 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Natural History New York, New York 10024 The Triassic traprock quarries of New Jersey have been a prolific...supplement previous publications dealing with New Jersey traprock* minerals, especially those of Manchester...(1931) cites more than 40 traprock localities in New Jersey. This article focuses on the Bergen Hill occurrence...Lower New Street quar ries, Paterson; Warren Brothers quarry, Prospect Park; McDowell's quarry, Upper...Upper Montclair; and the Francisco Brothers quarry, Great Notch (Fig. 1). Several important diabase localities |  | | Journal (issue) | | J. Dunn Famous Mineral Localities: Paterson, New Jersey................157 by Thomas A. Peters, Joseph....................................... 132 What’s New in Minerals?.......................................n . photomicrography: Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York designed by Wendell E. Wilson Mineralogical...receive additional grants we would rather use them for new projects instead of reprinting old ones. We are content...“Descriptive Mineralogy: Discovery and Characterization of New Minerals.” Papers are solicited for both the general |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Book (edition) | | PENNSYLVAN1 A & NEW JERSEY «s m •p ■* ; sms •v ■1 mm D 'A ©F PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY By Scott...Book Co. 315 CLOVERLEAF DRIVE, SUITE F BALDWIN PARK, CA 91706 Copyright © 2000 Gem Guides Book Company...man or nature, Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, its publisher and all other persons directly......... Physiographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 6 7 9 10 12 PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE...Shelocta Siderite Concretions..... New Paris Fluorite....................... New Enterprise Banded Chert.... |  | | Journal (issue) | | /4 /04 (!Jctol,.,., f9J/.J/. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Murdock ........ WORLD'S FJNEST DESCLOIZITES COME FROM NEW MEXICO ORPIMENT AND REALGAR FROM MERCUR, UTAH .....c:iation ROCKS AND MINERALS 302 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ROCKS & MINERALS Rates High! Editor R & M: Please...escerday I found a big chunk ( 800 or 900 lbs. ) of a new red and brown mineral and have sent samples to Chicago...(The Terlingua Quicksilver District of Brewster County, Texas, pp. 325-332). Recently, the Esperado Mining |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Jersey's well-known Fanwood and Summit quarries expose the same stratigraphic section and yield many...Summit Quarries, New Jersey WARREN CUMMINGS 225 Beechwood Avenue Trenton, New Jersey 08618 T H E SUMMIT...cut, located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, formed a major mineral collecting site prior...Construction Materials, the last operator of the quarry, ceased operation in 1977, and since 1983 the pit...Company quarry in the Borough of Watchung, Somerset County—sometimes known as the Scotch Plains quarry, or |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | those containing other silver minerals, Keweenaw County. barite, fluorite, and quartz and those characterized...phenomenal specimens in major Acton mine, York County, the Deer collections. One state that is draped...crystallized-silver south of Sing Sing Prison in New specimens are well known from the Caribou York; at...white barite crystals Bridgewater copper mines, New Jerfrom the White Raven mine, Ward district, sey...silver has been found in Boulder County (Raines 1992). Locally New Jersey trap-rock quarries, abundant was |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November 2014 Covellite Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado Two minerals are typically formed when...chalcocite, enargite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, and bornite. Excellent chalcocite pseudomorphs after covellite...localities as the Loudville mine, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Mineral Hill, WakeFigure 1. A surprisingly...Carroll County, New Hampshire; the Ecton mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; and many New Jersey trap-rock...trap-rock quarries such as those around Prospect Park, Passaic County. It was a minor ore mineral in many |  | | 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, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection. An ideal and inexpensive...“The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust 2001 issue...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite pegmatite, 12 miles W of Bosler...s, ColoradoWyoming State Line district, Albany County: largest crystal is approximately 0.Y carat. Karl |  | | Journal (issue) | | The following short items were submitted by our new group of "Mineral Spies" as well as other Mineral...accurate) articles on a timely basis. - Editor. New Moroccan Acanthite Discovery By Dave Bunk dave@davebunkminerals...dave@davebunkminerals.com After hearing about a new find of octahedral acanthite crystals from Morocco, I...(Continues on page 2) Stalactites from Prospect Park, New Jersey Bradley D. Plotkin bdpchab@optonline.net...cleaned off the roof of my house and assembled a new stainless steel barbecue. It was now mid-afternoon |  | | Book | | decade, however, the need has been growing for a new, comprehensive index. Because the 14-year index suffered... Consequently, it was our decision to prepare a new index which is cumulative back to volume 1, fully...the 14-year index, and which is organized on a new plan. Nevertheless, all readers and users of the...the last ten years, and which has inspired this new effort. The current 25-year index is divided into...appears n Brief descriptive note, as in "What's New in Minerals?" p Photograph or other illustration |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (MgSor.Hzo). These minerals have also been found in New Mexico but thus far only polyhalite (KzSOr. MgSOr'2...occurrence of large beryl crystals in a feldspar quarry at Albany, Maine. The crystals occur in radial...Mineralogist. page 340, the chemical formula of the new mineral tanteuxenite rsas erroneously given as Yt2TaOs...NovemberMeeting A regular monthly meeting of the New York Mineralogical CIub was held at the American...the Club to the quarries at West Paterson and Prospect Park, N. J., on Election Day, Nov. 5th. About 29 |  | | Journal (issue) | | England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Vanadinite from the J. C. Holmes claim, Santa Cruz County, A rizona........................................rhodonite from Franklin, New Jersey . . . . 123 by P. J. Dunn & P. B. Leavens A new zinc magnesium carbonate...unnamed species from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey ......................126 by P. J. Dunn McGuinnessite |  | | Journal (issue) | | England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...R, Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur........................................389 What's New in Minerals?.......................................for the Tucson Show, but it’s a possibility. 354 NEW GLOSSARY COMING! The fifth edition of Fleischer’s...tattered Glossary up to our Show table ai buy a new copy of the same edition to replace the worn out |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Arem photo. March/April: Cacoxenite, Dravo quarry, Shelby ‘County, Alabama. Dan Behnke photo. MayIJune: Stibnite... Beaver County, Utah. Private collection, Jeffrey Scovil photo. Barite, Colorado, 329; New Mexico, 109;...Bindheimite, Utah, 41 1 Bismuthinite, New Mexico, 109 Bismutite, New Mexico, 109 Bladh, K.W., John Williams...Guernsey Limestone Quarry, Washington County, Ohio, 251-59 Bornite, Colorado, 329; New Mexico, 109 Brandow...Anatase, & Rutile from the Silver Link Mine, Ouray County, Ouray, Colorado, T. Rosemeyer, 327-30 Brookite |  | | Book | | locall - rs where amomeor prospectors m a y still prospect f o r gems mai t e a l s a n d a l s o fossils...CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey ........... _ . _ 1 _ CHAPTER 3 Pennsylvania___...states each year give collectors a chance to buy new finds, see f i n e workmanship, a n d s h o w t h...r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania:...well known old localities are not all “has beens;” new hobbyists and experienced collectors alike prove |  | | Journal (issue) | | distribution in the Orange Mountain Basalt, Paterson, New Jersey ...............................................Arthur Russell, was to be despatched to Swallowfield Park near Reading in 1964, with his colleague the late...Natural History Museum, Bob was an early adopter of new technology, and was largely responsible for bringing...endless analysis of two unknown phases from Merehead Quarry, took up much of his time. Eventually, with the...collaborators these phases were characterised as the new minerals parkinsonite and mereheadite. Readers of |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Bradshaw Mts.) near Yavapai Co. Onyx Marble MINERAL PARK, Maricopa Co. Turquoise MORENCI, Modoc Point, Greenlee...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | event was to mark the last peaceful year for the quarry operators.” From the meager five species noted...the Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM (Regional County Municipality),...Name Afghanite Aurichalcite Azurite Benitoite Bornite Cavansite Celestine Chalcophyllite Covellite Kinoite...79 mine, Gila County, Arizona Tsumeb, Namibia, and Touissit, Morocco San Benito County, California Dzhezkazgan...Poona District, Maharashtra, India Maybee Quarry, Monroe County, Michigan Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bolivia. A trip was planned to the Kibblehouse Quarry at Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania. At the July meeting...the Painted Desert, and the Casa Grande National Park, giving his hearers a historical and geological...July 8th, 1951, to French Creek Mines, in Chester County, Penn. When sixty-one rockhounds pounded the old...remaining members of the group adjourned to French Creek Park and told "rock tales" in the cool shade, about the...rewarding. The next trip will be to Kibblehouse Quarry on August 19th. Mrs. Otto Karl Bauhof 352 Church |  | | Book | | milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...person wishing to examine a locality personally. New information relating to Washington's mineral diversity...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...than 2,200 mineral species have been identified and new ones are discovered and described each year. Over...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contents for March-April, 1949 CHIPS fROM THE QUARRY .................................................H . lf1/askey ............ 140 GEODES AT GARDEN PARK, COLO. By Glenn R. Seo// ................................................................ 1 SO NEW JERSEY STATE GEOLOGIST SPEAKS AT EXCHANGE CLUB ............................... 156 A GOOD DAY AT PROSPECT PARK, N . J. By T . Orchard Lisle .................o<,KS AN D M t Nt:llAts - 114 CHIPS FROM rfHE QUARRY COMING EVENTS 6th Annual Convention National Speleological |
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Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA