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Magnetite from
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Zircon1 photo of Magnetite associated with Zircon at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:94814
Long-form Identifier:1:3:94814:4
GUID (UUID V4):4c9a6b72-f392-4b39-a427-2794f3cb805a
Localities for Magnetite in this Region
Great Haste Ledge (Great Haste Island), Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
4.0km (2.5 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (Lynn Sand and Stone Co. Quarry; Bardon Trimount Quarry; Hume Quarry), Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Poorhouse Hill, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) Great Haste Ledge (Great Haste Island), Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Den Granite Quarry, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
8.8km (5.4 miles) Kallenberg Quarry (Robin Rock Quarry; Jordan Quarry), Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Lynnfield serpentinite area, Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Governor Endicott mine (Towne's Copper Mine), Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
19.7km (12.3 miles) Blue Soapstone Quarry (Jenkins Quarry; Hill's Quarry), Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
20.2km (12.5 miles) Blueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
22.6km (14.0 miles) Blackburn Circle locality, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
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Report (volume)
704 GEOLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS BY CHARLES H. CLAPP WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT....... 9 9 9 10 11 11 11 15 j ( Geology of Essex County...............................................group................:............................. Salem gabbro-diorite....................................... 26; . . 3 4 CONTENTS. Geology of Essex County Continued. Igneous rocks Continued. Subjacent................................................. Salem gabbro-diorite. ...............................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PETROGRAPHICAL COUNTY, PROVINCE MASS. I. OF ESSEX THE area of igneous rocks in Eastern Massachusetts, especially...especially in Essex county, has been, as the late Geo. H. Williams said, " more discussed than any other...pages are written. I have visited the region of Essex county several times and collected a large number of...sense of deep obligation to Mr. J. H. Sears, of Salem, who has made this region an object of study for...of its chief features. The igneous rocks of Essex county extend along the coast from Lynn to the New
Report (volume)
Geology of Selected Quadrangles In Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This volume was printed as separate...published chapters] (A) Bedrock geology of the Salem quadrangle and vicinity, Massachusetts1, by Priestley...quadrangle, Worcester and Franklin Counties, Massachusetts, by Donald F. Eschman. (D) Geology of the Taunton...Plymouth Counties, Massachusetts, by Joseph H. Hartshorn. o ; Bedrock Geology of the Salem Quadrangle and...Vicinity Massachusetts > w By PRIESTLEY TOULMIN 3d GEOLOGY OF SELECTED QUADRANGLES IN MASSACHUSETTS ~s -GEOLOGICAL
Report (issue)
BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF OHE IPSWICH QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS 8 10- by William H. Dennen 11 1975 12 13..._____________ _ Cape Ann Plutonic Series 9 Salem Gabbro-diorite 9 Cape Ann^Granite i/ieu amor p... BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE IPSWICH QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS Introduction Rocks of the Ipswich quadrangle...quadrangle is situated on the northeastern 19 20- Massachusetts coast within the Seaboard Lowland section of...-fA9 maters on Fifteen Mile Hill in the Town of Essex to 21 -11 maters under the salt marsh at Six Goose
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:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE PETROGRAPHICAL PROVINCE MASS. IV. COUNTY, BASIC OF ESSEX DIKES By far the greater part of the...foyaite of Salem Neck and, according to Sears, the " augite-syenite " of Coney Island in Salem Harbor are...olivine, plagioclase, a little orthoclase, some magnetite, and rare apatite. Neither biotite nor titanite...were seen. 284 PETROGRAPHICAL PROUVINCE OF ESSEX COUNTY 285 The hornblende forms either stout prismatic...frequently occurs as a primary border about augite and magnetite, as in the hyperitic diorites. The pyroxene, which
Book
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
Report (volume)
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............................................
Report (issue)
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...biotite, and muscovite; accessory minerals are 13 magnetite, apatite, garnet, fluorite, sphene, and zircon;...Milford Granite from the Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded 19 a 620 + 15 my,Precambrian,zircon
Book
Nephelite-Cancrinite-Syenite 31. Essexite Maine Massachusetts Dacite-Quartz-Diorite Series: Colorado Minnesota...Diabase New Jersey VIII. 38. 48. Diabase Massachusetts Olivine-Augite-Hypersthene Gabbro 49. 50. ...Crystalline Limestones Vermont Dolomite-Marble Massachusetts Pink Marble Georgia IV. Ophicalcite, Serpentine...Oolitic Iron Gneisses and Crystalline Schists Massachusetts Hornblende-Gneiss New York 122. 123. 86. 87... 1. Glasses Scoria Near Black Rock, Millard County, Utah. O. E. Meinzer. Ref. : MACROSCOPIC MICROSCOPIC
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE PETROGRAPHICAL PROVINCE OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASS. II term essexite was first introduced by Sears Essexite...portion of the nephelineenlarges the syenite magma of Salem Neck.- Rosenbusch2 and and erects the essexite mineral...soda-rich, magma. In Essex county they are confined to the immediate vicinity of Salem Neck, where they occur...prominent. Specimens from one locality 'SEARS, Bull. Essex Inst. Vol., XXIII, 1891. Elem. d. Gesteinslehre... 247, 1896. 53 54 HEINRY S. WASHINGTON on Salem Neck show a marked subschistose or platy structure
Report (issue)
....... 0 ... 232 Correlation. ........... 241 Salem(?) Gabbro-Diorite ........ 242 Assabet Quartz-Diorite...the Andover Granite and surrounding rocks, Massachusetts by Robert Oliver Castle Doctor of Philosophy...South Groveland, and Reading quadrangles of Massachusetts. The Andover Granite and Sharpners Pond Tonalite...over 90 to 95 square miles of northeastern Massachusetts, is typical of many of the two-feldspar granites...approximately 270 square miles of northeastern Massachusetts and about 2 square miles of southeastern New
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FAYALITE AT ROCKPORT, MASSACHUSETTS* Cn,lnrns Pa.racne, H arvard, U niv ersity, Cambri,dge, M assachusetts...of fayalite at four Iocalities on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, with a description of one of them which yielded...known in the granite of Rockport on Cape Ann, Massachusetts,to the description of which the following pages...Sears(1905), the Curator of the Peabody Museum at Salem. In 1890he sent specimensto ProfessorPenfield at...looseearthy material and enveloped by a layer of magnetite about cjne inch thick. This was in the granite
Catalog/List
enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...Fibrous; South Dakota Fasciculite Xis in schist; Massachusetts Hornblende Common Hornblende Xls, black, in...00 .60 XI, sections, varnished, in matrix, Massachusetts ......... :. ................ ....... 1 x l½"...CHONDRODITE (magnesium ortho-silicate) Masses with magnetite; New York ... . .............. Masses, in calcite...DATOLITE (basic calcium boron orthosilicate) Xled; Massachusetts or New Jersey................ .60 1.26 DESCLOIZITE
Catalog/List
. . . . . . 65 Fasciculite Xis, in schist; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3...3 Grii,uritt Fibrous, grayish-green in magnetite; Michigan . . . . . . 96 Hornolende Xis, black, in pink...ITE (magnesium ortho-silicate) ,\1asses \,\lich magnetite; New York . . . . .... ..... . . . 2'1 5 Complete.... . ... . .. . . .. . 6 FiM, xline, white; Massachusetts, 1 0 lbs. or more, .2 0 per lb . . . .. .. ...X 2', at .75, 1 .00; 1 .50, 2.QQ Auriferous Magnetite Sand; California. Specimens in vial or bottle
Catalog/List
. . . . . . . . Fasciculite Xis in schist; Massachusetts Hornblende Common Hornblende Cleavable, black;... . . ........ . Xline, white, in dolomite; Massachusetts . .............. Hexagonite Purple :dine mass;...1.50 Xis, in matrix, ends of xis polished; Massachusetts .. ANDESINE (sodium and calcium aluminum silicate)...CHONDRODITE (magnesium ortho-silicate) Masses w ith magnetite ; New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Massachusetts or New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, N.J., by Charles Palache. 1935. 135 p. P 264-B...25-43. P 287. Geology and magnetite deposits of Dover district, Morris County, New Jersey, by P.K. Sims...172, End moraines on Kittatinny Mountain, Sussex County, New Jersey, by J.P. Minard, p. C61-C64; ART. 173...D42-D44. (Out of stock.) P 638. Geology and magnetite deposits of the Franklin quadrangle and part of...aquifer in the Keyport-Union Beach area of Monmouth County, New Jersey, by F.L. Schaefer and R.L. Walker,
Catalog/List
AGGLOMERATE: Agglomerate .........................Custer County, Colorado " Volcanic ...............Magnet Cove...Amphibolite ...........................Albemarle County, Virgi11ia " (Fayalitc-bcaring) .......Near Mcsaba...: ........San Juan County, Colorado " Porphyry ...................Boulder County, Colorado " S ........Anhydrite, crystalline ....................Lyon County, Ncvada ANORTHOSITE: Anort?, osite, gray ........Arkose-scc Sandstone " " ............... Essex County, New York dark brown ...Rochester, New York
Report (issue)
GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE'GEORGETOWN QUADRANGLE,ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS '. by K.G. Bell, A.Fi Shride, and N...thermal alteration m Sconoaic geology . 22 --«. Salem Gabbro-diorite Mafic dikes ' --« - . » - -...tha inbricate thrust fault zone of. eastern Massachusetts. The dominant structures are large faults...Plutonic Series exposed in the north part of the Salem quadrangle. It ia tentatively considered to be...fifcies forming the Cape. Ann -plutoa of eastern Massachusetts, are usz^tamorphosed and intrude regionally
Report (issue)
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
Report (volume)
Counties, Massachusetts By NEWTON E. CHUTE > GEOLOGY OF SELECTED QUADRANGLES IN MASSACHUSETTS ^ _____...Prepared in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ^ Department of Public Works UNITED STATES...rocks_--_-----_--------_--------_--_--_-__--_.-_-Salem Gabbro-Diorite----------------.-------.____.___...map. FIGURES 1-5. Photographs of: 1. Pegmatitic Salem Gabbro-Dioritc---------------2. Hybrid variety of...of Westwood Granite with inclusions of Salem Gabbro-Diorite.--------------------3. Intrusion breccia
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 839 GEOLOGY OF THE BOSTON AREA MASSACHUSETTS BY LAURENCE LAFORGE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...character.__---_------------__--____--__-_____ Salem gabbro-diorite.----------------.---------------...geology of the Boston and Boston Bay quadrangles, Massachusetts--____-.-_____ In pocket. 2. Map showing surficial...-----------81 GEOLOGY OF THE BOSTON AEEA, MASSACHUSETTS By LAURENCE LAFORGE INTRODUCTION* POSITION AND...30' and extends westward from the shore of Massachusetts Bay to meridian 71° 15', comprises the Boston
Report (issue)
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.
Catalog/List
Albemarle Counly, Virginia ... Custer County, Colorado . Albemarle County, Virginia . Near Mesaba, l\linnesola...New York . San Juan County, Colorado Delta, Shasta County, California . Boulder County, Colorado .. ....... Newlon, Massachusetts Mt. Shasta, California " Lyon County, Nevada Hillsborough, New Brnnswick Keeseville...New York " " " .Near Keene, NC\\' York . Essex County, New York Rochester, New York Split Rock, Minnesota... Rhenish-Prus ia J:asalt. fine-gTained Chaffee County, Colorado Hornblende Basalt. coarse " J-lornblenclc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
H. "Geology of the Igneous Rocks of Essex County, Massachusetts," U.S. Geol. Surv., Bull. 704 (Washington...structural relations are described. Of the essexite of Salem Neck, the author says (pp.I24-25): "It is not a...contact-metamorphosed gabbro or gabbro-diorite of the Salem type or in some places a metamorphosed olivine-bearing...be divided among pyroxene, biotite, apatite, magnetite, titanite, and possibly pyrite. The norm shows...pyrite in the Bihl basalt; on the origin of the magnetite inclusions in the Btihl basalt; a comparative
 
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