 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...(Bob Janules, pers. com., 2000). Albany, Government pit, 3 miles NW of junction of U.S. Highway 15 and State... miarolitic cavities in decayed Conway Granite. Pit opened in 1955, 1970s brought productive collecting |  | | Report (edition) | | tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell E. Wilson...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...water, etc . (labeled only if water) Quarry - Gravel pit ....................... ................ ......Silurian rocks of the Merrimack trough Silurian to Lower Devonian rocks of the coastal volcanic belt 04- |  | | Report (issue) | | 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 5 1. 52. 53. 54. 55. Gravel pit exposing the interior of the Omemee esker. Burleigh...Moira Lake. Norwood esker ridge, near Norwood. Open pit of Marmoraton iron mine. (viii) FIGURES Page 1...prospects. At Tory Hill there is good apatite, titanite, hornblende and feldspar in excellent crystals... Sherman Fall (Middle Trenton) Rockland-Hull (Lower Trenton) tfrf 60r 40' Leray (Upper Black River)...(Middle Black River) 25' 25' pmelia asel Beds (Lower Black River) Precambrian Fig. 2 Paleozoic section |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ever seen. was collected recently from a borrow pit He also sawed and polished two brooches, about l]/2...Georgia. The Cobb p:bbles have been found in Chicago, County specimen was collected by Bob Cook Co., III., on...away." Delphi is in the western part of Carroll County in the central part of the state. IOWA — A nice...KANSAS—Beautiful agates have been found in a gravel pit near Concordia, Cloud Co., Kansas. KENTUCKY —...is on a hillside on State highway 385, in Owen County, about 10 miles southeast of Gratz, Ky. LOUISIANA |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Road-cut (Renfrew County Road 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... • • . • . • . . . ... •. . .• . . . . . . Open pit, Hilton Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Most of the collecting localities are in Renfrew County. Ontario. A wide variety of minerals are found...quartz, graphic granite, and corundum from Renfrew County; feldspar (peristerite, amazonite), jaspilite,...today and leaving behind accumulations of sand, gravel, and till. As the ice withdrew, ITlarine waters |  | | 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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | River, with the ex ceptions as follows: Albemarle County was very thorough ly covered in Rocks and Minerals...G.S. Topo graphical Sheets. Also used were the county road maps which number every little road which...Richmond, Virginia The price is 2 0 cents per county. Other states could well follow this example. The...=Mine. G.=Gold. St.=Stone. C o . = C o m p a n y or County. A c t i v e . = I n operation when visited. W...albite, galena, chalcopyrite, py rite, axinite, titanite, augite (large blades), sphalerite xls in prehnite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS (PART GOOCHLAND By PHILIP East Derry, COUNTY In N edge of the James R., W of Richmond and bordering...Extensive gold mining formerly on ex treme W and county line around Rte 605 to Rte 606. There are several...hornblende (green), pyrrhotite, zir con (minute xls), titanite. 2 Payne Gold M. l / Mi. SE of Tab scott on...and steam shovel beyond. The shovel loaded the gravel in the dieseldriven washer. The washer is a mammoth...obtained. There is also about four feet of clay-gravel on the bottom of the creek that is very difficult |  | | Report (issue) | | today and leaving behind accumulations of sand, gravel and till. As the ice withdrew from the St. Lawrence...WHERE TO SEE THEM ROCKS FORMED Gravel, sand, clay Stream beds, lakes, gravel pits throughout area. Peat...Mine GRAPHITE, FELDSPAR, SCAPOLITE, PYROXENE, TITANITE, PYRITE, TOURMALINE, MICA, APATITE. In crystalline...scapolite, colourless to grey pyroxene, brown titanite, pyrite, and small amounts of black tourmaline...foliated varieties are rather difficult to find. Titanite crystals up to 1 cm long occur in pegmatite and |  | | Book | | Gives a sodium flame. Nearly insoluble. COMANCHE COUNTY: SE%, Sec. 4, T.3N., R.15W. The xtals are i to...AGATE (See Quartz) CANADIAN COUNTY: South Canadian Rivers. In the gravel bars of both the North and...the Also in sand plant waste dumps. CIMARRON COUNTY: Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10; T.5N., R.2E. Cimarron Meredian...widely scattered in the Black Mesa area. DEWEY COUNTY: Agate is found 2 miles east of Seiling in the...at Taloga in the South Canadian River. HARPER COUNTY: Secs. 17, 20; T.27N., R.23W.. Jaspagate. Secs |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel deposits, pits, bars of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper;...jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw formation...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel deposits, pits, bars of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper;...jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw formation...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Sandstone Dolomit e Lim eston e Not Not Not Peat Gravel, sand, c lay ROCKS FORMED WHERE TO SEE THEM collecting...in in in Alfr ed bog . Stream beds, lak es, gravel pits thr oughout area. Table 1 N - 3 During...today and leaving behind accumulations of sand, gravel and till . As the ice withdrew from the St. Lawrence...Mine GRAPHITE, FELDSPAR, SCAPOLITE, PYROXENE, TITANITE, PYRITE, TOURMALINE, MICA, APATITE In crystalline...scapolite, colourless to grey pyroxene, brown titanite, pyrite, and small amounts of black tourmaline |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TWIN LAKES 15' QUADRANGLE, FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON by Kenneth F. Fox, Jr. , and George...SURFICIAL DEPOSITS Qal Alluvium (Holocene)--Stream gravel, sand Qb Bog, marsh, and alluvial deposits (Holocene)--peat...Fan deposits (Holocene)--Chiefly silt, sand, and gravel Qg Outwash (Pleistocene)--Stratified water-laid...deposits of variably sorted silt, sand, and bouldery gravel covering valley floors and partially mantling upland...sheet. Qm Morainal deposits (Pleistocene) Cobbly gravel and sand. Poorly exposed. Forms low ridges trending |  | | Report (issue) | | calcite and pyrrhotite, Marmoraton Mine XVI. Open-pit operations, Marmoraton Mine XVII. Nephton nepheline...today and leaving behind accumulations of sand, gravel and till. As the ice withdrew marine waters flooded...area Not represented in collecting area Peat Gravel, sand, clay ROCKS FORMED Table I bo~. Ouarries...quarries listed above. Victoria Road Stream beds, gravel pits, lake shores throughout area. WHERE TO SEE...APATITE, AMPHIBOLE, CALCITE, PYROXENE; PYRITE, TITANITE In pyroxenite; in pegmatite Small books of silvery |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | poorly sorted chert gravel which is trimodal in size distribution. The gravel fraction (mode 15 to 40+...glass and heavy minerals. The Mississippian chert gravel in the Tuscaloosa Introduction and acknowledgments...Lithology and provenance General statement Typical gravel of the western facies . Special lithologies of...Nashville dome was structurally about 1000 feet lower than at present, and its crest probably was submerged...The main purpose of this paper is to describe the gravel, to discuss its probable mode of origin and means |  | | Report (issue) | | Mayo marble quarry Renfrew–Madawaska area Renfrew County Road 4 (Bruce Avenue) roadcut Highway 60 quarry...Most of the collecting localities are in Renfrew County, Ontario. A wide variety of minerals are found...quartz, graphic granite, and corundum from Renfrew County; feldspar (peristerite, amazonite), jaspilite,...know it today and leaving behind deposits of sand, gravel, and till. As the ice withdrew, marine waters flooded...pegmatite Limestone Not represented Not represented Gravel, sand Clay Peat Ordovician Permian Pennsylvanian |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE AENEAS VALLEY QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON by C. Dean Rinehart and Kenneth F....(Quaternary)--Chiefly peat, clay, silt, sand, and gravel Qt Talus (Quaternary)--Coarse, angular rocks...deposits (Quaternary)--Chiefly silt, sand, and gravel Qd Glacial drift (Pleistocene)--Stratified water-laid...deposits of variably sorted silt, sand, and bouldery gravel covering valley floors and partially mantling upland...unstratified deposits of clay, silt, sand, and bouldery gravel (till) partially mantling upland surfaces. The |  | | Report (issue) | | distinctive interfingering sequence of Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic sedimentary and basaltic rocks within the...laterally gradational and intertongues with the Lower Jurassic Bul1 Run Formation. The Bul1 Run Formation...and road metal. Limestone conglomerate in Loudoun County and marble at Leesburg were formerly quarried for...along the Potomac River in Loudoun County, Va. -3- and Montgomery County, Md. Siltstone and sandstone...Creek Member were quarried for flagstone in Loudoun County, Va. Limestone conglomerate ("Potomac Marble") |  | | Report (issue) | | • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . Open-pit operatio ns, Marmoraton Mine . . . . . . . . . ....limestone Shale Limestone Not Not Not Peat Gravel, sand, clay ROCKS FORMED collecting collecting...quarries listed above. in in in Stream beds, gravel pits, lake shores throughout area, Victoria Road...today and l eav ing behind accumulations of sand, gravel and till. As the ice withdrew marin e - waters...(Highway 11). Cliff Mine MICA, APATITE, AMPHIBOLE, TITANITE CALCITE, PYROXENE; PYRITE, In pyroxenite; in |  | | Book | | Location 1 Montgomery County quartz deposits................. Other Montgomery County quartz mines.........area................................ 2 Garland County quartz deposits......................... Miller...Saline County quartz deposits............................. 3 Jeffrey Sandstone Quarry, Pulaski County......Pulaski County..................... 5 Dug Hill wavellite, Garland County................... 6 County Pit...Pit, Mauldin Mtn., Montgomery County Other Wavellite locations..................................... 7 Buckeye |  | | Report (issue) | | hill-side, Maisonneuve mine, 5t-Michel-des-5aints Pit at Bignell mine, 5t-Urbain 5pherulitic calcite growths...lakes, gravel pits throughout area. Les Escoumins; Bagotvil1e bogs. Peat WHERE TO SEE THEM Gravel, sand...today and leaving behind accumulations of sand, gravel and till. As the ice withdrew from the St. Lawrence... 31 c/7 Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geol. Surv.). McFarland... 31 C/7 Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geol. Surv.). 7 Road-cuts |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cut. Now, trap rock, marble/limestone, sand and gravel, gran ite, and crushed stone are the quarried...quartz, ruble, sillimanite, staurolite, stilbite, titanite. 1-95 construction, Southport: sillimanite. L...fluorite, gypsum, hornblende, pyrite, scheelite, titanite, topaz. W e s t e r n C o n n e c t i c u t State...of view 10.2 cm across, 1-84, Newtown, Fairfield County; collected 1960. Weber specimen, Marcelle Weber...Calcite, 2.6 cm long, Route 7, Brookfield, Fairfield County. Jeffrey Scovil specimen and photo. * « i Road |  | | Report (issue) | | mine , St-Miche l-de s - Saints..... . .... X . Pit at Bignell mine , St-Urbain . . . . . . . . . . ...Stream beds, l akes, gravel pits thr oughout area . WHERE TO SEE THEM Peat I. Gravel , sand, clay ROCKS...today and leaving behind accumulations of sand, gravel and till. As the ice withdrew from the St. Law...1 C / 7E Sydenham. Z5E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Dept. Mines). - 7 - McFarland...31 CI 7E Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Dept . Mines). Road-cuts | | | Report (issue) | | hill-side, Maisonneuve St-Michel-des-Saints mine, Pit at Bignell mine, St-Urbain Spherulitic calcite growths...today and leaving behind accumulations of sand, gravel and till. As the ice withdrew from the St. Lawrence...(G): 31 C/7 Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geol. Surv.). McFarland...C/7 Sydenham. (G): 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geol. Surv.). Road-cuts... 31 C/7 Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geol. Surv.). pS Plate |
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