 | | Journal (issue) | | ... 462 NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND. By Willard Stone Winslotv, fr. ........................................... 472 CHOATE CHROME MINE. By Peter Z odac ....................................................... 474 PERU'S GREATEST LEAD MINE ···············································.... H . By Sa,nuel C. Brown ........ ...... 475 PIONEER SAPPHIRES. By Annie K eeler Willia,ns ...........black P-odular masses. It is found at an old cobalt mine, SO miles due north of Middlebury, in central Transvaal |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...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...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Journal (issue) | | $1 .50 and 1.00. . Galenobismutite, Cariboo Gold Mine, British Columbia. A rare bismuth mineral associated...Harrison ........................ 46 COLLECTING IN RHODE ISLAND. By lf7illard Stone lf7inslow, fr. 51 MORE ABOUT...ADVERTISE IN ROCKS A N D MINERALS. By 1'1ark i\1. Foster .......................................... 60 INVISIBLE...MINERALS In this issue of Rocks and Minerals, Mark M. Foster, America's most noted opal miner and one of our...States. To show that I wa,; responsible, a friend of mine in Bangkok agreed to sign a bond for 1,000 ticals |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..... ... .... .... ...... ..... ..... 72 The Pioneer Prospectors ... .. ... ...... ...................of coul in the United States ,vas that of the Rhode Island anthracite bed in 1760. This coal began to be...a company ,va.s forn1ed to procure and work the mine. In the Potts,·ille district coal was discovered...·e1·co,ne, lnrgf'ly tllrougll t he efforts of the mine owner~ the,nsel ves. GET YOUR COPY NOW! HOW TO...minerall for a collection? Almost anywhere! Around old mine dumps and down Ill th, t•u to· cli an in ll'l |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Maine, and at the Dexter quarry, Lincoln County, Rhode Island. A historical occurrence is with prehnite...including those at Edgewater, Bergen County; Bergen Hill, Hudson County; and Great Notch, Upper Montclair...Passaic County. Scolecite has been collected in the diabase quarry at Manassas, Prince William County, and...Hightown, Highland County, Virginia. It is found with other zeolites and epidote filling fractures in...in stone quarried at Woodleaf, Rowan County, North Carolina, and occurs as similar radiating sprays of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Jersey Mineralogical Society ( New Jersey), Oxford County Mineral and Gem Association (Maine) and the Newark...designated "Charter Member Societies." From this pioneer group the Federation has grown to a membership...entertaining fare for the 295 members of the Island Rock Hounds, Rockville Centre. Dr. Michael Fleischer..."Petrified Wood". Rhode Island The Rhode Island Mineral Hunters learned of the Palermo Mine in New Hampshire...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, report their January meeting was one |  | | Report (issue) | | 192 Pioneer Creek... .___.-.__________.__. 195 McCaskey Bar___..._-______________ 198 Rhode Island Creek...third crops out along the ridge at the heads of Rhode Island and Omega Creeks. The intrusive rocks at Roughtop...varieties of schist, including some dark-green epidote-chlorite schist, probably derived from the metamorphism...mouth of Boston Creek Eureka Creek is joined by Pioneer Creek, a large tributary from the northeast, which...called Rhode Island Creek, enters from the northwest, and 3J£ miles below the mouth of Rhode Island Creek |  | | Journal (issue) | | with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives...Native copper crystal group, 13.6 cm, from an unknown mine in the Michigan Copper Country. Richard A. Kosnar...information is summarized from Dablon (1669-70), Foster and Whitney (1850), Stevens (19Q0-1911), Rickard...Chaput’s The Cliff; America's First Great Copper Mine (1971). For an earlier treatment, readers may enjoy...Rickard, The Copper Mines o f Lake Superior (1905). Foster and Whitney’s Report on the Geology and Topography |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Major New Porphyry Copper Center in the Superior (Pioneer) District, Arizona SCOTT L. MANSKE† Independent...copper deposit has been discovered in the Superior (Pioneer) district of east-central Arizona, lying under...alteration in the volcaniclastic rocks is marked by epidote and chlorite, giving way inwardly to a narrow zone...zone of chlorite-dominant alteration in which epidote is destabilized in favor of smectite clays and...in the Naco Group are altered to (1) pyroxene-epidote hornfelses and minor garnet-magnetite skarn, overprinted |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Rhode Island...............................................University, South Bethlehem. Rhode Island__Prof. C. W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina__.Dr. Earle Sloan...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALABAMA—Cherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from those...mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy informs us, and to...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian relics are found too." A map of Cherokee County, prepared by Buddy |  | | Report (volume) | | Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | 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...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Book (edition) | | Vesuvianite. 120. Wilcoxite. 39. Yttrocerite. 79. Epidote. 121. Margarite. 80. Allanite. 122. Dudleyite...Burdiek, Macon Prof. J. T. I From am of county, of Mr. J. A. D. Stevenson, of States- Humphreys...found at the Reid Mine, in and the Swift Island Mine, ter place Cansler Mine, in & in plates...Shuford Mine, in their size, Cabarrus county, the Montgomery with have been Crump Mine county, (at...the Gaston county, and the Little John Caldwell county, and Pax Hill in Burke county. Very Shemwell |  | | Book (edition) | | 123. Uranotil. 79. Fhuorids. 38. Fluorite. Epidote. 80. Allanite. 81. Zoisite. 124. Uranochre...ities and suggestions from Mrs. H, A. Burdick county, of Mr. J. of A. D. Stephenson of Statesville...found at the Reid Mine, in Cabarrus county, the Crump Mine and the Swift Island Mine, in Montgomery country...Cansler & Shuford Mine, in Gaston count} and the Little John Mine, in Caldwell county, and Pax Hill in...in Burke county. Very beautiful arborescent gold has been obtained from the Shemwell “ vein in Rutherford |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Okanogan County —which are known only from the state; the others are mackinawite from Mackinaw mine in Snohomish...Snohomish County, ferritungstite from Germania mine near Fruitland in Stevens County, and paulingite from...from Rock Island Dam near Wenat chee in Douglas County. In addition, many localities pro duce fine-quality...alphabet ical list of localities. Chelan County Crown Point mine, near Holden; M O L Y B D E N I T E and...situ and as float; A C T I N O L I T E . Clark County Yacolt, Big Tree Creek, southeast of town in road |  | | Report (issue) | | Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania by F. Harold Evans with Forward and...Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsyl vania. Copyright © 1980 by Friends of...second and third drafts and Glen Taylor, Montgomery County Re corder of Deeds, for his kind help in searching...Sciences of Philadelphia, Montgomery County and Chester County Historical Societies, and the Franklin...Sketches of Copper and Lead Mining in Montgomery County, Pennsyl vania, ” by F. Harold Evans, is the result |  | Cooke, David R., Wilkinson, Jamie J., Baker, Mike, Agnew, Paul, Phillips, Josh, Chang, Zhaoshan, Chen, Huayong, Wilkinson, Clara C., Inglis, Shaun, Hollings, Pete, Zhang, Lejun, Gemmell, J. Bruce, White, Noel C., Danyushevsky, Leonid, Martin, Hamish (2020) Using Mineral Chemistry to Aid Exploration: A Case Study from the Resolution Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, Arizona. Economic Geology, 115 (4). 813-840 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4735 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mining, P.O. Box 1944, Superior, Arizona 85173, USA Abstract The giant, high-grade Resolution porphyry...overlapping with a propylitic halo characterized by epidote, chlorite, and pyrite that is particularly well...deposits, a blind test was conducted using a suite of epidote-chlorite ± pyrite-altered Laramide volcaniclastic...coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) data of epidote provided indications of deposit fertility and proximity...and epidote grains led to a subdued As-Sb fertility response in epidote, consistent with epidote collected |  | | Report (volume) | | meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams...cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 86 pp....57 pi. Price 25 cents. 38. Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky, by J. S. Diller. 1887. 8°. 31 pp. 1................................................ Epidote .................................................the Reid mine in Cabarrus County, the Crump mine and' the Swift Island, mine in Montgomery County (at the |  | | Book | | Geology & Geophysics Geology, University of Rhode Island Science, Bentley College Earth Sciences & Geography...Hingham, Massachusetts Geology, University of Rhode Island Earth Sciences & Geography, Bridgewater State...and Development of Plum Island, Massachusetts: An Example of a Barrier Island System by J. Richard Jones...Pre-Pennsylvanian Rocks of Aquidneck and Conanicut Islands, Rhode Island by Suzanne Mahlburg Kay and William M. Chappie...Metamorphism in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island by James W. Skehan, S. J., Daniel P. Murray |  | Leitch, C. H. B., Godwin, C. I., Brown, T. H., Taylor, B. E. (1991) Geochemistry of mineralizing fluids in the Bralorne-Pioneer Mesothermal gold vein deposit, British Columbia, Canada. Economic Geology, 86 (2) 318-353 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.86.2.318 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | triangle symbols:1 = Bralorne,2 = Ida May, 3 = Pioneer, 4 = P. E. Gold, 5 = BRX (Arizona), 6 = BRX (California)...twere later focifor transcurrent movements.The island-arc assemblageis representedby the CadwalladerGroupof...terraneswere unrelated posits;its northeasterncontactwith Pioneer and Hur(Wheeler and McFeely, 1987). If so,they...ore hostis diorite at Bralornebut volcanicsat Pioneer. The diorite-sodagranite complexis spatially associated...where the Cosmopolitan vein cropsout in the old King mine area (Fig. 2), down to the 44 level at 600 m below |  | | Report (volume) | | General Geology of the Mammoth Quadrangle Pinal County, Arizona By S. C. CREASEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ...Group________________________________________________ Pioneer Formation_ _____________________ ________ ___________... GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE MAMMOTH QUADRANGLE PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA By s. c. CREASEY ABSTRACT The Mammoth...here consists of the Pioneer Formation and the Dripping Spring Quartzite. The Pioneer Formation comprises...Spring Quartzite, disconformably overlies the Pioneer Formation. It is a marker bed averaging about 50 |  | | Report (volume) | | Mountain 71f2..;Minu· ·· ~ '·'·f!r· · Quadrangl~s, Pioneer Mlt.Jn,a.ini!J Beaverhead Cqunt~, M,on:taq~ BEDROCK...MOUNTAIN ?V2-MINUTE QUADRANGLES, PIONEER MOUNTAINS, BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA Glendale, Mont., in...Mountain ?1f2-Minute Quadrangles, Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana ByE-AN ZEN A description...three-quadrangle area at the north end of the Pioneer Mountains U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1625...Mountain 7112-minute quadrangles, Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana. (U.S. Geological Survey |  | Bramel, Hadley R., Heyl, George R., Cox, Manning W., Ransome, Alfred L., Eric, John H., Wyant, Donald G. (1948) Copper in California. Bulletin 144. California State Mining Bureau | Report (issue) | | Big Bend Mine, Butte County, California, bv John H. Eric Geology of the Lilvama and Pioneer Mines, El...El Dorado County, and California, by Manning W. Cox, Donald C. Wyant, .---"--7-1, George R. Heyl by George...California, County, Newton Copper Mine, Amador R. Heyl and John H. Eric ""~V" Pemi Zinc-Copper Mine, Calaveras...Calaveras County, California, by George R. Hevl, Manning W. Cox, and John II. Eric The Gravhouse Area, Amador...Amador County, California, by George T"" R. Heyl -;;— Calitornia, County, Calaveras Copperopolis, of Deposits |  | | Journal (issue) | | Uses. By Peter Zodac.................. 35 Herkimer County Quartz Crystals. By D. H. Newland..................... ·-······· 44 The Real Beauty of Herkimer County Quartz Crystals. By W. J. Hollister........................ 49 Some Old Quartz Localities in Rhode Island. By Arthur L. Flagg 51 Stibnite in Quartz from...Switzerland are the most famous; in Africa, the island of Madagascar produces enormous rock crystals;...found in Japan. ROCKS and MINERALS 36 HERKIMER COUNTY QUARTZ CRYSTALS By D. H. NEWLAND, State Geologist |
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