 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Bob Morgan, Ed Smith, Lee Tutt, Ken Wolff What’s New In Minerals' Joria Staebler Auction Solicitors Gene.......... 32 U.S. Mica Industry Pioneers: The Ruggles and Bowers Families by Fred E. Davis.............program designed to provide excellent speakers, new information, camaraderie, displays of extraordinary...familiar faces. Most of their topics will be quite new to our collective experience. This year’s Technical...Technical Session is again robust! We welcome numerous new attendees and hope you enjoy our meeting. We appreciate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | T H E RUGGLES FELDSPAR - M I C A MINE, — G R A F T O N , N E W HAMPSHIRE By G A R D I N E R E. GREGORY...commercial production of mica in New Hampshire started at the Ruggles Mine in 1803. In recent years it has...of minerals have been removed from the mine. In 1962 the mine was opened for pub lic inspection. Each...Each year thousands of people visit the mine to view the scenery from the top of Isinglass Mountain and...and to explore the giant tunnels of the mine. Very few of the visitors are bonaficd mineral collectors |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | David M. Seaman American Museum of Natural History, New York City Article 7, Silica and Silicates (part two)...almandite was recovered at 35th Street and Broadway in New York City and is in the American Museum of Natural...166th St. and Knowlton Place in New York City. Both are a part of the New York Mineralogical Club's collection...West Bethel, Maine, and at the Ruggles quarry, Grafton Center, New Hampshire. Notable excellently formed...Russell and Westfield, Massachusetts ; from Bedford, New York ; and many other places. The crystals occur |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mica locality known as the Ruggles' Mine in Grafton Center, New Hampshire. Already then it had been in...color groupings on the whitish microcline. My New Hampshire friends, Mr. Leggett and Mr. Weeks of Meredith...Meredith, mentioned having seen workmen repairing the mine road with some of the colorful stuff! Good specimens...met the Walls a few months earlier at the Nevel Mine, Newry, Maine. At the time Bill was still in the...are so typical of this locality as well as other New England localities. Bill's rucksack was already loaded |  | Lewis, Stefanie R., Simonetti, Antonio, Corcoran, Loretta, Simonetti, Stefanie S., Dorais, Corinne, Burns, Peter C. (2020) The Role of Continental Crust in the Formation of Uraninite-Based Ore Deposits. Minerals, 10 (2) 136 doi:10.3390/min10020136 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA; Antonio.Simonetti.3@nd.edu (A.S.); lcorcora@nd.edu...University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA Correspondence: stefanie.lewis08@gmail.com Received:...Location Sample Type Mitchell Yancey 1 Yancey 2 Ruggles Billiken Jefferson Great Bear Shinkolobwe Marshall... Mitchell County, NC Webb Mine, Yancey County, NC Yancey County, NC Ruggles Mine, Grafton, NH Billiken...Billiken Lode, Critchell, Jefferson County, CO Jefferson County, CO Great Bear Lake, NWT, Canada Shinkolobwe |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Maine Topsham district, Maine Grafton district, New Hampshire Greenfield, New York Middletown district, Connecticut...mailed (Hauy, 1811; Seybert, 1824). Dr. Bruce, a New York City physician, should be remembered as an avid...both sides of the road (Schooner, 1961). New York Another New York collector, Dr. J . H. Steel, discovered...occurred almost a century ago. A new, one time only, find was made in a New York City excavation at 88th...chrysoberyl in quartz, Wisdom Ranch prospect, Larimer County, Colorado. Crystal is VA by VA by 1/8 inches. |  | | Book | | ( C. 4 ( MINERAL & GEM TRAILS of NEW ENGLAND .� ';� M � [- ' 1f,.,,1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l-...MINERAL & GEM TRAILS OF NEW ENGLAND by Ed & Bert Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode...Company Mine Hyde Park, Lamoille Co. , Vermont Copper Mine Locality Milton, Vermont Parrot Jasper Mine Reading...Talc Mine Saxtons River, Vermont Davis Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE...Strafford, New Hampshire Parker Mt. Mine Conway, New Hampshire Hurricane Mt. Grafton, New Hampshire Ruggles |  | | Book | | are always looking for people to write books on new and related subjects. If you have an idea for a book...Laboratory; William "Skip" Simmons, - University of New Orleans; Reinhard Wegner, Universidade Federal da...mineralogist M. H. Klaprot h showed that it contained a new chemica l element. Klaproth produced "uranium" powder...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DAVID M. SEAMAN American Museum of Natural History, New York City Article 8, Silica and Silicates (part three)...length at the quarries near Bedford and Overlook, New York; near Golden, Colorado and elsewhere. A fine...found at Fort Washington Avenue and 171st Street in New York City and is now in the American Museum of Natural...tourmaline crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other...Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from 3 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 23:49 05 October 2014 Daybreak Mine, Spokane County, Washington T he naming of minerals that...its outstanding classic occurrence at the Daybreak mine near Elk, Washington. Autunite is characterized...most “autunite” specimens that have been found on mine dumps or have resided in collections for decades...some localities, including that from the Daybreak mine described below, dehydrates in such a way that what...of autunite aggregates from the Daybreak mine, Spokane County, Washington; John Lucking specimen, Jeff |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Andros coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs from...a Mr. Carr of Grafton, West Virginia, and then sold to Golding Brothers of Trenton, New Jersey. How ...of Bath who was superintendent for the Trenton (New Jersey) Flint and Spar Company. In 1869 that firm...was described by Shainin (1948) as follows: The mine-run feldspar was first run through the jaw crusher...transferred to Bath by scow and then shipped to Trenton, New Jersey, potteries, but by the early 1880s shipment |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DAVID M~ SEAMAN American Museum of Natural History, New York, N. Y. Photographs by Julius Weber, Mamaroneck...vugs in cleavelandite. At the Ruggles Quarry, Grafton Center, New Hampshire autunite is closely associated...Newry and Auburn, Maine; the Chandler Mine, Raymond, New Hampshire; and elsewhere in lithium pegmatites...(lithiophilite); and the Buzzo Quarry, Center Strafford, New Hampshire (triphylite). At times, triphylite or lithiaphilite...North Groton, New Hampshire (triphylite); the 597 Smith Mine, Newport, New Hampshire (triphylite); |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | will be digging in the old dumps of the Ruggles Mine in Grafton, N.H. and hit upon some fine specimens...fine to add to any collection. Many of the New Hampshire localities Conducted by J O H N R E I N E R...03226 of N.H.'s old mines might get a copy of •New Hampshire Mines and Mineral Local A THUMBNAIL IS A N...Wiseof a very interesting variety of a phos men's Mine at Greenwood produced some phate mineral. purple...Hill Stone ham Mine; and the well known Har This mineral is one of the most com vard Mine at Greenwood |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE W E E K S PEGMATITE MINE faults Wakefield, Carroll County New Hampshire S o m e u n u s u a l a...minerals in a location not noted for specimens. New Hampshire has many pegmatites in districts in the northern...Moun- Figure 1: Excavations in the dump, Weeks mine, June 1980. tain pegmatite at Center Strafford...line in the town of Wakefield, Car roll County, New Hampshire. The property is named after the 1942 owner...MAINE NEW HAMPSHIRE not miles 1153 to Wakefield Figure 2: Location map for the Weeks mine, Wakefield |  | | Report (issue) | | identified as valid species already knorn; some new species have teen established. Many rhases remain...Bill Bryan claim, guild Steer Canyon, Montrose County, Colo, Ref. no. cf X-rav patterns TE 474 Quantity...Location Arc!ers(, nitc. 1/ usrm Hillside mine, Yac;apal County, Ariz, Ref. no. of X-ray patterns Inv....nc. cf Y.-ray atterns Quantity Ear. 1640 Ruggles mine, H. Arentina Far. 5546 -— ..IttAnite ;'7239...number Location La4fl7J:Tite Hillside mine, Yavapai County, Ariz. Inv. 2777 Quantity now m,tal- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | interesting. "Sand from Collier Springs, Montgomery County, Ark. (west of Hot Springs)". — on label. Beach...a tiny amount of colorless quartz and colorless zircon (fl. orange). Some grains of green epidote and..."Ilmenite sand. Station 3, DelawareChesapeake Canal, New Castle Co., Delaware." — on label. River sand from...River, Wabasha County, near West Albany, Minn." — on label. Quartz sand from Bingham, New Mexico Last...samples one of which comes from Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico. This Bingham sample is a beautiful brownishorange |  | | Report (issue) | | rocks of New Hampshire ....... 44 Table 9 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Jersey ...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New York ........... 56 Table 11 Uranium occurrences...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Hampshire.......................^..^.i....48 Figure 12...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Jersey....................................55 Figure...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of northeastern New York.........................64 Figure 14. Uranium |  | | Book (edition) | | LAZULI TURQUOISE GARNET ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • ...SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE WILLEMITE ZIRCON CRYSTALS Crystal forms 5 velopment of one face...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Zircon Downloaded by [Tufts University] at 09:35 10 October...Paso County, Colorado O wing to its diverse paragenesis and resistance to weathering, zircon is one...colorless and blue) zircon are cut as gemstones. Scientists are particularly fond of zircon because of its...the scholarly periodical Elements is devoted to zircon; http:// www.elementsmagazine.org.) Although specimens...consistent sources, and the list of once-productive zircon localities is quite long. The Pikes Peak region |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metals are, to many, equally as important. Did a new “metallic”age dawn a few decades ago that will be...specimen is from the Number 20 mine near Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Author’s specimen...Figure 5. A 2-cm uraninite cube from the Cardiff mine, Wdberforce, Ontario, Canada;Canadian Museum of...specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. muth, and arsenic to zircon, tourmaline, fluorite, carbonates, and sulfides;...found at the famous Palermo and Ruggles mines in Grafton County, New Hampshire; dendritic uraninite intergrowths |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Woàlâ Menti 04t Minelal ÔccWiïenc&i Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...At present am employed at Magma Copper Company's mine here in Superior. No doubt you are familiar with..."For the collector of lead minerals, the Red Cloud Mine in Yuma Co., Ariz., is of considerable interest...the scarce, vital metals it contained. "Today the mine is reached by a barely possable road from Martinez...Rubarite, Inc., a newly formed company which produces a new synthetic rubber product for use in rubberized asphalt |  | | Book | | THE PEGMATITE MINES KNOWN AS NORTH GROTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE eral I ederi Acknowledi:ments Dedicated...experience. As a kid growing up in Manchester, New Hampshire, I was always fascinated by minerals and tried...premier sandbox, but I could also make sure the mine would remain open to mineral enthusiasts for years...maintained the notoriety acquired by the Palermo No. I mine. Its impact on the nation, and in some respects...different species - several of them unique to the mine - Palermo has earned a reputation that makes it |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Leadhillite has been reported from the Beer Cellar Mine, Granby, Mo. but this writer has never had an opportuntiy...collected some years ago at the fabulous Mammoth Mine, Tiger. I have examined a number of leadhillites...Arizona. The Ruggles mine, in Grafton, N . H. is the oldest mica, feldspar, beryl, and uranium mine in the...enthusiastic rock and mineral collectors. The famous Ruggles mine deserves and has received a better fate. It...many rare and beautiful minerals. I mention the Ruggles mine for several reasons. First, it yields magnificent |  | | Report (issue) | | Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL..._______ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ________________________________...pegmatites ___________________ _ Pegmatites of the Grafton and Keene districts __ _ Sources of pegmatites...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___ |
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Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA