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Graphite from
Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Graphite
Formula:C
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:244837
Long-form Identifier:1:3:244837:4
GUID (UUID V4):e9fcc6a8-fc29-4da4-a875-2952ca8757bc
Nearest other occurrences of Graphite
62.0km (38.5 miles) Sky Farm, Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
62.5km (38.8 miles) Piper graphite mine (Piper black-lead mine), Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
69.4km (43.1 miles) Mine Mountain, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
69.6km (43.3 miles) Mine Mountain graphite prospect, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
82.5km (51.3 miles) Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
84.0km (52.2 miles) Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
87.4km (54.3 miles) Reynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
88.4km (54.9 miles) Waterbury Road quarry, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
91.3km (56.8 miles) Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
92.2km (57.3 miles) Sturbridge Graphite Mine (Tantiusques Mine; Winthrop Lead Mine), Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
WALCOTT, DIRECTOR THE GEOLOGY EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY BENJAMIN KENDALL EMERSON WASHINGTON................................................ Hinsdale anticline ......................................description .................................. 23 Hinsdale limestone................................................. Hinsdale gneiss............................................. 47 47 Hinsdale limestone ................................................ Berkshire schist .'......................... ..........
Report (issue)
SURVEY GEOLOGY OF THE WINDSOR QUADRANGELE, MASSACHUSETTS Stephen Alien Norton This report is preliminary...Rocks General Statement Stamford Granite Gneiss Hinsdale Gneiss General Statement Petrology Correlation...Formation General Statement Petrology Thickness Age Berkshire Schist General Statement Schist and Phy11ite Black...Ornamental Stone Lime Glass Sand Crushed Quartzite Graphite Sand and Gravel 19^ 195 195 195 196 197 Chapter...to recent geologic mapping in northwestern Massachusetts, southern Vermont, and southwestern New Hampshire
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON................................................ Hinsdale gneiss.............................................................................. Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts............................................
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
published Emerson's bulletin on the "Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island." One of the most notable advances...as the Franklin limestone, Pochuck gneiss, and graphite schists, all of sedimentary origin. The Byram...Schist of the Doe Run and Avondale Region, Chester County, Pennsylvania," U.S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Paper 98...Emerson3recognizestwo belts of pre-Cambrianrocks in Massachusetts, a western belt forming the backbone of the...and Essex counties, Massachusetts. The oldest rock in the western belt is the Hinsdale gneiss, a coarse
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chondrodite TILLY FOSTER MINE, BREWSTER AREA PUTNAM COUNTY, NEW YORK F ew minerals are commonly or uniquely...specimens from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, can be seen in many American and foreign...at Coles Brook in Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It is also known from the Bolton or Whitcomb...Whitcomb quarry at Bolton, Worcester County, where it occurs in densely packed, yellowbrown, rounded crystals...Barrington, Hinsdale, and Lee, Berkshire County; and at Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It is
Report (volume)
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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
banded character, the widespread occurrence of graphite, and the fact that the gneisses associated with...or segregated in lumps. The these phlogopite, graphite, pyroxene, and tourmaline are most common. limestone...description of each of the rocks of Essex county, Massachusetts. These comprise plutonic rocks, volcanic...the geology of the Green Mountain region in Massachusetts. The Algonkian rocks comprise the Washington...Tyringham gneiss, East Lee gneiss, Hinsdale limestone, and Hinsdale gneiss. 1The Titaniferous Iron Ores
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Western Grove,in the N.E. section of Newton County. All these are in N . W . Arkansas. "It happened...a very large and interesting one from Lawrence County, Arkansas." CALIFORNIA—Emmett Klopfenstein, Box...patches of impure reddish hematite occur in Lincoln County, Kansas, near Juniata. KENTUCKY — Sandstone containing...Chesapeake Bay (near Deale), Anne Arundel Co., Md. MASSACHUSETTS—"I wonder if you still collect locality specimens...an old abandoned locality. H.E. Miller, Hinsdale (Berkshire Co.), Mass., reports finding in that town
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND ON CONTACT PHENOMENA LIMESTONE IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS PENTTI ESKOLA Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie...INTRODUCTION The eastern part of Berkshire County in western Massachusetts is underlain by a vast area of...granite gneiss.' 'B. K. Emerson, "Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island," U.S. Geol. Surv., Bull. 597...Hampshire County, Mass.," U.S. Geol. Surv., Mon. 29 (I898), and "The Geology of Eastern Berkshire County, Mass...Station in Becket, in Washington and Peru, in Hinsdale, and in the valleys of East Lee, Tyringham, and
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Report (volume)
Diller.... The economic geology of Carson camp, Hinsdale County, Colo., by E. S. Larsen......................Metalliferous ore deposits near the Burro Mountains, Grant County, N. Mex., by Sidney Paige........................stone: Variegated marble southeast of Calera, Shelby County, Ala., by Charles Butts..........................Supplementary notes on the commercial granites of Massachusetts, by T. N. Dale......................................... 291 Clays: Clay near Calhan, El Paso County, Colo., by G. B. Richardson....... 293 Clay resources
Report (issue)
............................................. Graphite ................................................50 Clays 50 Coal 52 Fluorspar 52 Gold ..'. 53 Graphite .... 53 Gypsum 54 Iron 55 Limestone 55 Manganese...DEPOSITS OP NORTHWESTERN COLORADO BARITE GRAND COUNTY Barite is reported as occurring on the Vasquez...River,1 a left branch of the Frazer River, in Grand County. N o attempt has been made to ship barite from...from this locality. BUILDING S T O N E ROUTT COUNTY Sandstone.—A creamy-white to pink sandstone has been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology and Geography,University of Massachusetts,Amherst, Massachusetts01003, U.S.A. Prrnn J...metamorphic and plutonic rocks. To the west in the Hinsdale area,folds in Monadnock sequencestratigraphy are...and structural evidence from the Monadnock and Hinsdale areas provides the key for reevaluation of the...and overturned gneiss domes in west-central Massachusetts. Metamorphic studies show different P-Tpaths...Formation, dominated by metamorphosed black shales,now graphite-pyrrhotite schists,with subordinate layersand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen and photo. Downloaded by...tall, Middle Moat Mountain, North Conway, Carroll County. Canadian Museum of Nature specimen, Jeff Scovil
Book (edition)
CongresS; J / in the year 1834, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Commonwealth in the Clerk's Office of the ...Secretary of the of said i ; District of Massachusetts. by Edward D. Bangs, in the name and District...Excellency, John davis, Esq. Governor of Massachusetts. I HAVE the honor to present you with the second...the 3d of March , 1830, the Legislature of Massachusetts passed a Resolve, authorizing and requesting...Antiquarian Society at Worcester; One copy to the Massachusetts Historical Society One copy to the Boston Society
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
community of Talucah near Vahlermoso Springs, in Morgan County, north Alabama. A large portion of this cave had...MINERALS, July-August, 1955, pages 351 to 358). Graphite, long known from the Bolton Schist at the Strickland...in Kentucky last summer. On Red River in Wolfe County, Ky., about 18 miles from Pine Ridge on Route 15...221, Union, N.J. MASSACHUSETTS—Has anyone heard of a natural bridge in Massachusetts ? We didn't until...limestone. Marble — Natural Bridge, North Adams, Berkshire Co., Mass."—on label. She sent us, also, a short
Report (issue)
San Juan National Forest, Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezuma, Rio Grande, San...inductively coupled plasma method.........5 Gold by graphite furnace atomic absorption...........5 Uranium...San Juan National Forest, Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezuma, Rio Grande, San...San Juan National Forest, Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezuma, Rio Grande, San...San Juan National Forest, Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezuma, Rio Grande, San
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
l them transplanted place, ing. Dr. Saml. J. Hinsdale, of that 'fhis oil is now being clarified with...can be bought there very cheap. I presume Dr. Hinsdale wells and indeed of all Ohio wells within my knowledge...of piston rod, 111-, and the cT ank, n, in Polk county, near the upper water" of the Saluda River. But...moderate heat until perfectly noise. In Haywood county there is a singular split in the top of a mountain...and even competes with Germany, by importing the graphite from Ceylon. In 1862,2,084 tons of plumbago were
Report (volume)
FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN KENDALL EMEKSON WASHINGTON G 0 V...within the area of the three river counties in Massachusetts. Each citation from the original documents is...the eastern border of the area find in AVorcester County. TRIASSIC. The Suf/ar Loaf arko*e, or feldspathitf...I'RK-CAMHRIAN. Washington gneiss. Lee gneiss. Hinsdale. limestone. Monson and ham gneiss. Pel- LEXICON...Chesterfield." C. Dewey : Geol. and Min. of part of Massachusetts; Am. Jour. Sci., 1st series, Vol. VIIT, p. 43
Report (issue)
^he Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts A. The Pre-Silurian Geology of the Rowe-Hawley Zone B. Stratigraphy...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-A-D The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor A. The Pre-Silurian...Jr. and Rolfe S. Stanley [etc.] 1. Geology Massachusetts. I. Hatch, Norman L. II. Series: Geological...a companion to the bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts (Zen and others, 1983; hereafter referred to... Geological Survey and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which was begun in 1938. They also include
Report (issue)
FOE FLUX IN THE VICINITY OF MONTEVALLO, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA. By CHARLES BUTTS. The Ketona dolomite...be is undetermined. DOLMITE FOE FLUX IN SHELBY COUNTY, ALA. 527 Besides the area of Ketona along Shoal...Ketona. GRAPHITE NEAE DILLON, MONTANA. By ALEXANDER N. WINCHELL. INTRODUCTION. Imports of graphite into...total production of both natural and artificial graphite is included. It is evident, therefore, that a...and a wider knowledge of all natural supplies of graphite in this country are desirable. In the southern
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 53 Geology of Questa Quadrangle, Taos County, New Mexico BY PHILIP F. McKINLAY Geology and.............................................. 5 Graphite-mica gneiss ...................................."Geology of Costilla and Latir Peak quadrangles, Taos County, New Mexico," issued as Bulletin 42 of the State...quadrangle is in the north-central part of Taos County, between latitudes 86°30' and 36°45' and longitudes...occur along microscopic shear planes. Layers of graphite-mica gneiss and sillimanite-biotite gneiss locally
Report (issue)
Geology of Costilla and Latir Peak Quadrangles, Taos County, New Mexico BY PHILIP F. McKINLAY Geology and ore...Peak quadrangles, is in the northern part of Taos County, New Mexico, between latitudes 36°45' and 37°00'...Peak quadrangles are in the northeast part of Taos County, New Mexico, between latitudes 36°45' and 37°00'...that contains varying amounts of fine crystalline graphite is interlaid with the Cabresto (?) quartzite south...foliation, are scattered throughout the outcrops. The graphite gneiss was not found exposed east of Latir Peak
 
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