposits along the Chester-Lancaster...1922, p. 1. caster. Creek on the Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary. 54 Lancaster Occurrences in Fulton and
 
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