 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Bornite Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan S ...rarity is bornite, a common mineral found in many copper deposits as massive lumps. The scarcity of bornite...collector community, especially the keen collector of copper minerals. The chemical formula for bornite is Cu5FeS4...metallic luster. On fresh surfaces, bornite’s color is copper-red to pinchbeck-brown, but it will quickly tarnish...found that pinchbeck is the name of an alloy of copper and zinc that is used as imitation gold, so I assume |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut.....................................in the U.S.A. notesfrom th r EDITORS OLD YUMA MINE Another great mineral locality has now been closed...longfamous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, “Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine,” in vol....period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 36849-5305 C h a l c o c i t e BRISTOL, HARTFORD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT This classic chalcocite is representative...intergrown twins produced from the Bristol, Connecticut, copper mine in the mid-1800s. The 8 by 6 by 4-cm...halcocite is one o f the most important o f all copper-ore minerals, occurring most commonly at shallow...during the nineteenth century from the mine in Bristol, Connecticut, A m e r i c a n chalcocite would be...Connoisseur's Choice is a fine B r i s tol, Connecticut, chalcocite (see fig.). Chalcocite is a dense |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of the Bristol Quadrangle, Hqrtforct litchfield, and New ~Haven Countie&, Connecticut U.S. G EO...State of Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Bedrock Geology of the Bristol Quadrangle...Quadrangle, Hartford, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties, Connecticut By HOWARD E. SIMPSON Prepared in cooperation...cooperation with the State of Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Metamorphosed sedimentary...sedimentary strata of Late Triassic age underlie the Bristol quadrangle U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1573 |  | | Journal (issue) | | covering works available for the rare book collector, mine ral and fossil collector, historian and researcher...MINERAL FEATURE The Chalcocite Crystals of Bristol, Connecticut: The History of a Classic American Mineral...THE COVER Chalcocite crystal cluster [rom the Bristol Copper 1'v1inc, Brist0l, CT. Specimen 4.4 cm. high...mineral location-the chal cocite occmrence near Bristol, Con necticut. During the research phase of this...this story, the authors learned of an event at Bristol which occurred ail too frequently throughout mining |  | | Report (issue) | | Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........A. Section A: Occurrences located north of the Hartford basin, New Hampshire ...................... .67...67 B. Section B: Occurrences located in the Hartford basin and vicinity, Massachusetts ................C: Occurrences located in the Hartford basin and vicinity, Connecticut ..................... .79 D. Section...information on all known Mesozoic occurrences of copper, gold, iron, lead, silver, zinc, barite,and fluorite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Although the occurrence was not unique for Connecticut, this type is seldom found outside of the northeastern...New Britain, Connecticut, on both sides of the extension. The area, in central Connecticut, can be located...Extension, 0.75 mile north of Route 72, New Britain, Connecticut. Figure 3. Chalcopyrite, 2.5 cm across. Jeffrey...precipitated. Next came calcite, marcasite, galena, and copper. The final stage of crystallization produced malachite...fresh orthoclase, muscovite, and plagioclase. Minor copper mineralization occurs in veins found in both the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 COPPER RAY MINE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA Downloaded by [University...Whether uncombined or alloyed with other metals, copper has played a major role in the development of our...and widely used nonferrous metals. Consequently, copper deposits have been sought by prospectors and geologists...Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, an h i zona native copper specimen has been chosen for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...(fig. I). For an in-depth description of Arizona copper and its most famous localities, the reader is referred |  | | Journal (issue) | | Holiday Inn - Costa Mesa ♦ Bristol Plaza ♦ 3131 S. Bristol St., (Exit Bristol So. from 405 fwy) ·······••...John WayneAirport! Take the Bristol Street Exit (south) from I-405. On Bristol Just South of the South Coast...excaliburmineral.com Micromineralogy of the Blue Monster Mine, California Paul M. Adams 126 South Helberta Ave...Redondo Beach, California 90277 The Blue Monster Mine is located in Section 17,T I 2S, R37E on the east...east flank of the Inyo Mountains in Inyo County, CA. It can be reached by taking Route 168 east from Big |  | | Book (edition) | | THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n...250 SPECIES iBooks by Ronald Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON...THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP* THREE...to enrich our knowledge of the mineralogy of Connecticut: James Dwight Dana Samuel L. Penfield Edward...Minerals from the Principal Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State............. |  | | Report (volume) | | mineral district ____________ _ 3. Sketch of Faircloth mine adit showing location of limestone samples and amount...limestone samples from the Faircloth vein, Woodford County, Ky _. 5. Mercury content of limestone wallrock...wallrock from the Hoover vein, shaft 1, Cannon County, Tenn _____ 6. Mercury content of a wallrock suite along...Triassic border-zone deposits in Pennsylvania and Connecticut are similar in trace-element content to the Appalachian... B. Strow in a freshly dug basement in Kanawha County, W. Va. Subsequent examination by the U.S. Bureau |  | | Report (volume) | | Luttrell Continuity of strata in the Newark and Hartford basins 6 By Paul E. Olsen A cored stratigraphic...Lower Jurassic Portland Formation, Suffield, Connecticut 24 By Nicholas G. McDonald and Peter M. LeTourneau...Robbins and Robert E. Weems Thermal histories of the Hartford and Newark basins inferred from maturation indices...Burruss Source of kerogen in black shales from the Hartford and Newark basins, Eastern United States 63 By...and phytoclasts of the Newark Supergroup in the Hartford basin 68 By R.K. Kotra, R.M. Gottfried, E.C. Spiker |  | | Journal (issue) | | 8 RED CLOUD MINE WULFENITE Rockhounds enjoy the products of this amazing Arizona mine. By Bob Jones...SAWTOOTH QUARTZ 40 ROCK & GEM KIDS 46 THE BRISTOL COPPER MINE 50 COOL SUMMER ROCKHOUNDING 54 NATIVE...AMERICAN ROCKS AND MINERALS 60 DANBURITE: A TRUE CONNECTICUT YANKEE 64 Club members collect on Topaz Mountain... Find jagged quartz crystals at the Wall Street mine. By Robert Beard Regular Columns Field Notes ....Wulfenite from the Red Cloud (photo credit)mine (La Paz County), Arizona, is world famous. (3.9 cm high) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pieceshowsthat fingers a McLaughlin, D. H.: Gilpin County, Colorado. 4 Overbeck, R. M.: A Ecoa. Gv.oL., •:...Evergreen Mine, Ecoa. Gv.o•,.,x4: Fig. o, Plate 22, x9x9. metallographiestudy of the copper ores of Marylam:l...bornite by chalcocitefollowing cracks. Old Dominion Mine. Globe, Ariz. X 65. Fig. 2. Bornite inclusionsin...Graton, L. C. and Murdoch,J.: The sulphideoresof copper. A.I.M.E. 45: 26-8x, x9x3. Trans., BORNITE-CHALCOCITE...intergrowthof chalcocite in bornite(Fig. • 5), from Bristol,Connecticut,is illustratedin whichthe cleavageis only |  | | Report (volume) | | covering early Mesozoic geology of M assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland...offshore early Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland...[refers to water] Climate* Coal [economic geology]* Copper [economic geology]* Diabase [rock type]* Economic...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Bulletin 57 Geologic Series Copper Mines and Mining in New Jersey by HERBERT P. WOODWARD...of a new report on the copper ores of New Jersey and the many attempts to mine them. The report is particularly...them to supplement the supply of copper from the dwindling western copper deposits in the present emergency...during the preparation of a college thesis on the "Copper Deposits of New Jersey". I take pleasure in recommending.............................................. 10 Copper localities ................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | THE MOUNT CARMEL AND SOUTHIJOTON QUADRAM3LES, CONNECTICUT by Crawford E. Fritts New data concerning the...approximately 111-square miles in south-central Connecticut were obtained in the course of detailed geologic...the mirror-image of metamorphic zones in Dutchess County, New York. However, garnet appeared before biotite...across other formations in the map area. Barite and copper minerals were deposited along dikes and in fault................................ 138 i Barite and copper...................................... 138 vi TABLE |  | | 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...the Yellow Jacket mine on Bear Creek in northern San Juan County, Colorado. The mine was in a rather remote...remote section of the county and was never worked much. It has not been worked for many years and is |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral resources of a property in St. Lawrence County, New Y o r k , in 1840 at the age of 18. At the...24 he became manager of the Bristol Copper mine in Bristol, Connecticut. A t the age of 27, in 1849,... In 1851 Wheatley broke ground for the Wheatley mine and ultimately owned or managed most of the mines...district. Wheatley also ran a copper smelting business and leased and mined copper ore at the Jones, Hopewell...geology and eco nomic potential of the Wheatley mine, William P . Blake's "Report on the Wheatley Silver-Lead |  | | Report (volume) | | especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list...Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut..... .Prof. William N. Rice, Middletown. Prof...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 (volume) | | Claim, Teller Co., Colorado, 43 Apatite Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 13 Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan...Pakistan, 33 (with Schorl), 47 Jos, Nigeria, 15 Medina Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 36 Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais... (with Malachite) Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, 12 Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 16...Claim, Wah Wah Mtns., Utah, 3 Bournonite Yaoganxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan Prov., China, 31 Calcite (on...Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu, Sichuan Prov., China, 26 Chalcocite Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Connecticut, 12 Copper |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SEPTEMBER 1968 CEMENTATION OF TRIASSIC ARKOSES IN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS BY MILTON T. HEALD ABSTRACT...ABSTRACT The normal Triassic arkoses of Connecticut and Massachusetts contain moderate amounts of secondary...sediments along the border fault in western Connecticut. In some faulted arkoses in the Triassic basin...Pressure solution 1142 1. Triassic basin in Connecticut and MassaCementation 1143 chusetts 1135 General...Page 1. Classification of Triassic rocks in Connecticut 1136 INTRODUCTION . This investigation was undertaken |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | private appointments Topaz, Cleavelandite Mokrush Mine, Russia Thomas Spann Photo 2 3 CONTENTS 06...written by Bryan Swoboda. 12 Väyrynenite. Lolu Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan...specimens from the mim museum Stibiotantalite. Urandu mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan... James Elliott photo 14 Malachite. Kalukuluku mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, D.R. Congo. 60 x 48 x 26 cm...quality similar to the best specimens from the Shilu mine in China with the same ‘chatoyant’ effect. And being |
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Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA