 | | Report (issue) | | Bedrock Geoloqy of the Nashua River Area, Massachusetts - New Hampshire By Gilpin Rile Robinson, Jr...ZONE 12 ROCKS IN THE NASHUA RIVER AREA 15 WORCESTER FORMATION 18 Nomenclature, Historical Background...Lithologic Description 40 Radiometric Age 40 FITCHBURG GRANITE 40 Nomenclature and Historical Background...Retrograde alteration of andalusite schists 82 Staurolite-Kyanite Zone 83 Sillimanite Zone 84 CALCAREOUS...alteration of andalusite schists -io Worcester Formation 97 Staurolite-Kyanite/Andalusite (Actinolite) Zone |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CLINTON QUADRANGLE, WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS BY JOHN H. PECK 1975 Explanation... 10- Dike about 40 feet thick. 11 Df 12 Fitchburg Granite 13 Granite, light gray, medium to coarse-grained...867-100 to the "Chiastolite schist facies of the Worcester Phjrllite1* of Emerson, 1917 and unit 4 of Peck...poor outcrop. (in press)* Previously mapped as Worcester Phyllite Constitutes the upper part of Unit 3... 1800 r s, mostly in the Town of Lancaster. Worcester Phyllite by Emerson, 1917: Unit 3 of Peck (in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES WORCESTER COUNTY (PART FIVE) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...field. APATITE ? BERYL \'itchburg, Pearl Hill Fitchburg, Rollstone Hill on western flank Royalston, Reynolds...village SMOKY QUARlZ ? Worcester Fitchburg, Pearl Hill Lancaster STAUROLITE Small, well-formed crystals...heart of the mineral area of western St. Lawrence County. Talc, lead, zinc and iron are mined in this area |  | | Report (issue) | | Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Works H* A* MacDonald, Commissioner U. S. Department...Spodumene deposits in the Leominster-Sterling Area, Massachusetts by M. P. Billings and C. W. Wolfe Contents...Spodumene deposits in the Leominster-Sterling area, Massachusetts; by M. P. Billings and C. W. Wolfe. Scope of...long been known to occur at several places in Massachusetts. So far as available data show, the spodumene-bearing...as part of a cooperative project between the Massachusetts Department of Public Works and the United Spates |  | | Report (issue) | | two mica quartz monzonites in the region; the Fitchburg granite to the west and the Chelmsford granite...Milford Granite from the Milford Quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded a 620 + 15 my, Precambrian, zircon...Formation by Grew (1970) and the Boylston south of Worcester is equivalent to the jphyllite along the Wachusett...was mapped previously as Oakdale Quartzite or Worcester Phyllite by Emerson, 1917. (1976). It comprises...forms pendents, not mapped separately, in the Fitchburg Granite near the southern boundary of the Clinton |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of Massachusetts E. Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedharn Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Avalonian... Stratigraphy of the Nashoba Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Enigmatic Terrane G. Stratigraphy of the...Belt, Central Massachusetts H. Structural and Metamorphic History of Eastern Massachusetts I. Intrusive...Intrusive Rocks of Eastern Massachusetts J. Radiometric Ages of Rocks in Massachusetts L.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-E-J The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor E. Stratigraphy |  | | Field Trip Notes | | "5 — Q- porphyroblastsj (4) biotite-garnet-staurolite schist^ and (5) biotite-garnetsillimanite schist...metamorphic zones - the chlorite, biotite, garnet, staurolite, and sillimanite zones. For those who prefer...metamorphism increase easterly, attaining the staurolite zone in central Vermont. Still further east the...inplace theory for the southern part, as in Dutchess County, New York. Whether such a combination of theories...(1914) Geology of the North Creek quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 170. (1919) |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of the land area of the Boston 2° sheet, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and 10- New Hampshire... 16 17 18 U. S. Geological Survey Boston, Massachusetts 19 ,U. S. Geological Survey* OPEN FILE REPORT...GEOLOGY OF THE LAND AREA OF THE BOSTON 2° SHEET, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...Milford Granite from the Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded 19 a 620 + 15 my,Precambrian,zircon...the rock 17 (Hansen, 1956). 18 rock in the Worcester area coloring the feldspars pink, chloritizing |  | | 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 (volume) | | Oakdale Formation and Paxton Group of Central Massachusetts with Strata in Northeastern Connecticut By M...Oakdale Formation and Paxton Group of central Massachusetts with strata in northeastern Connecticut. (U...Geology, Stratigraphic-Silurian. 3. Geology-Massachusetts. 4. Geology-Connecticut. 5. Paxton Group. 6...with the Oakdale-Paxton sequence of adjacent Massachusetts 1. Contents Ill FIGURES 1, 2. Diagrams...Evolution of stratigraphic terminology for central Massachusetts and northeastern Connecticut prior to this report |  | | Report (volume) | | OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON............................................ Worcester County, Mass.......................................member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................ |  | | Report (issue) | | Devonian (?) metasedimentary rocks . . . . 0 185 Worcester (?) Phyllite ......... 185 Harvard Conglomerate...Undifferentiated Worcester(?) Phyllite ............ 187 Correlation and age of the Worcester (?) Phyllite... 19. Photomicrographs of specimens from the Worcester (?) Phyllite and the Dracut Diorite. ...........the Andover Granite and surrounding rocks, Massachusetts by Robert Oliver Castle Doctor of Philosophy...South Groveland, and Reading quadrangles of Massachusetts. The Andover Granite and Sharpners Pond Tonalite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | St., Miami, Fla. Lynchburg, Va. The Chautauqua County Gem and Mineral Society, of Dunkirk, New York The...Society, of Richmond Hill, Long Island, N. Y. Moore County Rockhounds Club, Inc., of Pinehurst, N. C. Northland...its April show. The Boston Mineral Club of Massachusetts had a lecture on Sulfur and some associated...and of the Eastern Federation show at Boston, Massachusetts in 1959. Also slides taken by several members...the New Jersey Mineral and Gem Show. The Fulton County Mineral Club of New York, at a May meeting viewed |  | | Report (issue) | | POTENTIAL OF EPA REGION 1 Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont OPEN-FILE...POTENTIAL OF EPA REGION 1 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont R...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment of Massachusetts R. Randall Schumann and Linda C.S. Gundersen...aerial radioactivity, and indoor radon data by county. Because of constraints on the scales of maps presented...The reports are available in county formats and State summaries. The county reports typically contain both |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Haddam, Connecticut; Russell and Westfield, Massachusetts ; from Bedford, New York ; and many other places...Lode pegmatite near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Common in the pegmatites of Yavapai...Mountain in the Crested Butte region of Gunnison County, Colorado, in good gem crystals. ANDRADITE, calcium-iron...Andradite has been found at Middletown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and at other localities in Delaware...St. Peter's Dome, Colorado; and at Rockport, Massachusetts, at which locality some large and unusual crystals |  | | 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) | | folder Plate 2.West looking radar mosaic of Massachusetts.....in folder Plate 3.South looking radar mosaic...of the side looking airborn radar imagery of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island indicates that...sensing device, was used to make imagery of Massachusetts in 1968 and Connecticut and Rhode Island in...made; an east and a west looking mosaic for Massachusetts and a north and a south looking mosaic for Connecticut...met amor phism ) in fault basins in eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Isl&nd. i Resistant Precambrian gneisses |  | | Journal (issue) | | Wir KYANITE SHOULD BE STERED BY MINERALS OT MASSACHUSETTS , FOUND A FOSSIL CYPRESS SWAMI STOLECTOR AND...Collector. MINERALS OF MASSACHUSETTS. By J. C. Rand. PART III. Central Massachusetts. The limestone quarries...properly identified. The granite quarries of Fitchburg, on Rollstone Hill, are surely worth a visit by...occasionally in the granite. Good crystals of staurolite are plentiful in the mica slate at Pearl Hill...eastern part. Garnets are associated with the staurolite, and sometimes cyanite. Molybdenite has been |  | | Book (edition) | | DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE WILLEMITE ZIRCON CRYSTALS...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville |  | | Book | | GENERALIZED BEDROCK GEOLOGIC EASTERN MA5SACHUSSETS WORCESTER .W o] ~P- FM V/C/N/TY ^^o Red beds MAP...Department of Geology Boston University Boston, Massachusetts 02215 to; PREFACE In 1966, John Rodgers...Davis in the Connecticut Valley of western Massachusetts, and gradually extended itself. oo over New...Brown University The Foxboro Co., Foxborough, Massachusetts Geography, University of Toronto U. S. G, S...Boston State College Botany, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Marine Sciences, Virginia Institute |  | | Book | | .......ccccccseeeeeeeeeee 70 Interstate 91 Massachusetts Border—White River Junction, Vt.75 Interstate...Junction—Fair Haven, Vt..............cccc eeeeeeEL US 7 Massachusetts Border—Rutland, Vt. ..................cccccccssesseees...medium-high grade ™~ 2 crystal forms (of several) at staurolite reddish brown prismatic crystals, often large...schist may also contain the index minerals garnet, staurolite, kyanite, sillimanite, or andalusite. When it...about the latitude of Lake Winnipesaukee to the Massachusetts line, is dotted with glacial drumlins that give |  | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Report (issue) | | so-called Pennsylvanian basins of southeastern Massachusetts. Three papers deal with the geology of alkali...alkali plutonic-volcanic areas in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. High-grade and low-grade (prehnite-pumpellyite)...(prehnite-pumpellyite) metamorphism in Massachusetts and Maine, respectively, are the subjects of two of the papers...and the geology of the Ayer Granodiorite of Massachusetts. JOHN R,. GRIFELN STUDIES IN NEW ENGLAND...Brownlow V1 Vil iX Part I. Geology of eastern Massachusetts INaTOROVGNNE TON “5. B bo 8 OR Bo ee ek 5 ee |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A Field Trip to the Island of Jamestown for staurolite and to Pettaquamscutt for graphite was taken...purpurite, and other material. . . . The Oxford County Mineral and Gem Association, Rumford, have set...50 Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County. Wheaton, heard a talk on Fossils by Rick Fulton...on his recent trip of Western United States. MASSACHUSETTS Dr. C. Wroe Wolfe of the Boston University...a special program for the Civil Air Patrol of Fitchburg on the geology of the area. It was enthusiastically |  | | Journal (issue) | | ···············································-···346 THE FITCHBURG ROLLSTONE. By Prof. Charles Pa/ache ............in the first place. And if you want to know the county (foreign money orders demand it), it is Westchester...east of Asheboro, in the southern part of Randolph County, North Carolina, is a prominence that rises above...I 'IIERAl.5 ROCKS AND ~{INERALS 347 T HE FITCHBURG ROLLSTONE ly Prof. CHARLES PALACHE Cambridge,...nearly four hundred feet above the town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. On page 374 of the Geology he says. "Poised |
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