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| 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............. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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...ASSOOIATIO!II }8 WHOLE No. 70 MINERALS OF THE STRICKLAND QUARRY By PETER ZODAC Editor "Rocks and Minerals" |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| pohwatp@si.edu Muscovite Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California R ocks are made up of minerals. Some...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...localities are the pegmatites around Newry in Oxford County. Newry muscovite crystals in the collection exhibit |
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| 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 |
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| 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...pure magnetite could be explored. Among the minerals found here were micro crystals of magnetite, platy...platy magnetite, and Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania field trip to Bethlehem Limestone Quarry, Bridgeport...orite from "Cave in Rock" Illinois, for dison the hill overlooking the open pit. The tribution. Needless |
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| K E QUADRANGLE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . V. H. Collins and J. S. Collins, R . D . 1, Old Trail Road...Schaller, W. T . 1932. Serendibite from War ren County, New York and its paragenesis. Amer. Min. 17:457-465...R I T E IN T H E LOCKPORT FORMATION I N MADISON COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . W. P. Dossert and S. C. Chamberlain...following phase 4, the hematite was altered to magnetite and exposed crystals subsequently al tered to...hematite formation with subsequent alteration to magnetite. This is likely to be the result of intermittent |
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| 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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| 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 ______ |
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| 1957 at 8:20 P.M. at «5-01 118th Street, Richmond Hill, N . Y. There were 45 members and guests present...Cambria Heights 11, N . Y. LA 5-1380 . . Fulton County Mineral Club March 25th Meeting Our under 16 year...Reporter 368 Bleecker St. Gloversville, N . Y. Middlesex County Mineral Club On the evening of February 12th...12th, 1957, the first regular meeting of the Middlesex County Mineral Club was held at the Moodus Library...called the Middlesex County Mineral Club. Though not restricted to inhabitants of that county, most of |
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| 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 |
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| Institute of Mineralogy dba Mindat.org 1113 Cambridge Hill Lane, Keswick, VA 22947 info@hudsonmineralogy.org...full year (12 color issues) is just $35.00 in the USA. Mineral News 1885 Seminole Trail—Ste 202—Charlottesville...are located near the town of Corona in Lincoln County. Since 1881, the area has seen sporadic mining...buyer may be a Col. Griffin of Santa Fe (Lincoln County Leader, September 1, 1883), but the collection’s...wrote the following description in the Lincoln County Leader, Aug. 11,1883: Vol. 39 No. 9 September |
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| DISTRICT (CONNECTICUT) J. de BOER Department of Geology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 0645...0645 7, USA and D.G. BROOKINS Department o f Geology, University o f New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico...Mexico 87106, USA Received 19 January 1972 Revised version received 5 April 1972 Presently available paleomagnetic...occurrence of radiometrically dated pegmatites in Connecticut with sufficient magnetic mineral contents provided...in the crystalline highlands near Middletown, Connecticut. Their petrology and geologic setting have been |
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| the Dayton Road District SOUTH GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT JOHN H. BETTS 215 West 98 Street, Apt. 2F New...promising forgotten locations in Connecticut is an area of old pegmatite quarries in South Glastonbury....article are the northernmost in the Middletown-Portland pegmatite district (fig. 1). They are in South Glastonbury...miles north-northeast of Portland, Connecticut, just north of the Portland-South Glastonbury town line...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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| They are sometimes found in town libraries or county buildings. Occasionally club members in a community...Artifacts Society, Rock Hill, scheduled a trip to the smoky quartz 10eation near Liberty Hill. RHODE ISLAND A...MillROCKS AND MINERALS eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fallsington, when they travelled there for corundum...attended by 209 collectors who showed up at the Eureka Quarry. Specimens found were smoky quartz crystals, calcite...at one of their meetings. NEW YORK The ROckland County Mineral and Gem Society, Suffern, enjoyed an informative |
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| are interesting specimens. Centreville is in Bibb County, in the central part of Alabama. Near Odenville...community of about 1,200 in southeastern Pinal County which probably will become a ghost town when the...Development Company shuts down its lead-zinc mine (on hill at left). Company officials say development of the...Valley Blvd., Castro Valley, Calif.—black drusy magnetite xls on dark grayish-green chlorite schist; also...some are a mesh of tiny slender xls. Both the magnetite and diopside were found in the vicinity of the |
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| 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 |
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| e~te,,/,d /o,t MfM!, l9J/.I CHIPS FROM TIIE QUARRY ........................................................................ 161 THE ANDREWS QUARRY NEAR PORTLAND, CONN. By Peter Zodac ..................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONNECTICUT VALLEY MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . ...edge of the valley is Park Avenue, while Hudson County Boulevard East occupies the east side of the valley...spanning Park Avenue and another crossing Hudson County Boulevard East. This latter bridge carries the |
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| fairly nice specimens in an old road bed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, Ala....during the period when the locality was active." CONNECTICUT — The following item, dated Jan. 14, 1957, comes...another mineral has come to light at Collins Hill (near Portland, Middlesex Co.), Conn, (see my article in...near the old HaleWalker Quarry —perhaps a third of a mile from the Strickland Quarry. Chalcopyrite is disseminated...through such epidote at several other places in Portland and Glastonbury, and malachite is usually present |
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| miles long extending from Coosa County thru Talladega and into Calhoun County. Most of the distance it is...Arizona kaersutite comes from Hoover Dam, Mohave County. A % inch black cube of limonite pseudo after pyrite...goldsilver mines at Silverton, San Juan Co., Colo. CONNECTICUT—The following letter, dated May 30, 1954, comes...found at the Swanson Lithia Mine (Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Conn.). David Seaman (American Museum of...another one for the American Museum, though the quarry has been posted. I intend to discuss the matter |
