 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica and...Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen,...Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen...Acanthite-argentite, Colorado, 307 Actinolite/tremolite, Michigan, 344 Adularia, Michigan 341 “Alaskaite...309 Brochantite, New Hampshire, 416 Brookite, Dodo Mine, Subpolar Urals, Russia, R. B. Cook, 192-95 Buchholz |  | Carlsen, Kenneth S., Gale, Marjorie H., Thompson, Woodrow B., Kierstead, Matthew (2015) Belvidere Mountain Asbestos Quarries, Lowell/Eden, Vermont. Rocks & Minerals, 90 (6) 510-551 doi:10.1080/00357529.2015.1080535 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | aerial view of the Ruberoid Corporation Asbestos mine, ca. 1960. Frank L. Forward photo. A Belvidere...postcard of the initial three-story mill at the Eden mine that opened in May 1902 but closed later in the...The title on the card front is mislabeled. Bob Whitmore collection. Volume 90, November/December 2015...between 1899 and 1993. Unfortunately, the entire mining area on Belvidere Mountain is now closed to visitors;... we and our colleagues, being familiar with the mine, decided that it is important to document this famous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | calcite from the type locality near Warwick, Orange County, New York. The large crystal is 5.5 cm long. Oren...the geology of the first district in 1843; Ebenezer Emmons, the second district in 1842; Lardner Vanuxem...Vanuxem, the third district in 1842; and James Hall, the fourth district in 1843. When William Caleb Beck...rise to the name of “Rossie twins”; the Sterling mine, site of the first American discovery of millerite...colorless quartz crystals; and the Tilly Foster mine, source of outstanding chondrodite and clinochlore |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS...large scale, there has been enough prospecting and mining activity to uncover many important mineral localities...collector. Prospecting, granite quarrying, and mining probably peaked before the turn of the twentieth...pegmatite prospecting and mining were revived during World War II, with some mining continuing into the early...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | does have some important mineral localities. Early mining included the exploitation of bog iron ore for the...cobblestone roads prevents Vermont from being a giant mining state today, but in the nineteenth century, cobble...1910). At one time, jasper was mined at the Parrot mine (Chittenden Co.) on a small scale for use in colorful...The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi cant locality in the state...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the |  | | Report (issue) | | Geological Surveys, Common wealth Institute Building, South Kensington, London, S.W.7 (KENsington 3264, Ex....I ILLUSTRATIONS Plate I Chromite from Hangha Mining Field, Sierra Leone FrontisJnece Fig. I Sketch...page 2 Geological Map of the Hangha Chromite Mining District, reduced from 1 : 2,500 Field Survey " Surface...North ,, 17 Surface Geology of the North and South Bendu Pits ,, 18 5 LIST OF TABLES Table I Analyses...of chromian chlorite and tremolite " 24 Table 7 Analyses of vermiculite and mica " 27 Table 8 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs January/February: Crocoite, Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Francis Benjamin specimen...Scovil photo. March/April: Galaxy opal, Opalville mine, lease 135, Jundah, Queensland, Australia. Owner...July/August: Silver, Wolverine mine, Kearsarge lode, Keweenaw County, Michigan. William Severance specimen...(Hallelujah Junction), Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada. Paul Geffner specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...November/December: Millerite, Sterling mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York. National Museum of Natural |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | demand, many farmers gave up their free time to try mining. For some, prospecting was re warding not only...Natural His tory in New York City, the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, and the Harvard Mineralogical...reFigure 1: Almandine, 2.15-carat emerald cut, Turner mine, Marlow; Harvard collection; cut by Steve Elberfeld...goshenite, 5.74-carat square barion, Island Mica mine, Alstead; private collection; cut by John Bradshaw... variety aquamarine, 50.32-carat cushion, Keyes mine, Orange; Harvard collection. 4# Figure 3: Beryl |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Balmat-Edwards district (Brown 1936; Chamberlain 1992; Johnson 1998), the talc and tremolite deposits of...matrix, Barton garnet mine, north wall of pit no. 1, Gore Mountain, Warren County, New York. William Kelly...magnetite crystals, 12.7 cm wide, Mineville, Essex County, New York. New York State Museum specimen, Jeff...Figure 4 (top). Sphalerite on tremolite, 6 cm wide, Talcville, St. Lawrence County, New York. New York State...on diopside, 11 cm high, Natural Bridge, Lewis County, New York. New York State Museum specimen, Robert |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tourmaline on quartz, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen...Pelt photo. MarcWApril: Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber, Leonard... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(Herkimer “diamonds’’), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen...SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines Museum |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | and B.J. Flyer. 2:00 T h e Red Lake mine—the richest gold mine in the world, right here in Ontario by...and emerald vein assemblage, Hiddenite, North Carolina by M A Wise, A J. Anderson, and R.L. Isaac. 4:15...barite occurring in the Cartersville Mining District, Bartow County, Georgia by1..C. Gray. 4:30 A new...e x a h e d r a l faces on grossular from Inyo County, California by V. T King. 2 5:00 T w i n n e...Tungsten mine byB. Ottens. 6:00 N e w data of roscherite-group minerals from New England, South Dakota |  | | Book | | of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina, William Byrd. $2.00 (tent.) Geographical Essays...Metamorphic Minerals 306 Graphite; Asbestos; Talc; Vermiculite 10. Sedimentary Minerals and Sulfur Diamond;...professional geologists who may fail to realize that we “mine” such common materials as sand, gravel, and clay...industrial diamonds, chiefly from the Bakwanga district of the Belgian Congo, where the placer operations...of this text, Dr. Robert Bates, is a native of South Dakota. His graduate education in geology was obtained |  | | Report (volume) | | the Albemarle Group of the Carolina slate belt in central North Carolina, by Arvid A. Stromquist and...stratigraphic names in the Santa Rita Mountains of south. eastern Arizona, by Harald Drewes. (D) The coal-bearing...Black. (F) The Reany Creek Formation, Marquette County, Michigan, by Willard P. Puffett. (G) The Aguada...Formation in the southeastern Kaiparowits region, Kane County, Utah, by Fred Peterson. (K) Summary of Cretaceous...Paleozoic formations of the Mountain City area, Elko County, Nevada, by R. R. Coats________________________________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Stilpnomelane Montmorillonite Nontronite Vermiculite (Dioctahedral vermiculite) Chlorite Group Penninite Clinochlorc...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com mon rock-making materials |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wulfenite, Empire mine, Tombstone, Arizona; Wendell E . Wilson photo and specimen. March/April: Mine engineers...engineers, Camp Bird mine, Colorado; Tom Rosemeyer histori cal photo. May/June: Barite on calcite, Stoneham...Fluorite, William Wise mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire; Resur rection Mining Co. specimen, Ronald E...Amygdule Minerals in Keweenawan Basalt, South Range Quarry, Douglas County, Wisconsin, W. S. Cordua, 412-415...Colorado: barite, 202-222; Camp Bird mine, 113-149; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum, 428-431; wulfenite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Heierman collection. Illinois- Kentucky Fluorspar District Symposium by the Friends of Mineralogy (Midwest...the closing of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district that I organized at Indiana University Southeast...believed having a similar program in the fluorspar district would be ideal. However, the logistics behind...this year. In previous visits to the fluorspar district, I had made contact with Bill Frazer, the owner...Yen. Quy Chau. northern Vietnam: Chumar-Ruyil district. 1epal; Jegdalek. Afghanistan: and easLem Pamir |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Belvidere Moun- tain in the town of Eden, Lamoille County. The Lowell quarries are on the east side of the...the mountain in the town of Lowell, Orleans County. The village in closest proximity to the mountain is...in New England. History The history of asbestos mining at the Belvidere Mountain quarries in Lowell and...’ 1900s six companies had staked claims to the south side of Belvidere, the boom fanned by the need for...bought rights and renamed the operation the Gallagher mine. It was speculated that Gallager had bought the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | et al 1975; Pearton 1981; de Wit 1982), Canada (Whitmore et al 1946; Baker et al 1957; Downes 1980; Hutchinson...Land, South Africa, and the Murchison, E Yilgarn, and SW regions of Western Australia (Whitmore et al...distinguished the rocks on a regional map of the district. REGIONAL SETTING Structure The fuchsite bearing...margins to the greenstone belt N of Good Enough Mine. The region is affected by strong strike faulting...A A vaiiolitic high MgO blsl11 \ A Springfield Mine A A A A A A A A tholeiitic A jDwett A A Well |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | et al 1975; Pearton 1981; de Wit 1982), Canada (Whitmore et al 1946; Baker et al 1957; Downes 1980; Hutchinson...Land, South Africa, and the Murchison, E Yilgarn, and SW regions of Western Australia (Whitmore et al...distinguished the rocks on a regional map of the district. REGIONAL SETTING Structure The fuchsite bearing...A A UMS A vftriohtic high MgO Springfield Mine A A A •KALGOORIIE.: ; . granitoid areas ; ; I...margins to the greenstone belt N of Good Enough Mine. The region is affected by strong strike faulting |  | | Report (issue) | | studies in 1811, during A.G. Werner's time at the Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony (Germany). From 1826...miners. He was also the gemstone inspector for the mining authority. Breithaupt's legacy is 500 publications...descriptions. T he above is a postcard of the School of Mining in Feiberg, Saxony printed for the 1991 Breithaupt...from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient...in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 kilograms. 2m: The Queen Anne mine in Zimbabwe has produced |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Type locality minerals of the Black Hills, South Dakota ...........................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Pocket,” a recreation of a pocket in the Elmwood mine near Carthage, Tennessee. A space of several cubic...Campbell Museum of Geology South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION The Black Hills of western South Dakota are a great storehouse of mineral wealth, and a great |  | | Book (volume) | | Montmorillonite group (smectites) ..... 226 Vermiculite ......... 246 APOPHYLLITE.258 PREHNITE.263...same structure as muscovite with the 2Mi cell (Whitmore et al., 1946). Micas with high lithium content...Pointe du Boise, Manitoba (Whitmore et al., 1946). Anal. D. It. E. Whitmore, a 5-20, b 9-05, c 20-01 A...(Includes 0-19% other components). 10. Mariposite, Ross Mine, Hislop township, Ontario (Moore, 1936). Anal. Moorehouse...zone, Lake Hammersley, Clove quadrangle, Dutchess County, New York (Barth, 1936). Anal. T. F. W. Barth (Recalculated |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | uniquelithologiesof the Ammonoosuc Volcanicsat the Ore Hill mine (i.e., a basal,pillowed,epidotizedamphibolite,a...footwallschist,a muscovite schisthostrock,anda tremolite-phlogopite caprock)suggests that the sequencerepresents... mappingandsampling of a 530 X 460-m areaat the mine wasdone at a scaleof 1:1,200, utilizing a 100- ...the Ore Hill mine was made by Jackson(1841, 1844). Later referencesto the I Warren Zinc mine by Hitchcock...property,notedthe association of the ore with tremolite,andidentifiedthe postoretrap dikes. Basedonboththe |  | | Journal (volume) | | orebody is hosted by a tremolite-quartz rock, cale-silicate rocks (diopside-tremolite skarn) and cordierite-anthophyllite...The main gangue minerals are quartz, diopside, tremolite, dolomite, caleite, anthophyllite and cordierite.... . . . . . . Cordierite-anthophyllite rocks Tremolite-quartz rock Marble and calc-silicate rocks Granitoid.... . . . . Appendix: Chemical analyses of the tremolite-quartz rock, cordierite-anthophyllite rocks, amphibolites...century under the name "Attu Silvergruva" (Attu Silver Mine). The name was derived from the silver-bearing galena |
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