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Cassiterite from
Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:554074
Long-form Identifier:1:3:554074:7
GUID (UUID V4):54d50051-0a40-4f7f-8567-b4a69d2537ae
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
7.9km (4.9 miles) Long Hill, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
87.9km (54.6 miles) Chickering Mine, Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
88.3km (54.9 miles) Barrus farm pegmatite localities, Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
92.9km (57.7 miles) Clark Ledge pegmatite locality, Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
99.1km (61.6 miles) Blandford mica mines, Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
DAVID M. SEAMAN Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts PART 1 — ELEMENTS, SULFIDES, SIMPLE OXIDES ...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...sulfide, has been found in the Ben Nevis ville, Union County, Georgia. It has been mine on San Augustin Peak...tains, New Mexico, with argentite in a Randolph County, Alabama; and from a sulfide zone near the center
Journal (issue)
pegmatites in the PiIbara were discovered during a cassiterite mining boom in I 901-5. The brothers Francis...tantalite to the United Kingdom in I 905, labeled as cassiterite thus fortuitously not paying duty on the rare...Tantalite (Continued from page l) Cassiterite was discoYered in the cassiterite-greisen veins associated with...at Mount Cassiterite to the south in I 903. By 1905,a cassiterite boom at Mount Cassiterite and a tantalite...the Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation, Illinois, USA. For ten years afterwards, Fansteel purchased an
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;
Catalog/List
Laranjeiras Mine, Minas Gerias,Brazil Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA ½ x½ £1.50 5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall...Mongolia. P.D.WellNo I , near Ajo, Pima lxl £4 County, Arizona , U.S.A Ribane Mine, Mozambique £8 Mt...NATIVE GOLD in capsule Au Small flakes of gold on CASSITERITE, 731 NATIVE GOLD some with ferberite. Microprobcd...Close, Cobham.Surrey England KT! I 2NL Boron, Kem County,Califomia U.S.A Madagascar Ix! £2 lxl £7. S0...ltaly lxl £5 Boghill Road Quarry, Glengonnley, County Antrim, Yaknl Mine,Bigndic, Turkey 1/,x½ £S ½
Journal (issue)
Maker of Widows'' The l)elamar Gold Mine, Lincoln County, Utah Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com The Delamar...mentioned as a rare species associated with cassiterite at the Stiepelmann Mine, apparently still believed...Mineralogist lists arandisite as "a mixture of cassiterite [varlamoffite] and quartz". The material known...suggested cassiterite, rather than a different phase that had the same XRD pattern as cassiterite and that...that was going to denigrate into cassiterite at some time in its existence? Perhaps this is what other
Book (edition)
abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...etc. In rich masses at Pelham, Hampshire co., Massachusetts, in very broad blades with talc at Chester,...Plat., Malawi, G 10 17 River Formation in Uintah County, Utah. Deer et al., v. 2A,483, 1997. Aenigmatite
Report (issue)
75-9.3) 65°30'-65°31 f N, 167°37 f -167°41'W Cassiterite found in gold miners' sluice boxes below mouth...of course slate is vertical; some of gold and cassiterite probably not recovered from crevices. Chromite...65°31'-65°34'N, 167°41'-167°47'W Traces of cassiterite and a little gold in concentrates from USBM churndrill...colors of gold, tourmaline, pyrite, zircon, and cassiterite. No mining -has been reported. Dike or sill composed...arsenopyrite, fluorite, cassiterite, wolframite, topaz, pyrrhotite, and galena. Cassiterite-bearing greisen in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
consisting of Dr. Carl Francis, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Dr. Marian Lupulescu, New York State Museum;...JoHNBaumitE, SvaBitE, aNd tuRNEauREitE FRom FRaNkliN aNd StERliNG Hill, NEw JERSEy. L. G. Crimmins and J. Rakovan...patterson ave., oxford, oH 45056. The Franklin and Sterling Hill ore deposits are unusual in their wide variety...turneaureite [Ca5(AsO4)3Cl] from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey. The rough chemical composition...FRom pEGmatitES iN tHE wauSau ComplEx, maRatHoN CouNty, wiSCoNSiN. A. U. Falster1, T. W. Buchholz2, and
Journal (issue)
page 5 In this issue … Mineral of the month: Cassiterite ....... p. 2 April program details ............President’s collected thoughts ............ p. 6 Cassiterite Elsmore, New South Wales, Australia Photo: Bob... Mineral of the Month Happy Easter! Cassiterite by Sue Marcus Cassiterite is a simple mineral, isn’t it—simply...references indicate that islands off Spain gave cassiterite its name. (What islands? Anyway, none have tin...Mining History Tin, probably in the form of cassiterite, has been mined since about 2500 BCE. The earliest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
veinlets with molybdite, wolframite, topaz, cassiterite, monazite, pyrite and chalcopyrite (Killefer...white quartz and small amounts of chalcopyrite (Worcester, r9r9). Harvard 104570 Near St. Peters Dome...FRONDEL AND F-RANS E. WICKMAN Rockport, Massachusetts 2Ht 2H, Molybdenite is found in the granites...McKinstry, 1924). Harvard 107870 Chesterfield, Massachusetts. 2Hrl3R-4:7 Molybdenite occurs in a granite... Harvard unnumbered From the 1200' level of Sterling Mine, Franklin, New Jersey. ZHt In this specimen
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...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...typical crystal shape. Goethite, Tintic, Utah, USA * 16.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 om Drusy These minerals have...linarite, Bingham, New Mexico, USA * 9x 75 x 2.cm Arborescent copper, Michigan, USA * 35 x 8 x 1 cm Radiating
Catalog/List
November 1999________ 1 ULEXITE, Boron, California, USA. Matrix free pure mass of tight silky unidirectional...limonite. RF. Ml. £4.00 3 AZURITE, Morenci, Arizona, USA. Pretty pocket of sparkling tiny blue xtls. GRF....00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with fibrous edges or cross section. GRF...£4.00 9 WAVELLITE, County Pit, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA. Pastel apple green radiate...COPPER, White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA. Heavy pure copper vein slab. GRF. C. £6.00 19
1973 _ Photographs by Werner Lieber ^ C0b627 S STERLING PUBLISHING CO., Inc. new york ~7^ee v 4-6^ ...Tennissen. Revised Edition, 1973 Published by Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from...Darwin district, Inyo County, California; also at Antimony Peak, San Benito County, California; and large
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
presence of Mr. Loring Coes of the Norton Company of Worcester, Mass., who held forth on the stimulating topic...development in Tuxedo had removed the location at Sterling Forest from the map. Some nice sunstone was once...told the group to be always on the lookout for cassiterite in the feldspar quarries. He displayed several...specimens so that members would be able to identify cassiterite in feldspar. It was reported that our Vice-President...Mineral and Gem Society at its regular meeting in the County Center on Thursday, Feb. 21st. David M. Seaman
Book (edition)
Boo TES. 1973 Photographs by 05627 oa eS STERLING Cok Tree Press PUBLISHING CO., Inc. Co., Ltd...Adapted by Revised Edition , 1973 Published by Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from...Darwin district, Inyo County, California; also at Antimony Peak, San Benito County, California; and large
Book
be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 cm. Biominerals Crystals formed by biological...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA » 18 x 24 x 8 om 14 MINERALS: PRODUCTS...for cutting other minerals. Calcite, Oklahoma, USA * 10 x 11 x 8 cm Talc, Mpumalanga, South Africa...* 12 x 23 x 3 cm. Quartz, Mount ida, Arkansas, USA * 14 x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...Spain * 19 x 19 x 16 cm Goethite, Tintic, Utah, USA * 16.5 x 3.5 x 2.6 om Drusy These minerals have
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Urals, Soviet Union; the Morefield mine, Amelia County, Virginia; and the Anjanabonoina pegmatite in Madagascar...actual type locality. Associations here in­ clude cassiterite, gem-grade andalusite and small amounts of gold...veins, is abundant in the volcanic rocks whereas cassiterite and bahianite are scarce. Hematite beds exceeding...bahianite over cassiterite made the operation uneconomical and the prospect was abandoned. Cassiterite and gem-grade
Journal (issue)
Lieber Recent Work on the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey................................and his­ toric U. S. Route 1 in Topsfield, Massachusetts. The mineral show is hosted annually by The...growing. It will serve as a model for future non-USA chapters of FM. A membership list has been prepared... Recent Work on the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey1 by David K. Cook Department...University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 The Franklin-Sterling Hill area in Sussex County, New Jersey, never
Journal (issue)
-high specimen is from the DeMaria mine in Placer County, California. (Jeff Scovil Photo/Brett Keller collection)...Wholesale and retail show; Gem Faire Inc.; Lane County Events Center; 796 W. 13th Ave.; Fri. 12-6, Sat...4-6—FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO: Annual show; San Juan County Gem & Mineral Society; Civic Center; 200 W. Arrington;...ONTARIO, CANADA: 3rd Annual Show; Prince Edward County Rock, Gem & Mineral Club; Crystal Palace; Picton...(rules on Web site); contact John Zandarin, 537 County Road 35, RR2, Picton, ON, Canada K0K 2T0, (613)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural Science...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and photo. NovemberDecember:...calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON............................................ Worcester County, Mass.......................................member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................
Catalog/List
Also countersignedTravellers Cheques in Pounds Sterling sent by registeredpost incur no Bank charges.Mosl... AGARDITE-(La). Red Cloud Coppcr Hlne,Lincoln County,~ev ~cxico, U.S.A. (La,Cn) Cu0 (As O~),(OH)•311...Cleavlandite. 65x40x40, (23. 8. AHETHYST.Cataburo County,North Carolina,U.S.A. Oenicourt Collection No.4389...·40x30xl5. [13. ANOERSOHITE.Repete Hine,San Yuan County,Utuh,U.S.A. Ha..,Ca UO._(C0')).-6H Bright yellov-grcen...and GILBERTITE. Megiliggar A pretty specimcn County,Ontario, crystal,mottled 30.nm, [2. consisting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers of this column will...sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners of the cube...pieces are all from the fluorspar district, Hardin County, Illinois. Cincinnati Museum Center specimens,...cubes from Trestia, Transylvania region, Maramures County, Romania, appears to be a complete replacement...anhydrite, gypsum, dolomite, sulfur, millerite, cassiterite, ferberite, and fluorapatite, to name but a few
Journal (issue)
imprisonment for not more than six months in the county jail for any violation of the Act. As it appears...Lizard Mine, San Juan County, Utah, and the Burro Mine, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA Canadian Mineralogist...Lizard mine San Juan County, Utah, and the Burro mine, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA. At both mines, it...perfect bound for just: $35.00 Postpaid in the USA; add $l8for foreign. Excalibur Mineral Corp 1885...34-9:7 Nikischer, Tony: An Odd Willemite from Sterling Hill, Sussex Co., New Jersey, 34-10:10 Nikischer
 
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