 | | 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) | | Canterbury and Eastford Gneisses...........173 Sterling Plutonic Group..................................the analysed samples of Canterbury Gneiss and Sterling Plutonic Group.........................182 8....analysed samples of the Canterbury Gneiss and Sterling Plutonic Group.........................183 9....quadrangle, Windham County, Connecticut. 3.--Geologic map of the Hampton quadrangle, Windham County, Connecticut...the Quinebaug Formation. 16. Porphyroclasts of microcline and plagioclase in the two feldspar mylonite |  | | 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... Principal minerals are quartz, perthite and microcline, The Milford Granite was originally named by...Milford Granite from the Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded 19 a 620 + 15 my,Precambrian,zircon |  | | 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...Retrograde alteration of andalusite schists -io Worcester Formation 97 Staurolite-Kyanite/Andalusite (Actinolite)...SYNTHESIS 102 ENVIRONMENT OF DEPOSITION 108 Worcester Formation 108 Merrimack and Oakdale Formations...Geologic history 124 LIST OF PLATES Plate 1. Worcester Formation 21 Plate 2. Minor structural features |  | | Report (volume) | | quarries and their product Continued. Litchfiekl County Continued. Page. Warren _______________________...Comstock prospect ____________ ____ 76 Middlesex County-_ _______ 70 Middietowu_______________1___________...76 Ben venue quarries____________ _ 76 New Haven County - __________ 78 Ansouia _______________________...Waterford quarry________________________ Tolland County ________________________________ Bolton_______...their product Continued. Page. Windham County _ _ 117 Sterling .___:________ 117 Oneco quarry______" _ |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CLINTON QUADRANGLE, WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS BY JOHN H. PECK 1975 Explanation...foliated to non14 foliated, consists of quartz microcline and/or orthoclase, albiteIB- oligoclase, and...weathers light gray to dark Consists of quartz, microcline, albite-oligoclase, biotite and chlorite. Minor...zircon, garnet, and magnetite. Phenocrysts of microcline, often in Carlsbad twins, are abundantW constitute...867-100 to the "Chiastolite schist facies of the Worcester Phjrllite1* of Emerson, 1917 and unit 4 of Peck |  | | Report (volume) | | ___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______ |  | | 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) | | Maromas gneisses, 7; Stoney Creek, Clinton, and Sterling granitic gneisses, 8; and Canterbury gneiss, 7...Gneisses — (7)— SC Massachusetts and C and NC Connecticut Stoney Creek, Clinton, and Sterling Granitic Gneisses...oligoclase, quartz microcline, biotite quartz, andesine biotite and/or amphibole quartz, microcline, biotite,... oligoclase and andesine microcline, quartz, plagioclase, biotite Billings (1956) Buddington (1959)...(1959) quartz, microcline oligoclase, biotite, (muscovite) Quinn and others (1957) Quinn (1963) Rodgers and |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Sterling granite gneiss............................................................................... Sterling granite gneiss..................................metamorphism of the Sterling granite gneiss................ Contact metamorphism due to the Sterling granite gneiss... CONTENTS. 7 Pe trography Continued. Page. Sterling granite gneiss....................................... 127 Relation of microstructure of the Sterling granite gneiss to regional metamorphism...... |  | D�zs-Moore, A., Leavens, P. B., Jenkins II, R. E., Altounian, N. M. (2003) Wollastonite at the Sterling Hill Fe?Zn?Mn ore body, Ogdensburg, New Jersey. Mineralogy and Petrology, 79 (3) 225-241 doi:10.1007/s00710-003-0235-6 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 10.1007/s00710-003-0235-6 Wollastonite at the Sterling Hill Fe–Zn–Mn ore body, Ogdensburg, New Jersey...1 2 University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA Newark, DE, USA Received August 18, 2002; revised version...Summary Wollastonite occurs abundantly at the Sterling Hill Fe–Zn–Mn ore deposit, Ogdensburg, New Jersey...generally accepted values of 750 C at 5 kbar at Sterling Hill during metamorphism in the Grenville Orogeny...Orogeny. Introduction Wollastonite occurs at the Sterling Hill Fe–Zn–Mn deposit, Ogdensburg, New Jersey |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | type-locality in West Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado, is located in the Pikes Peak batholith...between the two phases. Associated minerals include microcline, smoky quartz, and fluorite as centimeter-sized...Dunn (1977). In the Northern Cascades of Okanogan County, Washington, the alkaline granites of the Golden...described in 1892 from West Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado, by Frederick August Genth (1820–1893)...dodecahedron, 2.6 cm high, Cookstove Mountain, El Paso County, Colorado. Specimen illustrated and described by |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | figures formed naturally in rocks. The Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society, Inc., Spring Valley, N.Y...held at the West Nyack, N.Y., YMCA in The Fulton County Mineral Club, Gloversville, N . Y., is sitting...Jersey Zinc Co. on the geology of the Franklin-Sterling Hill area in April. Two field trips were made...won a $25.00 Hagstog Prize for "Creative Work in Sterling" at a recent Arts & Crafts Show. The Gem & Lapidary...first, to Amelia Court House proved that good microcline can still be found at the Rutherford Mine if |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | APRIL 1966 GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE FRANKLIN-STERLING AREA, NEW JERSEY By J. M. Hague, J. L. Baum, L...ABSTRACT The Franklin-Sterling area is located in Sussex County, New Jersey, and Orange County, New York, along...and physiography of the area 436 Origin of the microcline g^g 456 Purpose. . . . 436 457 Origin of the...'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 462 Microcline gneiss 441 Cross-folds 462 Hornblende gneiss...455 Faults 465 435 436 HAGUE ET AL—FRANKLIN-STERLING AREA, NEW JERSEY Page Figure Page Mechanics of |  | | Report (issue) | | Complex......................................... 4. Sterling Plutonic Suite..................................Although the calc-alkaline orthogneisses of the Sterling Plutonic Suite, the Potter Hill Granite Gneiss...north-northeast trending boundary of the terrane in Massachusetts (Bloody Bluff fault) and Rhode Island and eastern...Providence; PD. Pelham dome; WD, Willimantic dome; W, Worcester. 2A and in the upper plate rocks (Snyder, 1961...granitoid gneisses belonging to the Sterling Plutonic Suite. Some of the Sterling gneisses may have had a felsic |  | | Journal (issue) | | STAFF PRESIDENT Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. 309 Massachusetts Avenue, Browns Mills, NJ 08015 FIRST VICE PRESIDENT...assemblage associated with wollastonite-bearing rocks, Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey 16 R. E. Jenkins...structural and chemical properties of Franklin-Sterling minerals. A "Part II" of this work, applying some...rewarding. Scientific study of the minerals found at Sterling Hill continues, and Dr. Jenkins has kindly provided...there is plenty going on at both Franklin and Sterling Hill, thanks to the poor response you can't read |  | | Report (volume) | | ___._______.__---._____.________.____---___-__ Sterling Plutonic Group..__--___-_-_-_______.__-----_-__...stratigraphic column being worked out in eastern Massachusetts. Units described, from youngest to oldest, are...Formation. Also described are granitic rocks of the Sterling Plutonic Group of pre-Pennsylvanian age. -k,1...the units are recognized in Ehode Island and Massachusetts. Jl J2 CONTRIBUTIONS TO STRATIGRAPHY \ \...stratigraphic column being worked out in eastern Massachusetts by N. P. Cuppels and coworkers (oral commun |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Staurolite Stilbite Zoisite BRISTOL COUNTY The major portion of Bristol County shows sedimentary rocks consisting...similar to the Diamond Hill area of Providence County. The Bristol area, in the vicinity of portsmouth...334-340, (1926.) 2 B. K. Emerson: Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. U. S. G S B u l l . 5 9 7...druses. KENT COUNTY Fringes of sedimentary rocks are found in the east section of this county in contact...Moosup Valley,which runs northward into Providence County, in this discussion.. The rocks of this extreme |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | wise, originate from the mines at Franklin or Sterling Hill in New Jersey. But if the question is rephrased...qualifications. The mineral assemblage at Franklin and Sterling Hill is looked upon as unique for a number of...these reasons, the mineral deposit at Franklin-Sterling Hill deposit is considered singular, unique. What...300 distinct species now known from Franklin and Sterling Hill, it is not particularly suprising that some...some fluoresce. However, at Franklin and Sterling Hill, a notably high number of minerals fluoresce, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles The Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Id a h o 339 by N. Radford and J. A. Crowley...Gagnon Minerals of the Yates uranium mine, Pontiac County, Quebec . 359 by D. L. Leavitt Shavano Peak ....calcium-zinc-ferric iron arsenate mineral from Sterling Hill, New Jersey................................pyroaurite from Sterling Hill, New Jersey 371 by P. j! Dunn and P. B. Leavens Holdenite from Sterling Hill and...1981 Bunker Hill the mine kellogg, shoshone county, idaho by Norman Radford P. O. Box N Osbum, Idaho |  | | Report (volume) | | Structural Dislocations in Eastern Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1410 Structural Dislocations...Dislocations in Eastern Massachusetts By ROBERT O. CASTLE, H. ROBERTA DIXON, EDWARD S. GREW, ANDREW GRISCOM...faults and mylonite zones that form the eastern Massachusetts dislocation belt UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...under title: Structural dislocations in eastern Massachusetts. (Geological Survey Bulletin 1410) Bibliography:...119.3:1410 1. Faults (Geology) Massachusetts. 2. Mylonite Massachusetts. I. Castle, Robert O. II. Series: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The editors welcome information on Franklin and Sterling Hill for publication in this journal. Please write...0 International License. More recently, from Sterling Hill, a specimen of native silver perched on black...visit this attraction. STERLING HILL Recent Mineral Occurrences at Sterling Hill As a last gasp from...North Ore Body, that lowermost portion of the Sterling Mine, has in years past supplied the largest portion...nestled among the labyrinthine meanderings of the Sterling Ore Body, lies a stope, centered just at the juncture |  | | Journal (issue) | | Zinc Company Resident Geologist"The Geology of Sterling Hill". DAILY FRANKLIN ATTRACTIONS BUCKWHEAT Mineral...The Editor welcomes information on Franklin and Sterling Hill for publication in this journal. Please write...FRANKLIN MINERAL SHOW The 21st Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit sponsored by the Kiwanis Club...finds from Sterling Hill. Very popular with collectors if the booth selling Franklin and Sterling Hill minerals...FRANKLIN MINER For many years, the Franklin and Sterling Hill mines were worked by miners from many countries |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The old localities near West Chester...at Shaw and Esray's quarry near Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is now in the collection of...pegmatite of the Eight Mile Park area of Fremont county, Colorado; while pink chalcedony has been found...Dakota and of the Bridger Mountains in Fremont county, Wyoming. Feldspar Group The feldspars form a...pegmatites are the potash feldspars orthoclase and microcline; the soda feld228 spar, albite; and the intermediate |
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