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Zircon from
Paradise Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA


Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Paradise Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:236232
Long-form Identifier:1:3:236232:8
GUID (UUID V4):a06a6308-3345-4438-b353-1d9e20852d70
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
1.4km (0.8 miles) Comolli Granite Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Tonella King Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Lovejoy Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
6.0km (3.8 miles) Kittredge Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
6.4km (3.9 miles) Souhegan Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) Tonella Old Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Young Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) Barker Hill Quarry (Rusk Quarry; Townsend Quarry), Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) New Westerly Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz
Book (edition)
LAZULI TURQUOISE GARNET ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • ...SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE WILLEMITE ZIRCON CRYSTALS Crystal forms 5 velopment of one face...which can be traced through have been retained. New gem locations are found every season, and to this...material can be found at that locality; and that new while of dubious merit have been dropped. Appearance...Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, New York, or Tom Robert's Rock the caption. All photographs
Journal (issue)
Minerals 1998: What's New Dan Weinrich www.danweinrich.com China One of the exciting new finds from China...specimens belong. A more recent find involves a new locality for spessartine 1998 California Show at...more than the kids, and hopefully may have started new "collecting families." 2 Mineral News I found...years ago in Denver; the other, about tin size, were new. They were water clear with deep reddish/purplish...Casey Jones (Geoprime Minerals) had stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan
Report (volume)
in Bronx and Westchester Counties, southeastern New York, by Charles A. Baskervi1le....................3. Buddenhagen...........................Hi 1 3. New Paleozoic formations in the northern Kuskokwim Mountains..., and Wi 1 1 iam W. Patton, 3r...........H13 ^. New stratigraphic unit in the Wilcox Group (upper Paleocene-lower...Shride.....................H57 8. Mauzy Formation, a new stratigraphic unit of Permian age in western Kentucky...formations in the Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian) of New York, by William A. Oliver, 3r..................H91
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Woàlâ Menti 04t Minelal ÔccWiïenc&i Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...Rubarite, Inc., a newly formed company which produces a new synthetic rubber product for use in rubberized asphalt...bats remained in "He informed me that there was a new possession until World War II revived in- deposit...more, for I wanted to send R & M a specimen of a new mineral find. "I have made arrangements with the...worthwhile. First we visited the famed Strickland Quarry (near Portland, Conn.) which is being worked presently
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rhodochrosite on sulfides, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, Martin Zinn specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Keweenaw County, Michigan. A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum specimen, John A. Jaszczak photo. Adamite, New Mexico...Preview, R. W. Jones, 60-61 Africa-Earth Science Paradise, L. D. Ashwal, 12-16 African 'Qpe-Minerals: Minerals...African Localities, R. I. Gait, 25-30 Agardite-(Y), New Mexico, 301 Agate, Colorado, 233, 252-68; Michigan...Arsenogoyazite, New Mexico, 301 Art, see Robinson, S. Ashwal, L. D., see Geo-Currents Aurichalcite, New Mexico
Journal (issue)
befriended and mentored over the years. In 1972, we were new to rock collecting in general. and pegmatite collecting...(Continued on next page) Only $30 - postpaid in the USA Available exclusively from: Excalibur Mineral Corporation...included the Crystal !\fountain district in Larimer County. and an astrophyllite locality near St. Peters...countryside. In the second article (Rockhound's Paradise, Colorado), wriuen from 1947-1948. he presents...Ne11s. p. 5-6. Hurianek. J.\V. 2019. Rockhound·s Paradise. Colorado (wri11en 1947-1948). Mineral News. p
Report (volume)
CHIEF COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON................................................ Milford............................................................... The quarry............................................ New Hampshire.....................quarries........................................... Milford..................................................................... Glossary of scientific and quarry terms.................................. 140 140
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 738 THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...___ 89 Waldoboro, Maine____________________ Milford, N. H________________________ Westerly and Charlestown...expansion____^_________________ Geographic distribution of New England granite quarries____ Descriptions of the...___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Punchbowl block, San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA Kevin T. Coffey1,2 , Raymond V. Ingersoll1, and Axel...90095-1567, USA Department of Earth Sciences, El Camino College, Torrance, California 90506, USA Institute...Punchbowl block, San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA: Geosphere, v. 15, no. 2, p. 479–501, https://​doi​...compositions, and dating of detrital and igneous zircon of Oligocene–Miocene strata define two distinct...The older units documented in this study (the Paradise Springs and Vasquez formations; Fig. 2) have been
Book (edition)
fill - -~- ·- I A : I ♦ • ROCKBOUND'S . PARADISE I Bancroft and Region l Old Mines Quarries Outcrops...Congress. Ottawa.1972. A Rockhound'8 Paradise I A Roclchound's Paradise I is a compilation of old mining...Rocklwund's Paradise 11 - Rock and Mineral Collecting in the MCUU)c Area A Rockhound's Paradise III - Rock...Rocklwund's Paradise- Central Ontario (compilation book) ISBN 0-9697323-2-5 AROCKHOUND'S PARADISE - BANCROFT...explore the hilly backroads and often come across a quarry or a roadcut, stop and investigate it, and bring
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...collector of gem minerals RUSSELL P. Thomas NEW YORK MACFALL Y. Crowell Company / ESTABLISHED...Shop and Herbert Grand Girard, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ken Kyte of Covington, Louisiana, Merton...Indiana, George E. Lambert of Wappingers Falls. New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington...intersect at right angles. The crystals, such as zircon, commonly have a square cross-section. The hexagonal
Book (edition)
channels of trade, transportation and consumption, new utilizations, and recent discoveries, have, to a...most part, have been progressive. In addition to new finds of valuable deposits, many of the occurrences...has therefore seemed advisable to pre sent such new information as may bring the whole subject more nearly...gas fields occur in almost every State except in New England and a few Southern States, but the discoveries...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
state of Maine is one of the mineral collector's paradise in the North East. I have collected in this state...state for some 35 years. Since moving to New Hampshire 21 years ago I have become familiar with the area...repeated because many of you are new collectors and many are traveling over a new section of the United States...States never before visited. 1. Mineral Guide to New England— House of Color Gift and Craft Shop, Intervale...thumbnails. Here you may find anything from albite to zircon. This area is noted for its phosphates so that
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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)
...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;...Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico
Report (issue)
31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs... Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph by J. Scovil....Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References 467 Contributors...Descloizite Cuprite on Copper Nevadaite, Gold Quarry Mine Vanadinite, Ruth Mine Epidote Opal after...Humboldt County and the crystalline quartz collecting area on Petersen Mountain in Washoe County, permission
Book (volume)
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...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...minesColumbite, Gold, Silver, etc.; and (2) Old Marble Quarry on the Needles Hwy. 5.5 mi. NEScheelite, and deep
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Edition Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. Crowell New York / Company Established 1834 Copyright ©...West, the broad plains and the verdant hills of New England hold inestimable treasures of living things...doorstep in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous pearls?" citing other notable...the developer's bulldozer obliterates other sites, new ones are discovered. Books and thetic and scientific
Report (volume)
Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
subject, was probably blue sapphire or a modified zircon, Chrysolite which doubtless was Olivine or Peridot...the Book of Exodus. Referring to the vision of the New Jerusalem City as found in the 21st chapter of Revelation...Tourmaline November Topaz December. Turquoise or Zircon CoNecting The collecting of gems must have been...We would like to be able to prospect in such a paradise, but not have to put up with the inconveniences...curator of the American Museum of Natural History of New York, smoky quartz, rose quartz and also clear quality
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEW JERSEY-A ROCKHOUND'S PARADISE New Jersey is not a large state, but within its borders lie many...of the minerals found in New Jersey: Native Elements Graphite—Sussex County Sulfides Sphalerite—Franklin...Phosphates Vivianite—Allentown, Shrewsbury in Monmouth County Silicates Amethyst—Basalt sills Scapolite—Franklin...Apophyllite—Paterson and Bergen Hill, Snake Hill, Bergen County Good Heulandite—Watchung Mountains, Prospect Park...McBride Avenue Quarry Natrolite-Houdaille Quarry, Bound Brook; Snake Hill, Bergen County Mesolite-Many
Report (issue)
3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs... Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph by J. Scovil....Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG 91 121 Gregory...Millerite Mi1netite Naumannite Ncvadaite, Gold Quarry Mine ()pal after wood Opal, faceted Orpin1ent,...Hurnbo ldt County and the crystalline quartz collecting area on Petersen Mounta in in Washoe County, permission
 
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