 | | 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...is one of the lowest in annual mineral production, the number of mineral collecting localities and the...recorded number of mineral species is quite high. Hawes (1878) reported 95 mineral species, Meyers and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen,...Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen...Andradite, Michigan, 345 Anglesite, Colorado, 308; New Hampshire, 415 Ankerite, Colorado, 308 Anthony Robert...Colorado, 308; New Hampshire, 416 Barbosa, C., see In Memoriam Barite, Colorado, 308; New Mexico, 385; |  | | Report (volume) | | Related to the White Mountain Plutonic Series in New Hampshire and Maine By DENNIS P. COX CONTRIBUTIONS TO...BULLETIN 1312-D A potential target area for mineral exploration is indicated by breccia veins of argentiferous...deposits, Coos County, N.H. _______________ North Woodstock deposit, Graf ton County, N.H __________________...__________________ Mineral Hill deposit, Carroll County, N.H._______________________ Kezar Falls deposit, York...York County, Maine.___-___--__.______..__. Other deposits.______-___-_-__---------_----_---_---__________ |  | | Book | | ( C. 4 ( MINERAL & GEM TRAILS of NEW ENGLAND .� ';� M � [- ' 1f,.,,1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l-...$2.50 MINERAL & GEM TRAILS OF NEW ENGLAND by Ed & Bert Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts...Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE INC. JUNCTION RTE8. '1LJ &_ 219 WEST PARIS, MAINE...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | the Geological Survey's annual report entitled " Mineral Resources of the United States" (the volumes for...of a century. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States have been enormously...showing the composition and character of each mineral and the location of. its principal deposits. Many...These are only examples of notable changes in the mineral production of the United States and of correlated...changes in the appraised value of some of the mineral deposits. In this list, as in the earlier lists |  | | Report (volume) | | separating and purifying hundreds of accessory mineral samples from igneous rocks. The authors are grateful...number Geographic locality Collector of the sample Mineral used for age determination Mesh size of the crystals...activity of the mineral used for age determination Total lead content of the mineral used for age determination...Lead-alpha age of the mineral Geologic age * of the rock from which the mineral was separated, based on...activity and total lead content of each accessory mineral. The age equations, repeated here for convenience |  | | Book (volume) | | fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Book (volume) | | fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Report (volume) | | ...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........the Geological Survey's annual report entitled "Mineral Eesources of the United States" for 1882 and 1887...more until 1914. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States were enormously...resources of the country. Many changes in the mineral industry other than increase in production have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | vein rock, however, and a very careful searchof the mine dumpselimina.tedsomeof these difficulties. The...Hills mine; (2) the Eastern Carroll Countymines, comprisingthe Patapscomine, the Mineral Hill mine, and...'theFrederickCountymines, comprisingthe Liberty Mine, and the New London,or Linganore mine. DETAILED DESCRIPTIOBI OF ... MINES. Baltimore County Mine, Bare Hills Mine. The Bare Hills coppermine is locatedabout4 milesnorth...smallminedumpis all that remainsto mark the site of the old mine, last worked aboutthirty years ago. The deposit |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals |  | | Book (volume) | | excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Report (volume) | | Caroliuian type ___ ___________________________ New Jersey type _______________________ Palia quarry...Maine___________________.__________________ 16 New Hampshire _________________-_____ 16 Gardners Mountain..._ 16 Warren mine ____ 16 Milan mine ____________.._____________________ ._ 18 Lyman mine _______ _ _________...____________ '.__ 24 Copperfield or Ely mine ("Vershire mine).______i______ 24 History______________...character of ores____________________ Hartford County deposits__________________________ Simsbury (Newgate) |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Book (volume) | | excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | smelter was pects(Fig. 1). It is locatedin Carroll County,Mary- built at the Patapscominesto producecopperand...rock and the field examination of the abandoned mine sites and surroundingmetapelites,metagraywacke...Springfieldmine, the Carroll mine, the situatedbetweenthe BlueRidgeandthe CoastalPlain Mineral Hill mine, and the...lith19•). Note the closerelationshipbetween the mineral district ologiesmay be, in part, the JamesRun volcanicarc...talc. The prevail. In the vicinity of the Mineral Hill mine, the larger bodies are the typical Alpine-type |  | | Report (volume) | | may be determined by scratching it with another mineral or with a knife blade. This may mutilate tllQ StOne...Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate only increasing degrees of hardness, not...placed next to diamond only because it is the mineral nearest the diamond in hardness. Because much dust...contact with one another. The specific gravity of a mineral is the ratio between its weight and the weight...of stones. Luster, the general appearance of a mineral in reflected light, is of two types: metallic and |  | | Report (issue) | | CONTENTS Introduction 1 Scope of report 4 Mineral collecting 5 Acknowledgments 6 Introduction..." -. _>-.--_>-->.-..-. Triassic deposits 31 Mineral localities 38 District of Columbia Mavtrl a Tirl...^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS |  | | Report (issue) | | ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SIERRITA MOUNTAINS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA. By F. L. RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. The Sierrita...those near Twin Buttes, on the south; those near Mineral Hill, on the north; and those near the abandoned...camp, between Twin Buttes and Mineral Hill. The ores near Mineral Hill and Twin Buttes occur in typical...from Tucson for about 18 miles to Mineral Hill. From Mineral Hill a newly constructed highway leads south...foothills, is underlain by a rather fine grained biotite granite which as a rule is- more or less decomposed |  | | Book | | Ellicott Station Buffalo, New York 14205 66 Leek Crescent Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 1H1 Design and...Dimensions in the captions refer to the entire gem or mineral; however, in some cases only a portion is shown...destroyed in these changing conditions. In the process, new minerals and rocks are formed. RIGHT: Malachite... living organisms rocks such as granite. The mineral grains in these rocks are actually crystals, but...are yet these crystals are considered to be a mineral called crystal structures. Natural crystals formed |  | | Catalog/List | | OFF SPECIMENS. JUST GIVE HE A RING TO.HAKE SURE 1 HILL BE HERS. I All ALSO PLEASED TO DISCUSS YOUR REQUIREMENTS...EACH PIECE. PLEASE QUOTE BOTH THE CODE AND THE MINERAL NAME. IF YOU WANT TO SEND BACK THE CATALOGUE WITH...AVAILABLE. I NORMALLY HAVE A SHALL STOCK OF EACH MINERAL' IN THE CATALOGUE UP TO WHERE IT SAYS 'SINGLE SPECIMENS'...OF ROCKS MID MINERALS 10 68 issue 2 available. NEW STOCK s Rare minerals Kellyite page 11. Wolfeite...All page 7 Brianyoungite Scawtite; Lizardite Mineral with unusual elements Page 1 Greenockite General |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | World News on Mineral Occurrences Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...has sent in the following item, which he titled "Mineral collecting through Arizona pegmatites." "Inquiries...can help those who plan to visit the State, with mineral hunting in mind. Being too much to undertake coverage...Silver specimens are not uncommon at the Monte Cristo Mine. To reach the Monte Cristo, take road to Constallation...drives. There is a store at Crown King; Crown King Mine is no longer in operation. Good Pyrites of Iron |  | | Report (issue) | | t------------------------------------Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica __________ _ Australia ____...n Territory ___ -----------------Queensland and New South Wales _______ _ South Australia ____ -----...------_ Western Australia ___ ------------------New Zealand ______ -----------------------South Isla...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer |  | | Report (issue) | | Olistostromes of the Avalonian terrane of southeastern New England 0 iic0o0. sia SO OO BE ate. Richard H. Bailey...the U.S. Appalachians in order to emphasize these new and exciting research endeavors. Canadian Appalachian...a more complete picture of the geology. Several new discoveries and interpretations in the U.S. Appalachians...Orogen held in 1984 were unable to agree on any new or previous definition. Similar disagreements are...recognized in southeastern New England and in the Green Head Formation of New Brunswick. These may have |  | | Book | | of and MINERAL AMERI A A Guide to Rock Collecting HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS ....... New York, Evanston...Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. Published simultaneously in Canada...bdg.) 1 For America's millions of gerr1 and mineral collectors, but especially for Karl Denny, whose...Collecting 1. Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones 1 3 Mineral Characteristics; Gemstone Characteristics; The...Stones vs. Gemstones; Colorful Ore Minerals 2. Mineral Environments (I): The Igneous Rocks 11 The American |
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