 | | 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) | | OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts..................................................... Iron ores of the Richmond district............................. Eastern Massachusetts........ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | R E S 18 Singletary Lane Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 MASSACHUSETTS Figure J. Vermont political divisions...the exploitation of bog iron ore for the manufacture of nails and simple iron objects. Talc and steatite...of pyrrhotite, were once converted into copperas (iron sul fate) as a disinfectant in soap, as a mor...1910). At one time, jasper was mined at the Parrot mine (Chittenden Co.) on a small scale for use in colorful...The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi cant locality in the state |  | | Report (volume) | | deposits of some others, such as clay, coal, and iron ore, are mentioned only in general terms. One material...Aluminum. See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville;...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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Report (volume) | | .......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................deposits of some others, such as clay, coal, and iron ore, are mentioned only in general terms. One material...Aluminum. See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville;...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 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | Report (issue) | | Green and Adirondack mountains to traffic in lumber, iron ore, and other commodities; while the Erie Canal...developed. Naturally all these activities called for iron and other metals, as well as for non-metallic substances...geology in 1816. Amos Eaton had surveyed Rensselaer County, N. Y., and the route of the Erie Canal; further...Both of these undertakings were short-lived. Massachusetts established her survey in 1830; she was the... At this time the production of cast iron and some wrought iron was the leading mineral industry in Vermont |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES ESSEX COUNTY (Part Three) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...mines Pittsfield, southeast part of town Berkshire County Dalton North Adams Peru Pittsfield Tyringham 276...pyrite, magnetite, hyalite, chalcedony, talc, asbestos and other minerals. ? Mammillary form. Associated...brown, bluish, striped, etc.) at numerous places in county. Yellow, associated with quartz, chert and chalcedony...in limestone. New Marlboro Richmond, Cheever Iron Mine SEPIOLITE (MEERSCHAUM) Pure white pieces over |  | | Report (issue) | | Arts, in Washington, D. C. Vermont produces more asbestos fiber than all other States combined. She stands...of metallic mnineralsgo1d, copper, manganese, and iron ores, molybdenum. and othersthey are not believed...uses. VERMONT MINERAL INDUSTRIES: JACOBS 5 Asbestos CONTENTS As bestos..............................of Mines, will state that the sales of domestic asbestos, in 1939, attained an all-time high of 115,459...increase of 48 per cent over 1938. Imports of asbestos also greatly increased. Consumption was 37 percent |  | | Report (issue) | | DRURY BRICK AND TILE COMPANY, INCORPORATED Office, Essex Junction. Officers: President, H. D. Drury; vice-president...Drury; treasurer, M. W. Drury. Quarries and kilns at Essex Junction. Products: Sand-struck and water-struck...calendar year) with those of 1933, one finds that the asbestos tonnage has increased 83.8 percent. lime 45 percent...Georgia .......... 236,720 20,114 969,140 19,660 Massachusetts 360 5,470 17,566 576 Missouri ......... 120...Minnesota ................................... Massachusetts ............................... Maine ..... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | silicates and has the ideal formula C~Al,Si,O,,(OH),. Iron and magnesian varieties are known, and prehnite...Hill, and other localities in Passaic, Somerset, Essex, and Hudson Counties, New Jersey (Schaller 1932;...80 in Passaic County, New Jersey. It also occurs in the Roncari quarry, Hartford County, and at Cheshire... New Haven County, Connecticut, and in the Hampden quarry, Hampden County, Massachusetts. It has been...Counties, respectively, and at the Cornwall iron mine, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It has been found in individual |  | | Report (issue) | | MODES OF OCCURRENCE, AND IMPORTANT DEPOSITS OF ASBESTOS IN THE UNITED STATES. By J. S. DILLER. INTRODUCTION...countries in the manufacture of asbestos goods, but in the mining of asbestos it has not until recently attained...even 5 per cent of it is well worthy of mention. Asbestos is reported to have been mined in the United States...United States six asbestos localities of more or less interest either to the asbestos industry or to science...localities in Vermont, Wyoming, and Arizona the asbestos is chrysotile, and at those in Georgia, Idaho |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu GROSSULAR Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources Municipalité Régional de Comté...Figure 1. Grossular, 7 × 8 cm, from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Les Sources Municipalité, Régional de Comté...grossular dodecahedra is commonly observed on Jeffrey mine specimens. This particular specimen is one of the...single crystal of grossular from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada. The Arkenstone specimen, Joe...12-cm-high group of grossular crystals from the Jeffrey mine, Québec, Canada. Formerly in the Charles Key collection |  | | Report (issue) | | .......................................... 25 Asbestos ................................................Belvidere is practically a mountain of short fiber asbestos, by far the most extensive in the United States;...while the great admixture of pyrrhotite (sulphide of iron) would render concentration and smelting difficult...carbonate, the remainder consisting of silicates of iron, aluminum, and magnesium. The "absorption" of Vermont...magnetite, apatite, pyrite, zircon, monazite, and a lime-iron garnet." It may be interpolated that this "green |  | | Catalog/List | | enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...75 1.00 .60 .60 2:50 (basic calcium, aluminum, iron and cerium orthosilicate Massive; Virginia or N...2.00 .30 .60 .25 .So .60 AMOSITE (hydrous iron magnesium calcium silicate) Shredded; Transvaal...complex metasilicates of calcium, magnesium and iron) Actinolite Xline, fibrous; California or Vermont...rock; Ontario .............. • • • • • • • • • Asbestos Loni fibers; Montana ..... .... ...... ..... • |  | | Book (volume) | | in the production of clays. Lesser production of iron, petroleum, natural gas and coal from thick beds...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...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (edition) | | Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from... England. Found at La Bufa, Brea Mine, at Wanlockhead Mine Scotland, and also at Wallaroo, South |  | | | | surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...United States: 311 Washington Street, Brighton, Massachusetts www.fitzhenry.ca 02135 godwit@fitzhenry.ca...fractions. The more mafic fractions with darker iron- and magnesium-rich minerals crystallize first and...world. The Shield’s rich deposits of copper, nickel, iron, lead, zinc, gold, silver, cobalt, uranium, platinum...Quebec, produces a good proportion of the world’s asbestos as well as significant amounts of copper and zinc |  | | Book | | Actinolite ______________________ _ 92 93 94 94 94 .Asbestos. -----------------------Hornblende --------------------Other...only to agriculture. Consider the value of the .iron, copper, zinc, lead, and other industrial metals;...powdered by placing the fragment on a flat piece of iron and striking it sharply with a hammer. WATCH GLASS...best known example of weathering is the rusting of iron. 14 Collectors Mineralogy Manual LIMESTONE and...indicate the replacement; (Fe,Mn)WO. indicates that iron and manganese replace each other, and (Ca,Mg,(Al |  | | Book | | be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...three basic types of meteorites: stony, stony iron and iron-nickel. Stony meteorites, as you might guess...and are by far the most common type found. Stony iron meteorites are rare and very unusual looking. They...the greenish mineral olivine surrounded by shiny iron-nickel metal. These meteorites come slows them |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc, along with lesser amounts...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds | | | | | Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...New Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Shelby Co. Hematite DUDLEYVILLE, Tallapoosa Co. Asbestos, with Corundum FORT PAYNE, DeKalb Co. Hematite |  | | Book | | States: 3 11 \Vashjngton Street, Brighton, Massachusetts 02J 35 \vww. fitzhen ry. ea godwit@frtzherny...fractions. The more ma.fie fractions with darker iron- and n1agnesiun1-rich 1ninerals crystallize first...world. The Shield's rich deposits of copper, nickel, iron, lead, zinc, gold, silver, cobalt, uranium, pl.atinum...Quebec, produces a good proportion of the world's asbestos as wel l as significant an1ounts of copper and...in a jagged in-egular surface like that of broken iron. Test: Colour and the fact that it is sectile. |  | | Book (volume) | | in the production of clays. Lesser production of iron, petroleum, natural gas and coal from thick beds...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...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Report (issue) | | Minerals; Manhattan Island; Limestone; Serpentine; Iron Mining; Copper Mining; Zinc Mining; Tungsten Mining;............. . 10 Quartz coated with red oxide of iron, West Paterson, N. J.......................................................... 22 Spinel, Orange County, N. Y................................................................ Magnetite, Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Brewster, N. Y.......................................................... Calcite coated with Asbestos, Borough of the Bronx, New York City ... 31 32 |
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