 | | Report (volume) | | SMITH, Director Bulletin 744 THE LIME BELT OF MASSACHUSETTS AND PARTS OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT..................................... Stockbridge, Lee, and Tyringham ................................................................................... Lee....................................................................... Relations of dolomite and calcite in the Stockbridge limestone as bearing upon the...Interbedding of twinned calcite (marble) with granular dolomite.... Interbedding of twinned calcite and twinned dolomite |  | | Report (volume) | | WALCOTT, DIRECTOR THE GEOLOGY EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY BENJAMIN KENDALL EMERSON WASHINGTON...Petrographical description.................................. Lee gneiss ................................................................................... 43 43 Lee-Tyringham area ....................................anticline.................................. East Lee anticline..........................................limestone ......................................... Lee black gneiss ................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGIC MA.P v. - OF MONTERET QUADRANGIEJ MASSACHUSETTS «. By Nicholas M. Ratcliffe U.S. GEOLOGICAL...quadrangle lies near the western edge of the t 3 Berkshire Higlands (lig. 1) just east of the major west-facing...Paleozoi rocks dominate the western front of the Berkshire massif. From 13 the north end of the South...Paleozoic rocks 17 of the Beartown Mountain and East Lee slices, which are breached IB by erosion to expose...overthrusting *- of the Beartown Mountain and East Lee slices and the ancillary 7 I Lake Buel, Dry Hill |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AND ON CONTACT PHENOMENA LIMESTONE IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS PENTTI ESKOLA Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie...INTRODUCTION The eastern part of Berkshire County in western Massachusetts is underlain by a vast area of...granite gneiss.' 'B. K. Emerson, "Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island," U.S. Geol. Surv., Bull. 597...Hampshire County, Mass.," U.S. Geol. Surv., Mon. 29 (I898), and "The Geology of Eastern Berkshire County, Mass...and Peru, in Hinsdale, and in the valleys of East Lee, Tyringham, and Otis. All the limestone formations |  | | Book | | MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust |  | | Report (issue) | | Commonwealth of Massachusetts Departnont of Public ./orks H. A. i'acDonald, Commissioner U, S. Department...::ci'ii -,---« Dolonite in the Vicinity of Lee, Massachusetts as an available source of Metallic Ilag-nesium...region The Lee area Zones in the Lee marble Dolomite localities in the Lee area Northeast quarry Lee Marble...Marble Jerks quarries Marble Street quarry Lee Line Corporation quarries Standard Line Conpany quarry Joseph...quarry Composition of the "Lee marble" Reserves East 11 .lit of syncline Lee Marble .forks area Appendix* |  | | Report (volume) | | OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geologists from his large collection to the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca. The Gem and Mineral...the hobby which was well attended. The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Suffern were guests of...Saunders displayed Canadian minerals to the Lincoln County Gem and Mineral Society, Litchfield. To say the...on the Col lege equipment. - - - - The Calhoun County Rock and Mineral Club, Jackson ville, heard Dr...Society spoke ROCKS AND MINERALS to the Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta on working (Lapidary |  | | Report (issue) | | Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine 1 . David C. Roy and Ely Mencher Discussion:...Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine... Louis Pavlides Lower Devonian Seboomook...Shride Pre-Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Massachusetts .Kenneth G. Bell and Donald C. Alvord Stratigraphic...Wachusett-Marlborough Tunnel, east-central Massachusetts .James W. Skehan. S.J.. and A. Adel Abu-moustafa...stratigraphy in the Brimfield area, Connecticut and Massachusetts .John D. Peper and M. H. Pease, Jr. Pre-Silurian |  | | Report (issue) | | 62] [99.27] [101.57] (1) Gouverneur, New York, USA; Fe2 O3 trace; corresponds to (Ca 1:80Na 0: 38 K0:...ultrama¯c or magnesium carbonate rocks. Association: Calcite, dolomite, calcian garnet, wollastonite, talc,...Piedmont, Italy. At Bilin, Czech Republic. In the USA, from Pierrepont, Gouverneur, Edwards, and Macomb...Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey; and Lee, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. At Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | retiring Chair man, Jack (Jacob P.) Busch and Dr. Lee Blackford, Co-Chairman, the selection of programs...erals, a clue to their identification The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, was host to Hamilton...host to the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County when she displayed the more than 5000 specimens...Minerals of Winfield Quar formed Thusville Club, Calcite crystals ry The Mineralogical Society of as well...members had picked the and Alaska. Crystals of calcite and fluo best hobby for these stay-at-home-times |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Greece. The Club celebrated its 35th birthday. MASSACHUSETTS Conservation of Mineral Specimens, a talk illustrated...collected, was well received by the Northern Berkshire Mineral Club, Adams. The Club pur chased Dana's...and micromounter, spoke to the Southeastern Massachusetts Mineral Club, South Wey mouth, on crystals...swap. ALABAMA Dr. and Mrs. Lee Willman, members 459 of the Calhoun County Rock and Min eral Club, Jacksonville...microFLORIDA mounts and lapidary Two mem bers of the Cobb County Gem and Min Earl Phetteplace, a member of the |  | | Report (volume) | | minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by some unusual...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogists were guests.—Roger Marble (of Massachusetts) spoke to the Gem Cutters Guild, Baltimore,...Gem, Lapi dary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville, have a safety program S.T.O.P., which...scheduled for several months of 1972. — The Calhoun County Rock and Mineral Club, Jacksonville heard Carl...number of ways to use your mineral collection." MASSACHUSETTS Salem State College is offering the members...the form of a six pointed star! — The Northern Berkshire Mineral Club, Adams heard Walter Perry of Greenfield |  | | Report (volume) | | Elk Lake, Clearwater County, Minnesota 4 7. Fine-grained low-magnesium calcite and diatoms (Stephanodiscus...panhandle of Texas. Light layers consist mostly of calcite, silt-size quartz grains, clay, and ostracodes;...consists mostly of precipitated low-magnesium calcite, and the dark lamina consists mostly of clay and...and organic matter (Ludlam, 1969). Most of the calcite is precipitated between May and October (Brunskill...Clearwater County, Minn. Light layers consist mostly of fine-grained low-magnesium calcite and diatoms |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chondrodite TILLY FOSTER MINE, BREWSTER AREA PUTNAM COUNTY, NEW YORK F ew minerals are commonly or uniquely...specimens from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, can be seen in many American and foreign...grossular, forsterite, monticellite, diopside, calcite, and wollastonite. There are many scattered occurrences...at Coles Brook in Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It is also known from the Bolton or Whitcomb...Whitcomb quarry at Bolton, Worcester County, where it occurs in densely packed, yellowbrown, rounded crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | discourse on "Tektites." MAINE The Pegmatite, Oxford County Mineral & Gem Associa tion: Mr. Walter Anderson...e m , Lapidary & Mineral Society of Montgomery County: Mr. John Young described the pro cedure he has...o f L A N D S A T for Geological Purposes." MASSACHUSETTS New Diggings, Worcester Mineral Club: Bruce...of Oxford County, Maine. Mineral Matter, North Shore R o c k and Mineral Club of Massachusetts: Dana Jewell..." was scheduled. NEW J E R S E Y Matrix, Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleontology Society: Sidney Horestein |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Riddle's Mill Dist. (gold deposits) of Talladega County, Ala. It is 8l/ 2 x 11 and sells for Si, we believe...several recent trips to Clear Creek, San Benito County, Calif., have shown that the jadeite boulders in...Diablo Meridian, Calif., in southeastern San Benito County. The town of Hollister is 80 miles northwest of...cemented by calcite. Some of the stalactites were an inch in diameter. For cabinet specimens the calcite was...northern San Juan County, Colorado. The mine was in a rather remote section of the county and was never worked |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals of galena, marcasite, pyrite, along with calcite from Wisconsin. Galena crystals make fine micro...crystal groupings from Breckenridge District, Summit County, Colorado. Under the microscope fine crystal group...localities in Nevada, Idaho Springs' Clear Creek County, and Mexico where gold and many other fine minerals...group, and the meeting of a fossil study group. MASSACHUSETTS Gold panning under the direction of Forest Hallet...Study Group meeting in his home. The Northern Berkshire Mineral Club, North Adams, is cooperating in an |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEY GEOLOGY OF THE WINDSOR QUADRANGELE, MASSACHUSETTS Stephen Alien Norton This report is preliminary...Granulite Member Garnet Schist Member Quartz-muscovite-calcite Schist Member Greenschist Thickness Age Rowe Schist...Formation General Statement Petrology Thickness Age Berkshire Schist General Statement Schist and Phy11ite Black...to recent geologic mapping in northwestern Massachusetts, southern Vermont, and southwestern New Hampshire...geologic map of southern Vermont northwestern Massachusetts. 11 Location of specimens for which modes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CONNECTICUT The Thames Valley Rockhounds, New London County, began the new season with an idea packed program...Brazilian minerals and his trip to Brazil. — The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, went to the Grisson...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Prince Georges County, Hyatts ville were on a field trip in the area...Clifton Mineral and Lapidary Society. — The Bergen County Mineralogy and Pa leontology Society, Paramus...Mineral Society, Elmira were guests of the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca on an exploratory |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies Saugus, Massachusetts John Hanahan Jr. Chairman, Science Division...Christian University Margaret A. McBrien Ly nn, Massachusetts Fred Fort~ Philadelphia College of Tex tiles...Cincinnati, Ohio Ben M. Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of New York...fluorite 15 pf galena 20 pf smoky quartz 25 pf calcite 50 pf silver February 22, 1972 5 pf gypsum 10 pf...f fossilized zelkova leaves 60 f greenockite, calcite, sphalerite crystals 1.00 fo Clupea hungarica (fish |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies Saugus, Massachusetts John Hanahan Jr. Chairman, Science Division...Christian University Margaret A. McBrien Ly nn, Massachusetts Fred Fort~ Philadelphia College of Tex tiles...Cincinnati, Ohio Ben M. Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of New York...fluorite 15 pf galena 20 pf smoky quartz 25 pf calcite 50 pf silver February 22, 1972 5 pf gypsum 10 pf...f fossilized zelkova leaves 60 f greenockite, calcite, sphalerite crystals 1.00 fo Clupea hungarica (fish |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | community of Talucah near Vahlermoso Springs, in Morgan County, north Alabama. A large portion of this cave had...beautiful translucent blue xls which I took to be calcite colored with caledonite." COLORADO — Richard Schooner...color and filled with pale goldenyellow xline calcite; one brassy-yellow xline pyrite also present. A...thread-like wire:, of millerite on dark smoky gray drusy calcite (on gray limestone). The specimen was found at...in Kentucky last summer. On Red River in Wolfe County, Ky., about 18 miles from Pine Ridge on Route 15 |  | | Report (issue) | | .......................................105 Massachusetts ..............................................Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Districts in California...of the recorded production. Talc deposits in Massachusetts are mostly located in a north-trending belt...metasedimentary rocks continuous with that in Massachusetts; some are in Middle Proterozoic gneiss. They...mineral accompanying talc, along with clay minerals, calcite, and quartz. Higher temperature deposits, such |
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