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โ‡ฑ Granite from Harris Quarry, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


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Harris Quarry, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

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Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Type:Granite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Granite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Harris Quarry, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1322528
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1322528:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Granite
9.9km (6.2 miles) โ“˜William Reed's Quarry, Snake Meadow Hill, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) โ“˜Palmer Quarries, Snake Meadow Hill, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
12.8km (7.9 miles) โ“˜Fletcher's Pond Dam, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) โ“˜Newport Aggregates Quarry, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) โ“˜W. J. Graves Granite Quarry, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
17.3km (10.7 miles) โ“˜Ledge Hill Quarry, Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) โ“˜Old Granite Quarry, Wilmington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
21.0km (13.0 miles) โ“˜Flat Rock Hill Quarry, Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) โ“˜Den Rock, Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
32.7km (20.3 miles) โ“˜Aggregate Industries Quarry, Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Report (issue)
museum specimens. Some mineral aggregates, as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included,...Gardner, Lexington. Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman...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
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Report (issue)
VARIEGATED MARBLE SOUTHEAST OF CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA. By CHARLES BUTTS. About 3ยฃ miles a little...body of marble could be obtained in an open-cut quarry, but ultimately the rock would have to be mined...COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS. By T. NELSON DALE. INTRODUCTION. The granites and granite quarries of Milford...the Survey.1 In June, 1910, the remaining active granite quarries of the State were visited and the results..."granites" here described, as well as the others of Massachusetts described in Bulletin 354, are commercially
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Book (edition)
2005 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued added, was ยฃ30...However, the value of mineral production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect the ultimate value...national economy. The difference between the ex-quarry price and the delivered ptice of a tnineral can...goven1n1ent (counties and districts), MPAs are the county councils and National Park Authorities. In Scotland...Belfast, although duยทectory entries are shown by county to give an indication of geographical variations
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.......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................specimens. Some mineral aggregates, such as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included because...Gardner, Lexington. Louisiana____Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. F. V. Emerson, Baton Rouge. Maine______...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;
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Report (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Massachusetts ....... 34 Table 7 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of eastern Massachusetts.........................36 Figure 9. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of western Massachusetts.........................37 Figure 10. Uranium...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...gummite, pegmatite amphibolite which is cut by granite phosphuranylite, dikes. Age of the pegmatite is
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Report (issue)
SURVEY No. 116 A GEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY OF MASSACHUSETTS LIBRARY CATALOGUE SLIPS. United States. Department...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Massachusetts | hy | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Massachusetts | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Massachusetts | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...topographer. XXIII. Geology of the Green Mountains in Massachusetts, by Raphael Pnnipelly, J. E. Wolff, and T. Nelson
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Book (edition)
2003 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued added, was ยฃ25...However, the value of 1nineral production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect the ultiniate value...national econon1y. The difference benveen the ex-quarry price and the delivered price of a n1ineral can...the reader is cautioned against assun1ing that quarry nan1es are unique or inunutable. Where known, alternative...generally nan1ed by a single tem1; the word, ' quarry' is not generally used except as part of the address
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147 N., R. 84 W., 4 km N of Riverdale, McLean County, N. Oak. Named for Aggie Brown Coulee, which flows...NW1/4NW1/4SW1/4SW1/4 sec. 17, T. 85 N., R. 7 W., Linn County, Iowa. A-L Peak Rhyolite Oligocene 1. New Mexico...structures in the San Mateo Mountains, Socorro County, New Mexico: New Mexico Geol. Soc. Spec. Pub. 5...Mountains, 10. sees. 33-35, T. 4 S., R. 6 W., Socorro County, N.Mex. Anapra Sandstone 1. Early Cretaceous 2...6. 7. 9. 10. at Cerro de Cristo Rey, Dofta Ana County, New Mexico, Appendix 2 in Lovejoy, E. M. P., Geology
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irrespective of depth, were brought under general quarry law. This List, however, generally excludes quarries...address of the o,vner, the name and situation of the quarry, minerals worked, the name of agent, manager, etc...irrespective of depth, were brought under general quarry law. This List, however, generally excludes quarries...address of the owner, the name and situation of the quarry, minerals worked, the nan1e of agent, manager,...much of the County as is not included in No. 2 Divi;;ion) Cheshire, tba t pad of the County of Stafford
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Report (Issue volume)
NAME Nrune Postal Address Occupier; OF QUARRY; Situation of Quarry; l![NER!.LS i,10RKED ; ! of Owne:-...SCNS, Builders and Contra.et ors, 1-lansion Lane Quarry, Harrold, Beds, MANSION L.INE; Harrold , Beds;...CHALK; Great Wil bra.ham; Chalk - .Accountants, County Hall , Hobson Street , Ce.mbridge. 18. GREEN,...Bugle; Chinn Clay 5, .ANDREW, o. vr . & srn, Granite Works, Peffi'YU, Cornwall. LOWER SPARGO DOVtNS;...Bo&nin, Cornv1all, TREGILDRANS; Trelill; BODMCN GRANITE CO. ( 1923), LTD., 2, Eastwood Road, Penryn, Cornwall
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Book (edition)
Gaswells. h-ont cover Operations at Shap Beck Quarry, Hanson Aggregates, North.em Region. ยฉ D Cameron...Ji'igures 1 An extract from Hunt's 1858 listing of Quarry Re turns 2 lJnited Kingdom production of n1inerals...2008 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued addec~ was ยฃ41...However, the value of nlineral production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect the ultin1ate value...the reader is cautioned against assunling that quarry naines are unique or iinnrntable. Where known,
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'^ m GRANITE O NEi^BURiPORT 1 DRACUr Oj P LUTON CAPE ANN PEA BODY GRANITE GRANITE ca9/ I...DIORITE ANDOVER ...Department of Geology Boston University Boston, Massachusetts 02215 to; PREFACE In 1966, John Rodgers...Davis in the Connecticut Valley of western Massachusetts, and gradually extended itself. oo over New...Brown University The Foxboro Co., Foxborough, Massachusetts Geography, University of Toronto U. S. G, S
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cover Operations in the Welton Chalk at Melton Ross Quarry, Singleton Birch Ltd., near Brigg, North Lincolnshire...Figures 1 An extract from Huntโ€™s 1858 listing of Quarry Returns 2 Current distribution of BRITPITS database...Natural Gas Oil Peat Potash Pulverised Fuel Ash Quarry Waste Salt Sand Sand & Gravel Sandstone Schist...its use can be obtained from the BGS. The first quarry list produced by the BGS and its predecessors was...Where he could, Hunt gave the โ€˜Prices of Stone at Quarryโ€™. Occasional footnotes give colours and other information
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Report (issue)
locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity...place, feature, or area lies in more than one county, the county listed is the one in which the center of...in the case of a stream, valley, or arroyo, the county listed is the one in which the mouth of the feature
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SOURCES OF AGGREGATE THE sources are given under county headings, with all the counties of England, Wales...Scotland in one alphabetical list. Within each county the crushed rock quarries, gravel pits and slagworks...address of owner or occupier Name and situation of quarry, pit or works Type or types of rock, gravel or...Norite Peridotite Picrite Serpentine Granite group Gneiss Granite Granodiorite Granulite Pegmatite Quartz-diorite...group (D) Gabbro group (P) Porphyry group (G) Granite group (Q) Quartzite group (S) Gritstone group (M)
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Graphics Ltd, Derby Cover illustration Cloud Hill Quarry, Leicestershire, excavated in steeply dipping Carboniferous...minerals produced in Britain, on an ex-mine or quarry basis, the total value is estimated at ยฃ21 796...minerals. The value of minerals production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect their ultimate value...national economy. The difference between the ex-quarry price of a mineral and its delivered price can... the reader is cautioned against assuming that quarry names are unique or immutable. Where known, alternative
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Report (volume)
Walkden Road, โ€ขw. Roborts,._;37, Birley of tho County '1.11 Is not Street, Manchester, 2. โ€ขp_ S. L~ "l3eecb...B. llrown, c/oMrs. J.A. Bloor, "Delmas," of the County of Stafford CBlackfrlar.; 2660.) Manchester. Neltns... L. Evans,.!, Kelvin Division, compri.aing the County oC Monmouth1 part of the Counties or Glamorgan...W. Morrow, 16, Heath Ro~ Ifa1ยทrow-outhe- ill, Middlesex. J. Evans, 467, llelchei:s :to.ne, Littlo Bromwich...were worked dur~ng the Years 1932, 1933 or 1934. * Quarry not worked during the year 1934. t Worked occasionally
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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
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Report (issue)
.......................................105 Massachusetts ..............................................Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Districts in California...of the recorded production. Talc deposits in Massachusetts are mostly located in a north-trending belt...metasedimentary rocks continuous with that in Massachusetts; some are in Middle Proterozoic gneiss. They...anthophyllite (Balmat, New York (180-183), and Dalton, Massachusetts (147)). Talc locally replaces tremolite-actinolite
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Annandale, enjoyed a Field Trip to the Harris Mica Mine in Hanover County. A beautiful clear moonstone is found...bound volume of a complete set of maps of every county of Virginia. A slide program narrated by Dick May...Montgomery County, Wheaton. The Blue Ball Stone Company Quarry and the Ivan Martin Stone Quarry were the...Society. Minerals to be found at the Blue Ball quarry are to mention a few: pyrite, calcite, fluorite...that means complying immediately to requests by quarry officials to move away from dangerous spots or
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Editor has not received a copy. CONNECTICUT The Middlesex County Mineral Club, Moodus, plan a field trip to...discussing the mineralogy and geology of the Cedar Hill Quarry. DELAWARE The Delaware Mineralogical Society,...field trip to the classic location, Kibblehouse Quarry in Pennsylvania for Zeolites. FLORIDA Arizona and...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, viewed one of the Federation Slide Programs...do a creditable job of carving gemstones." MASSACHUSETTS The Nashoba Valley Mineralogical Society, Westford
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Report (issue)
formations in western Connecticut and western Massachusetts by Rolfe S. Stanley .................... AI23...the Cobble Mountain Formation in southwestern Massachusetts, and north-central Connecticut, by Rolfe S....Volcanics in southeastern Vermont and north-central Massachusetts, by Newell J. Trask ..........................eastern Connecticut and adjacent Rhode Island and Massachusetts showing structural features...................units in southeastern Connecticut, eastern Massachusetts, and northern Rhode island ................
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______ PABT I. Scientific discussion_______ _ Granite proper______________________ General features____...examples_________________ Fluidal cavities in granite gneiss.________ Fluidal cavities in small dikes...Colors______________________________ 80 Olive-green granite ___________________ 81 Minerals on joint fac... Physical properties _ Textbook references on granite and " black granites " PAI*T II. Economic discussion_...discussion_ General features________~ __ Tests of granite _ Chemical analysis Determination of CaCOs Test
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MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~ยทยท . \. 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
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MUSEUM, Harmondsworth, Middlesex. September, 1960. Exhibition Road, South Kensington...SOURCES OF AGG R EGA TE THE sources are given under county headings, with all the counties of England, Wales...Scotland in one alphabetical list. Within each county the crushed rock quarries, gravel pits and slagworks...address of owner or occupier Name and situation of quarry, pit or works Type or types of rock, gravel or...Norite Peridotite Picrite Serpentine Granite group Gneiss Granite Granodiorite Granulite Pegmatite Quartz-diorite
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