 | | Report (volume) | | SCHISTS AND ASSOCIATED GRANITES AND PORPHYRIES OF RHODE ISLAND BENJAMIN K. EMERSON JOSEPH H. PERRY WASHINGTON.............. 18 Nonoccurrence of il vaite in Rhode Island.................. 19 Inclusion of limestone............................... 24 Beds west of Providence and Pawtucket ................... 25 Cranston..........'.................... Vein quartz at Diamond Hill.............................. "Warnsutta group"...crystalline rocks in the vicinity of Providence and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island............................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln...Lincoln in northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone...the Old Dexter quarry, Diamond Hill, the Route 114 road cut, and the Iron Hill mine. T H E T O W N S...northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland in England; however,...both the state mineral and the state rock of Rhode Island. Much of this area coincides with the Pawtucket |  | | Report (volume) | | Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island o GEOLOGICAL 5. I 09 8* Ci PI O i o TJ i i I to & Ol BULLETIN...State of Rhode Island Development Council i M SURVEY I C.to 1295 Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island...1295 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council Lithology, structure, and...geological studies in Rhode Island____._.________.-__.-_-____. Position of Rhode Island in the Appalachian...Schist___---_--_-____--__--_-_----_-_----_ Hunting Hill Greenstone_______________________________ Blackstone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AMERICA NOTES ON THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF RHODE ISLAND PART II. REMAINING COUNTIES Lrovn W. FrsnBn...Staurolite Stilbite Zoisite BRISTOL COUNTY The major portion of Bristol County shows sedimentary rocks consisting...consisting chiefly of the Rhode Island formation of shales, con_ glomerates and sandstones. B. K. Ernerson2has...agatized quartz similar to the Diamond Hill area of Providence County. The Bristol area, in the vicinity...MrNnx-q.rs Fouwo Limonite Melanterite Pyrite Rrulms After pyrite White; encrusting shale. Crystals as |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collection, the work of fifty years,to the city of providence. The collection "The HoraceF. CarpenterCollection...CarpenterCollection.,' Twenty-five of the South African diamond crystals are shown. In connectionwith many of the...largestof which is about 7 x 8 inches,from Strontian Island; babingtonitefrom Somerville,Mass.; cyanite,BuncombeCo...the Bristol amethyst; amethyst crystals from Cumberland; fine transparent smoky quartz crystals, up to...the dull gray of the usual Rhode Island agates,from Diamond Hill, Cumberland; attractive chalcopyrite with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral. However, unlike several other states, Rhode Island does not have a state gem, a state stone, or...a variety of serpentine that resembles jade are Rhode Island's official state rock and mineral. Cumberlandite...Cumberlandite became the official state rock of Rhode Island by legisla tive decree in 1966 (Resolution...the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations). The rock constitutes the...northeastern corner of the state, in the Town of Cumberland (Figure 1). The exposed part of the mass—termed |  | | Book | | 1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go � - PRICE $2...Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE INC. JUNCTION...Davis Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE Center Strafford, New Hampshire...Beryl Mt. Mine Wakefield, New Hampshire Mineral Hill Mine Weeks - Ham Mine M.�SSACHUSE TTS Adams, Massachusetts...Blueberry Mt. Quarry RHODE ISLAND Cumberland State Park, Rhode Island Diamond Hill Quarry Sneech Pond Copper |  | | Report (volume) | | North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...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 |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Rhode Island...............................................Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr...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; |  | | Report (volume) | | stone has only one or two of these qualities. The diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire are considered precious...blue, rose, green, and true canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue...establishing the price of a gem stone. Such gems as the diamond and ruby are rare, in addition to being beautiful...7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate only...hardness, not actual values. For example, the diamond, rated as 10, is many times harder than corundum |  | | Report (volume) | | Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...formation......................................... Rhode Island...............................................formation........................................... Rhode Island formation ....................................Whitmores Ferry, in Sunderland.......... Gneiss of hill west of Montague.............................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COLLECTING AT SNEECH POND CUMBERLAND, RHODE ISLAND MARIANNE MONAHAN 757 West Roxbury Parkway West Roxbury...02132 Sneech Pond Copper Mine, Cumber land, Rhode Island, an area 40 miles south of Boston and 12 miles...of Sneech Pond, near the top of a juniper covered hill. The area was mined between 1720 and 1780 and the...R+.I22 :/ z mile Figure 1: Road Map for the Cumberland, R.I. area J U L Y / A U G U S T 1975 413 ... a water tower on the top of Cumberland Hill has exposed fresh outcrop which shows lenses of mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Murfreesboro (Pike Co.), Arkansas. Here, in the diamond mine, I found a beautiful blue barite crystal about...Acton Silver Mines and I think they are: galena, pyrite, and copiapite but would be interested in your...specimens consist of lead-gray galena, brassy-yellow pyrite and brownish (iron stained) quartz. N o copiapite...at Mille Lacs Lake (North Minnesota) in Aitkin County, about 2y2 miles west of Opstead at Liberty Beach...pieces have been found around Knife Lake in Kanabec County, Minn. " W e are keeping the nugget for our collection |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in Georgia at the fo'lowing localities: Cherokee County —2V2 miles northeast of Ball Ground, 1 mi'e northwest...of Cherry Grove School; Fayette County—near Fayetteville; Fulton County—near College Park. (Georgia Mineral...which comes from Bradbury's Mountain at Pownal, Cumberland Co. ; Opal (hyalite) colorless crust on pegmatite...pebble of andalusite from Bailey's Island, Casco Bay, Cumberland Co., Me. Mrs. Constance Trott, 36 Mt...limestone quarry, located in Rogers City, Presque Island Co., Mich., was donated to R & M by Cal O. Gettings |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | located in the Eureka Mining District in Yavapai County, Arizona. From this old mine we have a number of...They come from the Blue Creek Mt. Mine, Del Norte County, Calif., which I own. The ore of my mine is very..."About two years ago an extensive cut was made in a hill just south of Collinsville (Hartford Co.), Conn...of stilbite. "I have also found some very fine pyrite and fluorite of micromount size. I do not have...xls. "This is a section of a geode found in Brown County, in the vicinity of Bean Blossom, Indiana."—on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | E R IC A GEOLOGY OF THE DIAMOND IIILL-CUMBERLAND DISTRICT IN RHODE ISLAND-M ASSACHUSETTS 1 BY CHARLES........................................... 441 Cumberland quartzite............................................................................. 461 Diamond Hill felsite.......................................1013 (435) 436 WARREN AND POWERS----DIAMOND H ILL—CUMBERLAND DISTRICT Page Riebeckite-iegirite granite.......... Riebeckite-bearing granite porphyry Diamond Hill quartz deposits.......... Sheldonville quartz |  | | Book (volume) | | Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE... as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide |  | | Book (volume) | | Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE... as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide |  | | Report (volume) | | Proceedings, vol. 13, pp. 1-46. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, no.... vol. 29, nos. 3, 4; vol. 30, nos. 1, 2. Chapel Hill, N. C, Engineering Association of the South: Proceedings...Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences: Proceedings, vol. 4, pts. 3, 4. Staten Island, N. Y....Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Kanawha County; Preston County; Map of... coal, oil, etc.... 7. The Stokes method for the determination of pyrite and marcasite: Am. Jour. Sci., 4th ser., vol. 38 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "Limonite after pyrite, I have found in fairly nice specimens in an old road bed in Lee County, Alabama, about..."Still another mineral has come to light at Collins Hill (near Portland, Middlesex Co.), Conn, (see my article...three places—including the vicinity of this Collins Hill malachite occurrence. A green coating on pegmatite...of Milledgeville who discovered them in Baldwin County, Ga., between the State Sanitarium and Oconee River...most of the feldspar. "From Eagle Mine, Mineral Hill Dist., Lemhi Co., Idaho."—on label. ILLINOIS—We |  | | Report (issue) | | bedrock map (which also showed the geology of Rhode Island) was published in 1917 by Benjamin K. Emerson...the Taconic-Berkshire, the RoweHawley, the Bronson Hill, the Nashoba, and the MilfordDedham. Their mutual...Emerson, B.K., 1917, Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 597, 289 p...metavolcanic rocks older than the Proterozoic Z Rhode Island and Dedham batholiths.......... Rocks possibly...Blackstone Group: Greenstone and amphibolite (Hunting Hill Greenstone) (Zbv)........................ Metamorphosed |  | | Book (volume) | | nodules, fossils, Calcite crystals, Marcasite and Pyrite cubes. The area around the confluence of the Loup...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | grayish, bladed tremolite xls., tiny brassy-yellow pyrite xls., and yellowish micaceous flakes of phlogopite...13, Kans. "This petrified wood came from Barber County, Kansas. I am not sure of its exact location but...crystals. Martite pseudomorphs after magnetite and pyrite are fairly common. "Various copper minerals are...finds consists of % inch cubes of brassy-yellow pyrite on lustrous black biotite. The crystals are not...is not fluorescent. Union Mills is in Rutherford County of S.W. North Carolina. NORTH DAKOTA-Florence Newsom |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Bristol amethyst; amethyst crystals from Cumberland; fine transparent smoky quartz crystals, up to...the dull gray of the usual Rhode Island agates,from Diamond Hill, Cumberland; attractive chalcopyrite with...with crystallized quartz, from Cumberland Hill; hornblende in a light-colored matrix from Pawtucket;...cyanite from Woonsocketl and pyrite nodules and crystallized groups from Block Island. GEL MINERALS (COLLOID |
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