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Opal from
Dickerson Mine, Mine Hill, Morris County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dickerson Mine, Mine Hill, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:986213
Long-form Identifier:1:3:986213:5
GUID (UUID V4):e16c1519-eda7-49b9-8e61-f56854300e4c
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
6.2km (3.8 miles) Allen Mine, Rockaway Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) Lowrance Mine, Netcong, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) BEMCO prospect (Charlotte Mine), Cranberry Lake, Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
22.6km (14.0 miles) Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
26.6km (16.6 miles) Buckwheat dump mineral collecting site, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) Stirling Brook ("Carnelian Creek"), Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
32.0km (19.9 miles) F.J. Marley Quarry, Verona, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
32.5km (20.2 miles) Chimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
33.2km (20.7 miles) McDowell's Quarry (Osborne and Marsellis Quarry), Upper Montclair, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
on the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey By John S. Albanese VOL. I OCTOBER 1960...address: John S. Albanese P. 0. Box 221 Union, New Jersey No. 5 -79Zincite Zincite is commonly massive...from the ore bodies at both Franklin and Sterling Hill was about one per cent of the total ore. Rich masses...Zincite is rare except at the Franklin-Sterling Hill zinc deposits. It has been reported from Olkusz...near Paterna, Almeria, Spain; and at the Heazlewood mine, Tasmania. Analyses show that zincite contains from
Report (issue)
BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS...ITS ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY...BY James G. Manchester AFFERTON PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author...of his recreational hours collecting minerals in New York City and its environs. A record lias been personally...in the old lists, and the names of many others, new to the district, and discovered in recent years,
Book (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVET OF NEW' JERSEY HENRY 8. %CMM@L,SUt. Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey BY Val. VIId the...7nWeq %em& -- Pm Wfe ]pro NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CONTENTS....history of iron-ore mining in New Jersey. .... Outline of the geology of New Jersey. ............. General character...individual mines. ................... T h e Gulick mine. ............................ I 19 23 25-32 25...mines. .............. Roseberry mine. .......................... Shiloh mine ...........................
Book (volume)
GROUP. Green fluorite (121.39 ct), Westmoreland, New Hampshire; blue fluorite (132.12 ct), Illinois; square...(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...established by Dr. George F. Kunz, of Tiffany & Company, New York City, whose famous Gems and Precious Stones...taking place in older deposits and the discovery of new deposits in various places, especially in regard
Report (issue)
nearly wholly in Lake County, though the southwest corner enters Sonoma County. Economic minerals described...mercury, most of which came from the Sulphur Bank mine just off the northern edge of the quadrangle. Moderate...Moderate reserves of low grade ore still exist. This mine also produced 2,000,000 pounds of sulfur valued...within Sonoma County, the quadrangle lies entirely within Lake County. Paved state or county roads offer...fashion by Becker (1888), described in part by Dickerson (1914), and, with regard to volcanic rocks, mapped
Book (volume)
GROUP. Green fluorite (121.39 et), Westmoreland, New Hampshire; blue fluorite (132.12 et), Illinois; sqmu·e...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...established by Dr. George F. Kunz, of Tiffany & Cornpany, New York City, whose farnous Gems and Precious Stones...taking place in older deposits and the discovery of new deposits in various places, especially in regard...operators, Morefield Mine, Amelia, VA; Max & Suzy Berchtold, Royal Rainbow Mine, Laytonville, CA; Ralph
Report (volume)
Transactions, vols. 54-56. New York. American Journal of Science, 4th ser., vols. 43, 44. New Haven, Conn. American...vol. 36; Journal, vol. 17. New York. . American Naturalist, vol. 51. New York. American Philosophical...no. 2. Cincinnati, Ohio. Coal Age, vols. 11, 12. New York. Colorado Geological Survey: Bulletin 12. Denver...Transactions, vol. 21, pp. 145-200; vol. 22, pp. 1-248. New Haven, Conn. ' Connecticut State Geological and Natural...Boletfn de Minas, nos. 2, 8. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 8, no.
Report (volume)
the Beryllium Deposits in the Thomas Range Juab County, Utah By MORTIMER H. STAATZ CO~~TRIBUTIONS GEOLOGICAL...THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN THE THOMAS RANGE, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH By MORTIMER H. STAA'l'Z ABSTRACT Beryllium...western part of the Thomas Range in western Juab County, 46 miles northwest of Delta, Utah. The first beryllium...roughly 6 feet thick and can be traced around a hill 900 feet long by 400 feet wide. Several other layers...montmorillonite, at least one manganese oxide mineral, opal, chalcedony, and bertrandite. The replaced tuff
Book (edition)
of Volume I of this work in 1959, the amount of new information that has accumulated is so large and...deposits been profitably reopened, but extensive new primary sources ha\"e been discovered all over the...and quality have been found, as well as entirely new species. Recent mineralogical analyses have yielded...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...John Sinkankas ~ ~ VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY New York Cincinnati Toronto London Melbourne Copyright©
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
........................................... 195 Opal and its relation to other forms of silica; by A.................... 206 New light on the basin range problem; by W illiam Morris D avis. 206 Slope of basin...Discussed by C. F. Tolman, Robert Anderson, Roy B. Dickerson, and F. M. Anderson. F O S S I L B I R D S A N... in San Luis Obispo. County; the other is in Vaquero Canyon, in Monterey County. The la tte r appears... PRO CEEDIN GS O F T H E COBDILLERAN SECTIO N opal shale. I t is isotropic and has a refractive index
Report (chapter)
35662, USA 2 Department o f Geology, University o f Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA Abstract:...excessive wear of equipment. Hydrous forms of silica (opal) can form troublesome precipitates during processing...species (for example, carbonates) or the formation of new minerals. Reworking of deposits can concentrate minerals...in North Carolina is undertaken at the Lee Creek mine in the Aurora area on the south shore of the Pamlico...lyellcollection.org/ at Université Laval on July 11, 2015 SE USA AND TOGO PHOSPORITES 141 Fig. 2. Major structural
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MS 425, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, USA Received 25 August 2000; accepted 25 April 2001 Editorial...characterizing the 3 most promising: Deaf Smith County, Texas, Hanford, Washington, and Yucca Mountain...contains the Yucca Mountain site; the Spotted Range-Mine Mountain structural zone, which abuts the Goldfield...Mountain region are composed mostly of alluvium, but hill slopes are typically covered with a thin veneer...rates have been estimated for colluvial deposits, hill slopes, bedrock ridges and stream valleys (US DOE
Report (volume)
American Geographical Society: Bulletin, vol. 45. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin...Transactions, vols. 43, 44. New York. American Journal of Science, 4th ser., vols. 35, 36. New Haven, Conn. American... vol. 32; Journal, vol. 13. New York. American Naturalist, vol. 47. New York. American Philosophical... Philadelphia, Pa. American Year Book for 1912. New York. Annales de Palgontologie, t. 8. Paris, France...Cassier's Magazine, vol. 43, no. 6, vol. 44, nos. 1-3. New York. Centralblatt fin- Mineralogie, Geologie, und
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the head­
Journal (issue)
Mineral New Vol. 24 No. 9 September The Mineral Collector's Newsletter $3.00 2008 Mars Mineralogical...modifying faces and was associated with a host of then new secondary phosphates (dickinsonitc, eosphorite, fairfielditc...specimen was obtained from Dick Nevel. Wallace Dickerson "Dick" Nevel [June 25, 1887 Hudson, MI - September...previously-reported minerals. CRISM has spotted hydrated silica (opal or volcanic glass). muscovite or illite, and additional...kaolinite is found (Table l ). The hydrated silica (opal) is characterized by broad absorption bands near
Report (volume)
.. New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.................. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;... S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico mines and minerals, World's Fair edition,
Report (issue)
sulfur mines in the United States and by opening new mines, by greater recovery of byproduct sulfur (in...pyrites, and all other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United...Communist countries) are described; these will have new production of about 3,000,000 tons of sulfur by the...of sulfur during 1935-39 and 1950, and estimated new production are given in some detail; this information...(long tons) 1950 production (long tons) Estimated new production (long tons) 2,569,000 5,966,000 1,541
Journal (issue)
..... 17 A Mineralogical T rip Through Northern New York. By Wilbur J. Elwell .........................Stephen Varni Company 15 Maiden Lane Dept. R. NEW YORK, N. Y. FROM THE EUROPEAN GEM CENTER Collection...attraetive box. Sapphire Amethyst Garnet Hematite Opal Topaz :atoonstone lloss Agate Rock Crystal Amazonite...only for the better collections. • LUCIAN M. ZELL New York, N. Y. 522 Fifth Avenue P. S.-Saw your Ad...ut I remem- bered that when new at this business of collecti ng, the mine dumps in Penn• sylvania's anthracite
Journal (issue)
(213) 255-1488 CUTTING MATERIALS NEW! Red Lace Agate is from a new discovery in Mexico. This very desirable...00 per lb. NEW! Plume Opal Is another new discovery in Mexico! This beautiful plume opal is hand-selected...w ith special care as any opal. Our price is only . . . $1 .00 per oz. NEW! Turquol.. • Splderweb or...or matrix turquoise from the Little Gem Mine (also known as the Cracker Jack M ine) in Nevada. It comes...our rough , too. Our price is . . . $6.00 per oz. NEW! Zebra Lace Agate. From Mexico cuts attractive cabochons
Journal (issue)
the Southwest' s original inhabitants, changed by new ideas, tools, materials, and markets. Sterling silver...How to Make Gemstone Jewelry Boxes by Robert L. Hill, Sr................ 26 An Overlooked Lapidary Help...TRIPS Rockhoµndlng In Marble, Colorado by Beverly Dickerson .. .... ............. .. 22 Birding In the Rocks...53 Copyright 1174 by Gemac COffNM'atlon What's New ....... . .. ..... . ...... . .... ................ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. 2- SEPTEMBER 1974 New Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (volume)
anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos. · counties CORPORATE AUTHORS. Am G American...Mines N :r G S New Jersey Geological SUrvey N Y G S New York Geological Survey NY St Mus New York State ...geological survey: Calvin, 09c Pleistocene geology, New York: Fairchild, 13 Isostasy, relations to geodesy...Diller, 02b Rhythms and geologic time: Gilbert, 00 New Brunswick, progress of geological investi· Rocky...Mountains: Kemp, 92fi Miller (W J), 17a. See also New York ~dmiralty Island, Alaska: Wright (C W), 06a
Book (volume)
--GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FINAL JERSEY. REPORT OF STATE OF NEW Tt{N GEOLOGIST. IDOL. II. ZOOLOGY...31pAN'f. NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1 I L P_RT I. t MINERALOGY. BOTANY. I NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL.................. Jersey C_ty, Hoboken. GEO. H. COOK, St-_te Geolog)st. NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...SURVEY Iv) NEW Ba_NSWIOX, _N. J., July 29th, 1889. To His Excellency Robert S. Green, Gover_or of the State...State of New Jersey, and ex-o]flvio President of _e Board of Managers of the State Geological Survey
Report (issue)
Place, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, Colorado 80301-9140, USA.. Copyright is not claimed on any material prepared... Boulder, Colorado 80301-9140, USA www.geosociety.org Printed in USA GSA Books Science Editor: Marion...Geologist, 405 Norwood Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada 89107, USA John S. Stuckless U.S. Geological Survey, MS 421...(Commonwealth Edison’s consolidated storage facility at Morris, Illinois). It is estimated that if the existing...investigations between 1962 and 1969, an abandoned salt mine near Lyons, Kansas, was selected for further study
Journal (issue)
........................... 24 GIison Synthetic Opal by Ernest E. Fairbanks ...........................76501 FIELD TRIPS Hunting Luna Agate by Beverly Dickerson .................................................. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. 6 What'• New .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . .................................................45 New Books .............................................49 SALE ENDS MAY 1, 1974 ELECTRIC WAX PEN THE NEW... flewel(""# So simple to use that even a beginner
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Topopah Spring Tuff at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA R. J. MOSCATI* AND C. A. JOHNSON U.S. Geological...Federal Center, Box 25046, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, USA [Received 20 January 2014; Accepted 10 April 2014;...stage (generally 50 70ºC) of calcite, quartz and opal secondary mineralization, formed from downward-percolating...Chalcedony/opal of massive silica stage Blocky calcite stage Late bubbly or laminated opal Bladed and...irregularly distributed botryoidal or laminated opal (both in time and space), generally comprises the
 
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