 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln...Lincoln in northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone...the Old Dexter quarry, Diamond Hill, the Route 114 road cut, and the Iron Hill mine. T H E T O W N S...northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland in England; however,...both the state mineral and the state rock of Rhode Island. Much of this area coincides with the Pawtucket |  | | Report (volume) | | SCHISTS AND ASSOCIATED GRANITES AND PORPHYRIES OF RHODE ISLAND BENJAMIN K. EMERSON JOSEPH H. PERRY WASHINGTON.............. 18 Nonoccurrence of il vaite in Rhode Island.................. 19 Inclusion of limestone............................... 24 Beds west of Providence and Pawtucket ................... 25 Cranston..........'.................... Vein quartz at Diamond Hill.............................. "Warnsutta group"...crystalline rocks in the vicinity of Providence and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island............................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AMERICA NOTES ON THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF RHODE ISLAND PART II. REMAINING COUNTIES Lrovn W. FrsnBn...Staurolite Stilbite Zoisite BRISTOL COUNTY The major portion of Bristol County shows sedimentary rocks...rocks consisting chiefly of the Rhode Island formation of shales, con_ glomerates and sandstones. B. K...agatized quartz similar to the Diamond Hill area of Providence County. The Bristol area, in the vicinity... K. Gedney: Notes on the Mineral Localities of Rhode lsland. Arn. Mineral.,11, No. 12, pp. 334-340, (1926 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | E R IC A GEOLOGY OF THE DIAMOND IIILL-CUMBERLAND DISTRICT IN RHODE ISLAND-M ASSACHUSETTS 1 BY CHARLES........................................... 441 Cumberland quartzite............................................................................. 461 Diamond Hill felsite.......................................1013 (435) 436 WARREN AND POWERS----DIAMOND H ILL—CUMBERLAND DISTRICT Page Riebeckite-iegirite granite.......... Riebeckite-bearing granite porphyry Diamond Hill quartz deposits.......... Sheldonville quartz |  | | Book | | of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...of Iron, at Rumford Falls, (J. P.) PARKER'S ISLAND. (In the Kennebeck.) Schorl, sometimes translucent...HAMPSHIRE. 13 milk white quartz, abundant. Epidote. Zoisite. Green Carbonate of Copper, earthy, Granular Limestone...situated 2 m. N. from the village, on a precipitous hill, whose base is washed, by the Connecticut river...) WESTMORELAND. Fluate of Lime, light green. Zoisite, in ash grey, much compressed, deeply striated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | located in the Eureka Mining District in Yavapai County, Arizona. From this old mine we have a number of...They come from the Blue Creek Mt. Mine, Del Norte County, Calif., which I own. The ore of my mine is very..."About two years ago an extensive cut was made in a hill just south of Collinsville (Hartford Co.), Conn...MINERALS this locality. Thulite (a variety of zoisite) was one mineral taken out that surprised many...thulite is found associated with quartz and/or zoisite. Some specimens fluoresce a greyish pink under |  | | Report (volume) | | Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...formation......................................... Rhode Island...............................................formation........................................... Rhode Island formation ....................................Whitmores Ferry, in Sunderland.......... Gneiss of hill west of Montague.............................. |  | | Book | | 11ne 2; ••• Amph1bo1ite--see Bolton, Worcester County M1nera1 Loca11t1es. page 85 ••• 11.8 3~ter cerium...•••••••••••••••••'.' •.••.•••• 2--6 Barn.table County ro •• il Localiti ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...Localit1e•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 21 Br1.tol County Mineral Localit1 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...24--25 Dukes County Mineral Loeal1tiea •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 26--21 Duk •• County Fo.sil Loeal1tie...Local1t1es •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 29--3? Bs.ex County Fo ••1l Localit1e •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |  | | Report (issue) | | Ashaway and Voluntovm. quadrangles, Connecticut-Rhode Island by Tomas Feininger U.i S. Geological Survey...Porphyritic granite gneiss ............. 71 Potter Hill Granite Gneiss ............. 77 Massive facies...veins, and dikes and their significance in the Rhode Island batholith and adjacent rocks ....... 184 Structural...part of the Rhode Island batholith in the Voluntown quadrangle VI. Form lines, Potter Hill Granite Gneiss...disintegration of Potter Hill Granite Gneiss ...................... 22 6 Saprolite of Potter Hill Granite Gneiss |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral...mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson,...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral...mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson,...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, 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...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... Lantern Hill quartz............................................Westerly granite.............. Geology of Lantern Hill.......................................................................................... Lantern Hill quartz mass.......................................Stoniiigtori and Moosup quadrangles, New London County, Conn............................................of Stonington and Moosup quadrangles, New London County, Conn..................................... In pocket |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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..."psilomelane," "wad," etc. or of serpentines, zoisite, and other rock-forming minerals. Some historical...wollastonite wonesite* xonotlite zaratite? zircon zoisite large body of literature has developed on the...cities and differ from some states that have strong county governments with jurisdiction over large expans |  | | Report (issue) | | bedrock map (which also showed the geology of Rhode Island) was published in 1917 by Benjamin K. Emerson...the Taconic-Berkshire, the RoweHawley, the Bronson Hill, the Nashoba, and the MilfordDedham. Their mutual...Emerson, B.K., 1917, Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 597, 289 p...metavolcanic rocks older than the Proterozoic Z Rhode Island and Dedham batholiths.......... Rocks possibly...Blackstone Group: Greenstone and amphibolite (Hunting Hill Greenstone) (Zbv)........................ Metamorphosed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California. What your correspondent writes is... he mentions a few minerals found in Middlesex County, Conn. "Sillimanite evidently exsists, at least...discovered that a yellowishbrown mineral, evidently zoisite, is very abundant on the dumps. Several different...from an examination trip up to Clayton, Custer County, Idaho, where I examined different properties....that towers in the river, about 600 feet up the hill, is a ledge about 20 feet high. In this ledge is |  | | Book (edition) | | impressible by the nail, to the extreme hardness of the diamond ; they have weight ; they have luster, from almost...the brilliancy of the generally the transparency diamond, whose name they bear in common language. The "...forty-eight faces. Both 38 and 39 are forms of the diamond. In connection with the law above given, it is...are almost 84 spheres. Figure 84 is one of these diamond It is the same form as is crystals. represented...luster. When sub6. Adamantine : the luster of the diamond. Ex. some variemetallic, it is termed metallic-adamantine |  | | Book (edition) | | impressible by the nail, to the extreme hardness of the diamond they have weight ; they have luster, from almost...transparency and almost the brilliancy of the diamond, whose name they bear in common language. The "...forty-eight faces. Both 38 and 39 are forms of the diamond. In connection with the law above given, it is...are almost 84 spheres. Figure 84 is one of these diamond crystals. It is the same form as is represented...pearly luster. 6. Adamantine : the luster of the diamond. When submetallic, it is termed metallic-adamantine |  | | 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...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE, |  | | Book (edition) | | MINERALOGY. 3. Minerals differ in hardness from the diamond at one end of the scale to soapstone at the other...other distorted crystals. Occasionally, as in the diamond, the planes of crystals are convex; and then, of...marked example is carbon, which is isometric in the diamond, but hexagonal in graphite: of extreme hardness...very soft and easily cut with a knife, to the diamond. This table, called the scale of hardness, is...variety; 8, topaz, transparent cr} scleavable diamond. tal; 9, sapphire, variety; 10, If, on drawing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden)...A. L Genesis of mica pegmatite deposits, Latah County, Idaho: , Econ. Geology,vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 41-58...30Lovering, T. S., Magmatic chalcopyrite, Park County, Montana: Econ. Geology,vol 19, pp 636-640, 1924...Geology and mineral resources of eastern Cassia County, Idaho: Brill. Id.aho Bta. Mines ond.Geology,vol...granites of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island: [/. S. Geotr.Snney, Bull.354, 1908. Megathlin |  | | Book (edition) | | impressible by the nail, to the extreme hardness of the diamond ; they have weight ; they have luster, from almost...transparency and almost the brilliancy of the diamond, whose name they bear in common language. The "...forty-eight faces. Both 38 and 39 are forms of the diamond. In connection with the law above given, it is...are almost 84 spheres. Figure 84 is one of these diamond It is the same form as is represented crystals...pearly luster. 6. Adamantine : the luster of the diamond. When subEx. some variemetallic, it is termed metallic-adamantine |  | | Book (edition) | | impressible by the nail, to the extreme hardness of the diamond ; they have weight ; they have luster, from almost...transparency and almos,Mhe brilliancy of the The diamond, *vhose name they bear in jrfmmon language. "diamonds"...forty-fiight faces. Both 38 and 39 are forms of the diamond. / In connection with the law above given, it is...almost 84 spheres. /Figure 84 is one of these diamond crystals. I It is the same form as is represented...pearly luster. 6. Adamantine : the luster of the diamond. When submetallic, it is termed metallic-adamantine |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... % DATE DUE \ °* A DEMCO 38-297 KEY 4& Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz...and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho, and so on. Old...Derbyshire or, perhaps, a pyramid of smoky quartz from Cumberland. The next it may be rock crystal from Madagascar...The steps on this scale are far from equal; the diamond, for example, is rated on the scale as 10, but |  | | Report (volume) | | ___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______ |
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