| | Report (edition) | 5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...labels were added where necessary to show quarry sites, road names, and other useful landmarks. In addition...those which are still open. The words "mine" and "quarry" are often used interchangeably in discussing mineral | | | Journal (issue) | into a later newsletter. Mineral of the month: Siderite .................p. 2 May program details ......17 Mineral of the Month Siderite Happy May Day! by Sue Marcus Siderite (SIDD-er-ite) is a relatively...Czech Republic. Since it is relatively common, siderite is widely found around the world. The Harz Mountains...Isère, has produced rare, unusually gemmy green siderite. The Mamarues iron mines in Romania have also...of Brazil has been the source of lovely gemmy siderite—along with a plethora of other dazzling minerals | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Vulcan Materials quarry in Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and...zircon), particularly in the Wausau area of Marathon County (Falster 1987). Middle Proterozoic quartzites (1...Wisconsin mineralogy. The index is arranged county by county (fig. 1). Where possible, township and range...for any I may have omitted. Adams County Hamilton Mound. A quarry is located in the NE 1/4 sec. 36 T*20N*R...Geological and Natural History Survey. Ashland County Ballou Creek. Outcrops of iron formation occur | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR E ...Unfortunately. with today’s environmental laws and mine and quarry regulations. the prolific collecting of the 1950s...Iowa Geological Survey. Localities by County Allamakee County Lansing, Lansing lead mines = Captain...Ludvigson, and Ripley 1987). Postville, Postville quarry, 1.5 mi. N of Postville on State 51, sec. 16, T...color-zoned, cubic), gypsum, marcasite, pyrite, siderite, sphalerite (Prior 1994). Waukon, Iron Hill, 1 | | | Book (volume) | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway | | | Report (issue) | COVER Left: Weloganite crystals from Francon Quarry, Montreal. Specimen measures 3 cm from tip to base...mangan-neptunite crystals from Mont St-Hilaire quarry. Specimen 22 is cm long. National Mineral Collection...change without notice Plate I Mont St-HilJaire quarry. (GSC 138741) v CONTENTS ix 1 1 3 5 5 6 6...Kingston township quarry McFarland quarry Road-cuts, km 8.2 to 8.4, Highway 38 Road-cuts, km 9.3, Highway...Limestone quarry, west of Highway 38 Freebern mica mine Mobey (Burnham) mine Enterprise mine Sand Road (Card) | | | Report (edition) | “old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy; right fibrous : tremolite, C. K. Williams quarry, Easton: bottom: calcite...oriented coatings of goethite, “old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy, (courtesy of Delbert L. Oswald) ADDITIONAL...edition of Mineral Collecting Cedar Hill in quarry where Dave had done IV much of his work PREFACE...permission from the owners of the land, from the quarry or mine operators before entering to collect. (Land...particular site, remember it is possible to visit the county courthouse in which the site is located, and trace | | | Report (issue) | Canada 1968 - iii - Plate I. Mont St-Hilaire quarry, (GSC 135741) - v - CONTENTS Page Abstract...Kingston - Island of Montreal Kingston township quarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...McFarland quarry .. . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Road-cuts...Highway 38... . ... . ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . Road-cuts, mile 5.8, Highway 3 8 . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Limestone quarry, west of Highway 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | Book (volume) | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason | | | Book (volume) | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason | | | Report (issue) | without notice $9.00 PlateI Mont St-Hillaire quarry. (GSC 138741) CONTENTS ix | Abstract l Introduction...Kingston township quarry 6 McFarland quarry 7 8 3 Road-cuts, km 8.2 to 8.4, Highway Road-cuts, km 9.3, Highway...Highway 38 Limestone quarry, west of Highway Freebern mica mine 8 y Mobey (Burnham) mine 9 Enterprise... 38 38 Sand Road (Card) quarry 10 Dwyer 1] 1] Godfrey-Westport occurrences Road-cuts at km 4.5...5, Westport Road 12 Kingston (Bedford) mica mine 12 13 14 14 1D 1 16 16 17 Richardson feldspar mine | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | calcite, 8 cm, Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo....Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet. The lowest point is the floor of the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers...Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level. There are some noteworthy mineral...small, nondiamondiferous kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden...McGrain 1982). Some of the veins are exposed by road cuts and by active quarries where minerals can still | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 360 (toward Richmond) approximately 1.2 miles to county route 609, a left turn, with the sign "Powhatan...located, start at the four corners in Rice formed by county routes 600 and 307, head east toward Richmond on...take the first left, about 0.2 mile, a narrow dirt road to the Hodges home on the left. From Rice and continuing...quartz of cabochon grade in an abandoned road stone quarry on the bank of the Tye River at Route 158...Piney River village has an ilmenite and an aplite quarry, both of which were closed to visitors. The rutile | | | Journal (issue) | and SUBSCRIPTIONS Mrs. J. C. Spence 3 Oak Tree Road, Bawtry Nr. Doncaster, S. Yorks. DNlO 6LD Telephone:...Schmitt. 812 lmperialCourt, Hartland, Wisconsin 53029 USA. Tel: (0414)3673674 U.S. $7 .50 inc. p & p per issue...Cyril Kovac_ Gemcraft Pty. Ltd., 293 Wattletree Road, East Malvern. Melbourne, Victoria3145 Australia...Museums 12 15 16 P. Tandy Minerals of Trearne Quarry 18 J. Gordon Todd Sussex Mineral Show 1988 21...mineral news .... Welsh siderite A must unusual, and attractive, form of siderite was recently identified | | | Book (edition) | from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material Page...Directions to the Mineral Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut .... Additional Locality...booklet devoted to the mineralogy of the Middlesex County region. Invaluable assistance in preparing the...silicate SICKLERITE-Lithium manganese iron phosphate SIDERITE-iron carbonate SILLIMANITE-Aluminum sUicate SILVER-Native...found in the aegirite-granite at the Flatrock (Quarry in Waterford. Its color is dull black to brownish | | | Report (issue) | mines Lawrencetown gold mines Natural Blue Stone quarry Lake Catcha gold mines Dunbrack mine Lake Charlotte...Port Hastings to Sydney and Cabot Trail Big Brook quarry Finlay Point Lake Ainslie barite mines Iona gypsum...Belle Marche quarry Pleasant Bay lead deposit Dingwall gypsum quarry Ingonish gypsum quarry Point Aconi...Scotch Lake quarry Ironville (Ingraham) iron mine Coxheath mine Frenchvale dolomite quarry Steele Crossing...occurrences Limestone Point limestone quarry Point Edward limestone quarry 5 6 7 7 9 9 11 II 13 15 16 16 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | SUMMARY STEVEN C. CHAMBERLAIN Road-Cut Mineral Occurrences of St. Lawrence County, New York Figure 1. Fluor-dravite...collected by Edley Brown in 2002 from the fluor-dravite road cut. Michael Walter specimen and photo. 556 ROCKS...collected by Edley Brown from the Kents Corners road cut. Steven C. Chamberlain specimen and photo (syncroscopy...collected by Edley Brown from the Kents Corners road cut. Steven C. Chamberlain specimen and photo (syncroscopy...sites; therefore, one might expect that each time a road cut is excavated, interesting min- eral specimens | | | Book (edition) | 28 29 30 31 ....16, 28 .... 18, 28 Shelocta Siderite Concretions..... New Paris Fluorite.............Fossil Pit....................... Eastern Industries Quarry.......... Carbondale Fossil Ferns................121 121, 122 124 127 129 132 134 137 Lime Crest Quarry...................... Sterling Hill Mine................ Lake Valhalla Yellow Serpentine Basalt Quarry Minerals.............. Schuyler Copper Mine Dumps...Township Road (PA) Is. R-10061 State Road (PA) EH] Forest Road (PA) | 626 | Spur 563 County Route (NJ) | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | which When the first quarrying operations were the quarry has been excavated is located started could not... 1. The quarry is accessible by unlikely that the early operations consistfollowing the road northeast...work in order to obtain mina mile, and then an old road, indicated eral specimens for study purposes and...supply of spodumene for its lithium conHill. The road is not passable to cars for tent. The Walnut Hill...stated by Julien (2) became "celebrated Although the road ends at the top of the for its remarkable crystals | | | Book | knowledge and enjoyment of this great owners, mine and quarry operators and science by collecting. Thanks too...rocks scattered in their fields. Stop and look at road cuts, excavations, new construction, and sandy or...standard prospector's pick. If the hunt is in a quarry for fossils which must be worked out of thick limestone...through Itasca and St. Louis Counties into Lake County. Hibbing is about the center of this historic area...although not in the original site. Stream beds, road cuts, ditches, and overgrown rock piles may yield | | | Report (Issue volume) | map required to reach the collecting sites is a road map. For those who wish to use a topographical map...the original occurrence. Socialite from Princess Quarry at Bancroft, Ontario at one time had a considerable...usually good places to search for minerals, also road and railway cuts; rock exposures along cliffs and...Permission should be sought before entering a mine, quarry or other private property; in active mining areas...along the Little River road for a distance of 5 miles to Carrol's farm . The motor road ends here. Follow | | | Journal (issue) | might come from a mine, privately owned land, or a road cut. Wherever it comes from, there are simple ways...within the outcrop or mine; the site, including city/county/state; a map to the site or description of how...Gem, Lapidary, and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, MD), May 2013, p. 4. Kyanite derives its name...facilitating meditation. Dillwyn, in Buckingham County, VA, is home to the world’s largest kyanite mining...Havre de Grace Quarry June 8, 7 a.m. to noon by Hutch Brown The Havre de Grace Quarry is located in Maryland | | | Book (edition) | week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside... James L. Faulkner {Ridlonville) of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association, Mr. John E. Duffy and...and help received during past visits to Oxford county. Special thanks must be given above all to those...- - - Bennett Quarry Orchard Mine - Bessey Quarry - - Black Mountain Mines Bumpus Quarry - - - Cummings | | | Report (issue) | .....................................4 The Main Road Log — St. Stephen to the Nova Scotia border......................11 The Ledge (Charlotte County Granite) quarry............................................................................14 Tower Hill Road occurrence..............................................................15 Bayside Black Granite quarry..............................................................................17 Digdeguash Lake quarry............................................... | | | Catalog/List | Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National Grid Reference...Loanhead quarry TallskerBay Whyte'a Cleuch Loanhead quarry Port Glasgow Loanheadquarry Loanhelld quarry Loanhead...Loanhead quarry Benalltmlne BMS NATIONAL REFERENCE COUECTION Ecton.Staffs. Ecton.Staffs. Scordale,Cumbria...APATITE 67 WULFENITE 68 AURICHALCITE 69 PHARMACO· SIDERITE 70 CHALCOPYRITE 71 CHILDRENITE 72 OESCLOIZITE...Trinafour.ScoU. Lochan-na-Lalrigh Loanhead quarry Loanhead quarry Hopeful vein Hopeful vein Ralk's vein Fethaland |
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