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Bernstein, Lawrence R. (1980) Minerals of the Washington, D.C. Area - Issue 5 of Educational series, Maryland Geological Survey. Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Geological Survey. p.1-148.

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Book TitleMinerals of the Washington, D.C. Area - Issue 5 of Educational series, Maryland Geological Survey
AuthorsBernstein, Lawrence R.Author
Year1980
Page(s)1-148
PublisherDepartment of Natural Resources, Maryland Geological Survey
Original EntryBernstein, Lawrence R. (1980) Minerals of the Washington, D.C. area. Maryland Geological Survey Educational Series 5, 148 pages.
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Full ReferenceBernstein, Lawrence R. (1980) Minerals of the Washington, D.C. Area - Issue 5 of Educational series, Maryland Geological Survey. Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Geological Survey. p.1-148.
Plain TextBernstein, Lawrence R. (1980) Minerals of the Washington, D.C. Area - Issue 5 of Educational series, Maryland Geological Survey. Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Geological Survey. p.1-148.

Map of Localities

Locality Pages

LocalityCitation Details
46th street roadcut, NW Washington, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), USA
Rock Creek Park, NW Washington, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), USA
Gneiss outcrop, Rock Creek Park, NW Washington, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), USA
Piney branch, Rock Creek park, NW Washington, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), USA
Maryland, USA
Cape Sable, Magothy River, Arnold, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Greenbury Point, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Hanover, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Pinehurst, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Blue Mount Quarry, Blue Mount, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Delight Quarry (Soldier's Delight Quarry; Dyer Quarry), Soldiers' Delight ridge, Delight, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Marriottsville Quarry, Hernwood, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Unnamed Chalcedony occurrence [1], Holbrook, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Weir Mine, Holbrook, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Bok Asbestos Mine, Hollofield, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Marriottsville flagstone Quarries, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Choate Mine, Owings Mills, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
McMahon Quarry (Greenspring Quarry), Pikesville, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Bluegrass Company Quarry (H.T. Campbell Quarry; Campbell Quarry), Texas, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Carroll County, Maryland, USA
Mineral Hill Mine, Louisville, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
Marriottsville Talc Quarries, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
Springfield Mine (Mr. Tysons Mine; Sykesville Mine), Sykesville, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
Farmers Cooperative Limestone Quarry, New London, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Point of Rocks bank, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Howard County, Maryland, USA
Unnamed Quarry, Atholton, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Brighton Dam Road Quarry (Howard-Montgomery Quarry), Howard County, Maryland, USA
Carrolls Mill, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Clarksville, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Cockeysville Marble occurrence, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Columbia area, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Forsythe Mine, Cooksville, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Unnamed Quarry, Daniels, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Frost Quarry, Davis, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Cooper Run, Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Glenelg, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Mount Saint Clement College Quarry, Ilchester, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Pine Orchard, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Rice Ore Bank (Rice Magnetite Mine), Howard County, Maryland, USA
Savage Gabbro Quarry, Savage, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Ben Murphy Mica Mine, Scaggsville, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Patuxent River Bridge, Route 29, Scaggsville, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Maryland Mica Company Mine, Simpsonville, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Parlet Prospect, Simpsonville, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Tunnel Feldspar Mine, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Woodstock, Howard County, Maryland, USA
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Aspen Hill, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Unnamed Copper occurrence, Barnesville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Bethesda Mine (Miller Mine), Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Black Hills Gold Mine, Boyds, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Burtonsville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Dickerson Trap Rock Quarries, Dickerson, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Ednor Steatite Locality, Ednor, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Ellicott Gold Mine (Sandy Spring Mine; Brookeville Mine), Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Shaft #1, Ford Mine, Potomac, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Shaft #2, Ford Mine, Potomac, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Lamberton Branch locality, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Kensington Mica Mine (Gilmore Mine; B. H. Warner Mine), Wheaton, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Prince Georges County, Maryland, USA
Fort Foote Village, Prince Georges County, Maryland, USA
Fort Washington, Prince Georges County, Maryland, USA
Theodora Mine, Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Sterling Copper Occurrence, Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

Mineral Occurrences

LocalityMineral(s)
46th street roadcut, NW Washington, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), USAβ“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Steatite, β“˜ Talc
Rock Creek Park, NW Washington, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), USAβ“˜ Almandine
Bingham branch, Rock Creek Park, NW Washington, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), USAβ“˜ Biotite, β“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Staurolite
Gneiss outcrop, Rock Creek Park, NW Washington, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), USAβ“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Staurolite
Piney branch, Rock Creek park, NW Washington, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), USAβ“˜ Granite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Rutile, β“˜ Titanite
Cape Sable, Magothy River, Arnold, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Alum Group, β“˜ Melanterite
Greenbury Point, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Vivianite
Hanover, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Hematite, β“˜ Marcasite, β“˜ Siderite
Pinehurst, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Hematite, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Marcasite
Hunt Valley Mall outcrop, Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Almandine
Delight Quarry (Soldier's Delight Quarry; Dyer Quarry), Soldiers' Delight ridge, Delight, Baltimore County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Antigorite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Chromite, β“˜ Chrysotile, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Lizardite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Rutile
Marriottsville Quarry, Hernwood, Baltimore County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Apatite, β“˜ Biotite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Chalcopyrite, β“˜ Diopside, β“˜ Dolomite, β“˜ Dravite, β“˜ Graphite, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Microcline, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Phlogopite, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Pyrrhotite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Rutile, β“˜ Schorl, β“˜ Talc, β“˜ Tremolite
Triplett Placer, Holbrook, Baltimore County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Chromite
Weir Mine, Holbrook, Baltimore County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Chalcedony, β“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Chromite, β“˜ Quartz
Marriottsville flagstone Quarries, Baltimore County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Schorl
McMahon Quarry (Greenspring Quarry), Pikesville, Baltimore County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Biotite, β“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Clinozoisite, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Phlogopite, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Pyrrhotite, β“˜ Schorl, β“˜ Tremolite, β“˜ Wernerite
Bluegrass Company Quarry (H.T. Campbell Quarry; Campbell Quarry), Texas, Baltimore County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Apatite, β“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Diopside, β“˜ Galena, β“˜ Graphite, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Margarite, β“˜ Microcline, β“˜ Molybdenite, β“˜ Serpentine Subgroup, β“˜ Talc
Farmers Cooperative Limestone Quarry, New London, Frederick County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Aurichalcite
Point of Rocks bank, Frederick County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Quartz
Brighton Dam Road Quarry (Howard-Montgomery Quarry), Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Biotite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Chalcopyrite, β“˜ Dolomite, β“˜ Dravite, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Mackinawite, β“˜ Malachite, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Phlogopite, β“˜ Plagioclase, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Pyrrhotite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Rutile, β“˜ Scapolite, β“˜ Talc, β“˜ Tremolite
Clarksville, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Smoky Quartz
Cockeysville Marble occurrence, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Phlogopite, β“˜ Talc, β“˜ Tremolite, β“˜ Vermiculite
Columbia area, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Amethyst, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Rock Crystal, β“˜ Rutilated Quartz, β“˜ Smoky Quartz
Forsythe Mine, Cooksville, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Limonite
Unnamed Quarry, Daniels, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Actinolite, β“˜ Anthophyllite, β“˜ Rutile
Frost Quarry, Davis, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Grossular, β“˜ Marble
Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Biotite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Chalcopyrite, β“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Fayalite-Forsterite Series, β“˜ Feldspar Group, β“˜ Galena, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Stilbite Subgroup
Cooper Run, Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Nontronite
Glenelg, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Limonite
Mount Saint Clement College Quarry, Ilchester, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Microcline, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Schorl
Pine Orchard, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Autunite
Rice Ore Bank (Rice Magnetite Mine), Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Magnetite
Savage Gabbro Quarry, Savage, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Actinolite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Chlorite Group, Hornblende, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Magnetite, β“˜ Plagioclase, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Pyroxene Group, β“˜ Titanite
Patuxent River Bridge, Route 29, Scaggsville, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Schorl
Parlet Prospect, Simpsonville, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Albite, β“˜ Microcline, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Quartz
Tunnel Feldspar Mine, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Garnet Group, β“˜ Kyanite, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Staurolite
Woodstock, Howard County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Allanite Group, β“˜ Epidote, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Titanite
Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Rock Crystal
Aspen Hill, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Rock Crystal
Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Schist
Black Hills Gold Mine, Boyds, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Quartz
Burtonsville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Gahnite, β“˜ Spessartine
Cabin John Creek, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Native Gold
Harrison Mine (Potomac), Cropley, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Limonite
Ednor Steatite Locality, Ednor, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Magnesite, β“˜ Magnetite, β“˜ Siderite, β“˜ Talc
Ellicott Gold Mine (Sandy Spring Mine; Brookeville Mine), Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Native Gold
Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Azurite, β“˜ Cuprite, β“˜ Epidote, β“˜ Hematite, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Malachite, β“˜ Native Copper, β“˜ Specularite, β“˜ Talc
Ford Mine, Potomac, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Magnetite, β“˜ Pyrite
Shaft #1, Ford Mine, Potomac, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Goethite, β“˜ Hematite, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Native Gold, β“˜ Pyrite
Maryland Mine (Allen shaft), Potomac, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Hematite, β“˜ Ilmenite, β“˜ Malachite, β“˜ Native Platinum, β“˜ Sphalerite
Rock Creek, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Garnet Group, β“˜ Granite, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Schist, β“˜ Schorl, β“˜ Spessartine
Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Anthophyllite, β“˜ Antigorite, β“˜ Aragonite, β“˜ Azurite, β“˜ Biotite, β“˜ Brochantite, β“˜ Brucite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Chalcedony, β“˜ Chalcopyrite, β“˜ Chromite, β“˜ Chrysocolla, β“˜ Chrysotile, β“˜ Clinochlore, β“˜ Clinozoisite, β“˜ Coalingite, β“˜ Dolomite, β“˜ Epidote, β“˜ Fayalite-Forsterite Series, Grossular-Hibschite Series, β“˜ Hematite, β“˜ Huntite, β“˜ Hydromagnesite, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Lizardite, β“˜ Magnesite, β“˜ Magnetite, β“˜ Native Palladium, β“˜ Native Platinum, β“˜ Opal, β“˜ Prehnite, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Pyrrhotite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Talc, β“˜ Tourmaline, β“˜ Tremolite, β“˜ Vesuvianite, β“˜ Zoisite
Unnamed Talc Prospect, Seneca, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Magnetite
Lamberton Branch locality, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Almandine, β“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Clinozoisite, β“˜ Epidote, β“˜ Galena, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Schorl, β“˜ Staurolite
Kensington Mica Mine (Gilmore Mine; B. H. Warner Mine), Wheaton, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Albite, β“˜ Almandine-Spessartine Series, β“˜ Bertrandite, β“˜ Gahnite, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Microcline, β“˜ Microlite Group, β“˜ Pyrochlore Group, β“˜ Schorl, β“˜ Spessartine, β“˜ Zinnwaldite
Paint Branch, White Oak, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Opal
Fort Washington, Prince Georges County, Maryland, USAβ“˜ Jarosite, β“˜ Limonite


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