 | | 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............. |  | | 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 (issue) | | 6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia... If you have ever had the desire to detonate a quarry blast or create an earthquake you will be able...Figure 7—Manganoan Calcite – Montreal Mine (Iron County, WI). Figure 3 (left) - “Wonderful World of Agates”...mineral specimens from the Montreal Mine (Iron County, Wisconsin). Most of the specimens came from the...An unusual specimen from the Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, Wisconsin) is a sheet copper (figure 6). One of |  | | Report (volume) | | Pegmatites of the Middletown Area Connecticut GEOLOGICAL SU R V EY BULLETIN This report concerns work...GEOLOGY PEGMATITES OF THE MIDDLETOWN AREA, CONNECTICUT By FREDERICK STUGARD, JR. ABSTRACT The pegmatites...pegmatites of the Middletown area in Connecticut have been mined almost continuously for feldspar and muscovite...morphic and .igneous.rock units in the area near Great Hill. .The pegmatites are composed essentially of perthite...similar to the main part of the body. This type of pegmatite is of limited economic value. About 25 percent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VICINITY TOWN, CONNECTICUT OF MIDDLE- W. G. Fol'e, Wesleyan Unhersity A few of the pegmatite quarries in...prospect-holes opened in Middlesex and adjacent portions of Hartford counties, Connecticut, fourteen may be selected...Wesleyan University (Locality 18, Fig. 1). The Connecticut pegmatite dikes are composed of predominating quartz...found in orthogneiss, the Pelton quarry (Locality 4), east of Collins HilI and within the Glastonbury...beryl has been taken (Locality 9) near the Gillette quarry, south of Haddam Neck. These facts attain greater |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vacnottlte, Smoky Quartz, Herkimer Co. ' 'Dlamonda," Pyrite, Orthoclue, Corundum, Cblutollte, Bartte, Goethlte...1937 . . CONTENTS FOR MAY, 1937 Chips from the Quarry ......................................................................... Minerals of the Strickland Quarry. By Peter Zodac ........................ Wesleyan...Members ............ Some Mineral Localities Near Portland, Conn. .................................... The...Auoc:iatlon 130 ROCKS and MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY (Formerly the Bulletin Board) A NEW LAPIDARY MACHINE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | c u t 06443 Microminerals of Connecticut For a small state, Connecticut offers a goodly array of micromineral...yedlinite. To return to the subject of this article, Connecticut is divid ed geologically into three areas: the...(Altamura 1995). T h e micromineral treasures of Connecticut thus fall into three groups: ( 1 ) metamorphic...on "Hercynite Crystals from the Kimzey Calcite Quarry, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, and Their Distinction from...belt of world-famous peg matites along the Connecticut R i v e r in the Eastern Highlands, and ( 3 ) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS FROM 1 CONNECTICUT HILL By Richard Schooner P. O. Box 215 East Hampton, Conn. Collins Hill, in the...the town of Portland, undoubtedly represents the most remarkably mineralized area, of its size, in southern...southern New England. The hill is not especially large, but several different formtions are present, and...has been done on the giant pegmatite at the summit. The Strickland Quarry is enormous, consisting of...treats it as a northern continuation of the Strickland Quarry. The accompanying map should furnish whatever |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SULFIDES A N D SULPHOSALTS IN PEGMATITE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 A...in granite pegmatite as ga lena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, bismuthinite, pyrite, loellingite...stage minerals in the in terior of the pegmatites. Pyrite, pyrrho tite, loellingite, arsenopyrite, and bismuth...mineralogical curiosities. Most of the sulfides noted in pegmatite are of the common ore minerals most commonly found...deposits. The only economic sulfides recovered from pegmatite are bismuthinite, and molybdenite. Bismuthinite |  | | Book | | CONNECTICUT mmES MINERALS V Tourmaline Crystal from Haddam, Connecticut John Hiller, Jr. Hillers CryctaLShop...- CRYSTALS NOT PISTOLS K c^oi c3— A r CONNECTICUT MINES AND MINERALS published privately l i...Shelton, Connecticut I DEDICATION This book is dedicated to the mineral clubs of Connecticut, Continued...1971, John Hiller, Jr, 3 Peters Lane Shelton, Connecticut II CONTENTS 3. 5, l i 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11...24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Connecticut Mineral Clubs Cleaning and Trimming Oxalic Acid |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu URANI NITE Strickland Quarry, Portland, Connecticut Topsham, Maine etals and metallurgy...8-mm uraninite on matrix from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Connecticut;Bruce Jarnot specimen, Jeff Scovil...from the Number 20 mine near Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Author’s specimen and photo. ...Maine pegmatites, including the Groves quarry, Auburn; Tamminen quarry, Greenwood; Dunton and other quarries...quarries near Rumford; and the well-known Swamp No. 1 quarry occurrence at Topsham where brilliantly lustrous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES Downloaded by [University of Florida] at 10:46 04 August 2017...California; in the Petaca district of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; from the Harney Peak region of South...Reagan mining district, Kern range, White Pine County, Nevada. SULFUR, S, occurs very rarely in pegmatites...New York. GRAPHITE. C, is rather uncommon in pegmatite. In the eastern and southeastern Adirondack region...Yarmouth, and Madrid, Maine. Also at Portland and Haddam Neck, Connecticut, and Native Elements (5) GOLD, Au |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu Muscovite Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California R ocks are made up of minerals. Some...minerals that are great “character actors” are pyrite and members of the feldspar and the mica groups...the littleknown locality of Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California. The specimen is 3 × 4 cm and was collected...2.8 cm high, from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. This is typical of the...Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | available, we suggested that these represented pyrite overgrowths on tabular twins of marcasite whose...crystals are pyrite octahedra with severe distortion. Only the X-ray powder pattern of pyrite was observed...octahedral pyrite crystal with mi nor cube and pyritohedral faces. Right: Tabular pyrite crys tal from...pyritohedral faces as growth proceeded outward. Tabular pyrite crystals are not particularly rare; how ever,...K E QUADRANGLE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . V. H. Collins and J. S. Collins, R . D . 1, Old Trail Road |  | | Report (issue) | | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Connecticut ......... 6 Table 3 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Connecticut...................................11 Figure 4...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...1969; Ui radioactivity is 5 to 7 times background. Hill copper mine. RM 1968. Source ol informal Phyllite...occurrences 1n non-sedimentary rocks of Alabama^ Pegmatite Columbite, cyrtolite, Devonian Country rock is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pennsylvania held a field trip to the Bethlehem Limestone Quarry (a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Co. ) at Bridgeport...fiery heat of the day to dig for minerals. The quarry covers 38 acres and is now 305 feet deep. The accompanying...Pennsylvania field trip to Bethlehem Limestone Quarry, Bridgeport, Pa., July 13, 1958. Photo by Harold...orite from "Cave in Rock" Illinois, for dison the hill overlooking the open pit. The tribution. Needless...Project" was Kieronski, hornblende in feldspar and pyrite; underway. There is great need of "do-itWilliam |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kaminski, Terry (2011), Copper Mines of Houghton County, Michigan, p. 18-20 Painesdale Mine and Shaft,...Schooner, the person who knew more about central Connecticut mineralogy than anyone else of his day, and the...1984 Dear Tony, Last week I got back to the Strickland quarry. On the remains of that old dump, bulldozed...of “Dana’s System” clearly states that the Strickland quarry is a triplite locality, though I’d never before...etc.) must have come from the portion of the pegmatite represented by the dump in question. The triplite |  | | Journal (issue) | | and S. B. Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California................................. 110 by Jack Crowley The Bertrandites of Connecticut................................114 by William...Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina. Found in 1971, this group of crystals...104 The Mineralogical Record FRANK PERHAM Pegmatite Miner, Geologist and Humorist by Pete J. Dunn...pegmatites than most, he is also a dedicated pegmatite miner, a crack diesel engine mechanic, and is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Study of the Pegmatites of the Middletown Area, Connecticut D. G. BROOKI~S Department of Geology, Kansas...18, 1969 Abstract. The pegmatites of Eastern Connecticut have a mineralogy consistent with a magmatic...geochronologic method. t~b-Sr measurements on early stage pegmatite minerals indicate an age of 258 • 1 m.y. with...Previously reported K-Ar and U, Th-Pb ages for pegmatite minerals are 249• 8 m.y. and 260:[: 3 m.y. respectively...at variable distances from the Sbriekland Quarry pegmatite have remained essentially closed systems with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES DAVID M. SEAMAN American Museum of Natural History, New York...article are for the most part uncommon or rare in pegmatite. Only fluorite, calcite and siderite are at all...mineral in a few pegmatites at Atolia, San Bernardino County, California and also in pegmatites north of the...the most common fluoride mineral occurring in pegmatite. It is often associated with cassiterite, tourmaline...amount in the rare earth type of pegmatite as at Barringer Hill, Llano County, Texas where large masses weighing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Glastonbury, Connecticut The famous old rock dumps of Strickland's Quarry on Collins Hill in Portland, Connecticut...collectors to get nearer to the bottom of the pegmatite pile. Sometimes this prize has been an exceptionally...less visited dumps on Collins Hill. He described a crumbly, weathered pegmatite containing cacoon-like...long before I picked up a good size chunk of the pegmatite. The rock was primarily made up of very pale,...Whiskers magnified 100X. Found in Strickland's Quarry, Portland, Conn. 138 ROCKS AND MINERALS plates created |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARIZONA—"Under separate cover 1 am sending you another Yuma County mineral. Look it over as it is a most interesting...my name in R&M. Was glad to send him some Yuma County specimens. That Novice Column is a very nice gesture...Nov. 18, 1954 (from Peter B. Nalle, 4600 Indian Hill Rd., Riverside, Calif.) :— "I will try to bring...operating in two areas at Crestmore. One is our Jensen Quarry which is about 4ty2 miles from the plant and the...feel the risk is worth the small gain. Our Jensen quarry has always been closed to collectors because we |  | | Journal (issue) | | held to the Wolverine #2 mine, Kearsarge, Houghton County, Michigan. The collecting guides for the 2022 field...13 July 2022. Kyanite from Balsam Gap, Buncombe County, North Carolina Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...Tristan Jordan Feldspar Mining Topsham pegmatite field, Sagadahoc County, Maine Mark Ivan Jacobson 1714 S....objects, is in pegmatites. The Topsham pegmatite field in Sagadahoc county, Maine provided these raw materials...closed in Topsham, quarrying for feldspar ceased. Pegmatite mining in the Topsham field today is for mineral |  | | Report (issue) | | Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...______________________________________ _ Location of pegmatite districts ___________________ _ Previous work...Acknowledgments ______________________________ _ History of pegmatite mining inN ew England _______ _ Mica mining _...deposits _______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic...________________________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ______ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | QUARRIES AND MINERALS OF SOUTH GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT. J. H. Betts, 215 W. 98th St., #2F, New York...locations is an area of old pegmatite quarries in South Glastonbury, Connecticut. This region was exploited...Mid196 ROCKS 81MINERALS dletown-Portland, Connecticut, pegmatite district. They are found in South...Glastonbury, about 5 miles north-northeast of Portland, just east of Route 17. The area is roughly triangular...the Simpson quarry on the south, the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on the north |
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Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA