 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire...Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states, with an area of just 9,304 square miles and is...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...mineral localities for the collector. Prospecting, granite quarrying, and mining probably peaked before the |  | | Book (edition) | | Brazil their pegmatite gems. same material as granite, but so fine constituent minerals are not visible...which can be traced through have been retained. New gem locations are found every season, and to this...material can be found at that locality; and that new while of dubious merit have been dropped. Appearance...Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, New York, or Tom Robert's Rock the caption. All photographs...in color. Turquoise from Los Cerillos mines, New Mexico. Note turquoise vein cutting diagonally |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2017 Topaz W in New Hampshire’s DONALD DALLAIRE 829 Candia Road Chester, New Hampshire 03036 dadallaire@hotmail...Chandler cemetery on Route 113 in Chatham, New Hampshire. Don Dallaire photo. 64 Mineral Drive Hebron...several other localities throughout the world. New Hampshire, however, has produced topaz crystals for more...dominantly niobium-yttrium-fluorine (NYF)-type granite pegmatites (Rakovan 2008). 508 ROCKS & MINERALS...gravel operations when the pit was reclaimed. Carlton Holt specimen, Kevin Downey photo. Percy Peak |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINOS ARE DESIRED $ _ . . PLEASE SEND THEM I N . ALABAMA—"Received your...purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...is characteristic of of idocrase at the Gillette Quarry in Had- the mineral. I believe this to be one of |  | | Report (volume) | | CHIEF COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON........................................ 7 9 9 Granite proper................................................................ Text-book references on granite and black granites.................. Special features...texture and colors............................... Granite discoloration, its causes........................................ Dikelike masses of schist in granite.............:.................... Riebeckite and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VANDALL T. K I N G P.O. Box 90888 Rochester, New York 14609 NEW YORK £ J A N E T W. C A R E S 18 Singletary...adapted from U.S. Geological Survey map of New Hampshire and Vermont (1972). 324 ROCKS & MINERALS he...slate. Figure 2. Slate quarry, Poultney; photo by Roger Bacon. The granite industry has supplied rock...Rock of Ages granite is still quarried in the Barre area (Wind sor Co.), where a fine granite museum is...are found in the granite, despite the some times extensive lists of minerals in granite prepared by Dale |  | | Book (edition) | | channels of trade, transportation and consumption, new utilizations, and recent discoveries, have, to a...most part, have been progressive. In addition to new finds of valuable deposits, many of the occurrences...has therefore seemed advisable to pre sent such new information as may bring the whole subject more nearly...gas fields occur in almost every State except in New England and a few Southern States, but the discoveries...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINOS ARE. DESIRED $ . . . PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations: xl=crystal...tourmaline in quartzite, lound in an old roadbed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, on Highway...at the barite mines at Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. "A sample was sent to the Smithsonian...xline=crvstalline the literature, I find this to be not only a new record for Magnet Cove, but also for Arkansas." "Pickeringite...mineral books I have, and that is Tumucari, Quay Co., New Mexico, and Colorado City, Colorado." CALIFORNIA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and the problem of ore body feeding around the Granite Moun tain vicinity; and a summary of mineraliza...index map, geologic maps and air photographs. Carlton Stowe, Start Spe cialist, Utah Geological & Mineral...Pub lished by Winchester Press, 460 Park Ave., New York, N. Y. 10022. Price $7.95. This book covers...geologic map of the Roosevelt Hot Springs area, Beaver County, Utah, is now on open-file at the Utah Geological...Roosevelt Hot Springs are about 12 miles northeast of Milford and about 20 miles northwest of Beaver. The vicinity |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mount Osceola Granites of New Hampshire Some of the best collecting in the Granite State has been in central...central and northcentral New Hampshire in the Conway and Osceola granites. P E T E R B. S A M U E L S O...the central and north-central re gions of New Hampshire, are part of the Mesozoic White Mountain plutonic-volcanic...plutonic-volcanic series. The Conway Granite is a biotite granite that is typically pink or tan and made...groundmass. The Mount Osceola Granite is a medium- to coarse grained amphibole granite, dark green where fresh |  | | Report (volume) | | Director Bulletin 738 THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...______ PABT I. Scientific discussion_______ _ Granite proper______________________ General features____...examples_________________ Fluidal cavities in granite gneiss.________ Fluidal cavities in small dikes...Colors______________________________ 80 Olive-green granite ___________________ 81 Minerals on joint fac...___ 89 Waldoboro, Maine____________________ Milford, N. H________________________ Westerly and Charlestown |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Items on new finds wanted. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...Commission, 10.2% U 3 O g . I have been reading about the new mineral finds in each state in the copies of ROCKS...Marble Peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains, in Pima County, Arizona. A note from him reads: "I have done some...taken from the Cherokee district placers in Butte County, California. Mineral Information Service, July...aegirite is the abandoned Flatrock granite quarry at Waterford, New London Co., Conn. Trie aegirite occurs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | number of sulfide minerals are com monly found in granite pegmatite as ga lena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite...an economic byproduct from a few pegma tites in New Mexico and Colorado; also from Brazil, Australia...Mine on San Augustin Peak in the Organ Mountains, New Mexico. ARGENTITE, a silver sulfide, is very rare...mines on San Augustin Peak in the Organ Mountains, New Mexico. CHALCOCITE, a copper sulfide, has been noted...California; and three miles west of Buntingville, Lassen County in the same state. GALENA, lead sulfide, has been |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Drive Madison, Connecticut 06443-2044 I n the New England states, the last place one would look for...mountainous state situated between New York on the west and New Hampshire on the east with a good variety...noted for its marble quarries at Proctor and the granite quarries at Barre, neither of which is known for...of Putney, Windham County, in an article for the Summer 1995 Micromounters of New England newsletter...cleavage. Preliminary work on this at the University of New Orleans shows it to be a rareearth mineral. At the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Igneous Activity in the Suwannee Terrane, Southeastern USA: Petrogenesis and Gondwanan Affinities A.L. Heatherington...Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32621, USA (Manuscript received December 1,2002; accepted January...range from 16526 to 189"s Ma, while the only dated granite has a well-constrained U-Pb zircon age of 159?3...dates calculated prior to the introduction of the new 40K decay constant by Steiger and Jager (1977). All...including those in table 1, have been corrected for the new decay constant. Mesozoic igneous rocks in the Suwannee |  | | Report (issue) | | Residual boulders of massive kyanite, Pickens County. ·~· LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines...are believed to constitute the basis of probable new manufacturing industries in Georgia. It is desired...---------- _ SILLIMANITE IN TOWNS COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CLAY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA--------------------------Location... Residual boulders of massive kyanite, Pickens County. Figure 1. Sillimanite crystals in biotite. gneiss...Hart County ________________ 14 Figure 2. Oglethorpe formation, on Burnt Mountain, Pickens County, containing |  | | Report (issue) | | contains the following particuln.rs :-Name of the quarry, situation, name and address of owner, date of...Sou·rR-WESTERNcontinued. 327 329 3;$6 3(13 346 Hampshire Isle of Wight ,, Herefordshire ... 1\-Ionmouthshire...compr1�mg Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucester, Hampshire, and the L!le of Wight, Hereford, Monmouth, Somerset...WORKING under the QUARRIES ACT, in the EAST Name of Quarry. Name and Postal Addre9S ot Owner or Compa.ny...Kildrummy Alexr. Doualcl, Auchindoir, Rhynie County Council, }Jer William Dawson, Roatl St1rYeyor, |  | | Report (issue) | | Particular volumes may be revised periodically with a new year date. The volumes may be found in libraries...BGN to include the authority to standardize all new and changed geographic names for Federal use. The...consideration. The BGN also has a policy of not approving new domestic geographic names that honor or may be construed...request the BGN to render formal decisions on proposed new names, proposed name changes, or names that are in...maritime powers of Europe explored and settled the new territory and gave names to the features of the land |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Items On New Finds Are Desired. Alabama—Mr. Ernest Fairbanks...Please Send Them In. calcite from the West End quarry, Inyo Co., Calif., and the other is a bluishwhite...annoying to handle. Delaware — Near Middletown, New Castle Co., Del., vivianite was once found in fine...Volusia Co., Fla., grayish coral sand was found in a new well dug in the city. A small sample of the sand...in Georgia at the fo'lowing localities: Cherokee County —2V2 miles northeast of Ball Ground, 1 mi'e northwest |  | | 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, |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERAL INDUSTRY OPERATOR DIRECTORY compiled by Carlton H. Stowe UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a...101 PRICE $3.00 AUGUST 1973 CONTENTS Page County Maps Showing Location of Operators: Beaver . .... . . . . 66 Page Commodities and Operators by County: Beaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...MINERAL INDUSTRY OPERATOR DIRECTORY compiled by Carlton H. Stowe l The Utah Mineral Industry Operator...which lists producers alphabetically by county, and within the county, by commodity and by operator. The compiler |  | | Report (issue) | | 3 Pre-Mesozoic rocks........................ 5 Granite, diorite and metamorphic rocks.. 5 Rhyolitic lavas...rocks in central Georgia to Big. Pine Key, Monroe County, Fla. Section along line A-A 1 (fig. 1) • • • ...structural cross section from Jefferson County to Flaqler County, Fla. Section along line B-B 1 (fig. 1)...line A-A 1 (fig. 1) from Atkinson County, Ga., to Highlands County, Fla., showing an interpretation of...Table 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Data on wells penetrating granite, diorite and metamorphic rocks in Alabama, Florida |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ..................................... Morrison county............................................................................................... Granite areas............................................rocks of the Keweenawan.* F inally, since dikes of granite are found breaking up the intruded schists w ithin...The ex posures lie in force around Thomson and Carlton, where the rocks range through every textural phase...southerly part of Kim berly township, central Aitkin county, an ex posure of quartzite is reported, which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cerussite and fluorite, Blanchard mine, Socorro County, New Mexico. Peter J. Modreski photo. MarchlApril:...chalcopyrite, and quartz, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen, Jeffrey Scovil...NovemberDecember: Silver, Bulldog mine, Mineral County, Colorado. F. John Barlow specimen, Malcomb Hjerstedt...ROCKS & MINERALS Apatite, Bolivia, 59; Germany, 59; New Jersey, 26; Portugal, 59 Aragonite, Vermont, 239...134-37 Arsenopyrite, Arkansas, 135 Arsentsumebite, New Mexico, 67 Art, see Robinson, S.; Sicree, A. A. Artinite |  | | Report (issue) | | and western Stearns counties. . . . 30 Morrison County .................................. 132 Stearns... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Todd County ...................................... 49 Morrison...counties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Aitkin, Carlton, and Pine counties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...counties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Pine, Carlton, and southern St. Louis counties. . . . . . . ... .in pocket III. A. Granite outcrop at Meyers Quarry near Pierz, Morrison County, showing horizontal |
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