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Devil's Den (Devil's Den lime pit), Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USAi
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Devil's Den (Devil's Den lime pit)Quarry (Inactive)
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Devil's Den, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Devil's Den, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Devil's Den Lime Pit- Serpentine

Devil's Den, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Devil's Den (2009)

Devil's Den, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Devil's Den, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Devil's Den Lime Pit- Serpentine

Devil's Den, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Devil's Den (2009)

Devil's Den, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Devil's Den (2015)

Devil's Den, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 46' 50'' North , 70° 52' 35'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
42.78058,-70.87655
GeoHash:
G#: drte75vqb
GRN:
N29W38
Type:
Quarry (Inactive) - last checked 2020
Deposit first discovered:
1697
Köppen climate type:
Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Newburyport17,982 (2017)3.6km
Salisbury4,869 (2017)6.9km
Rowley1,416 (2017)7.1km
West Newbury4,221 (2017)9.5km
Amesbury18,313 (2017)9.7km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
North Shore Rock & Mineral Club of MassachusettsSouth Hamilton, Massachusetts19km
Southeastern New Hampshire Mineral ClubDover, New Hampshire46km
Boston Mineral Club, Inc.Boston, Massachusetts49km
Mindat Locality ID:
22348
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:22348:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


The limestone at this locality (actually an impure metamorphosed magnesian limestone) was discovered by Ensign James Noyes (b. 1657), and worked beginning in 1697 -- the first "lime quarry" in colonial Massachusetts. Before this time, lime used for mortar for construction purposes was derived from oyster and clam shells.

According to De Alcedo et al. (1812): "In a quarry of limestone here is found the asbestos, or incorruptible cotton, as it is sometimes called." The poet, John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), alludes to this asbestos in "The Double-Headed Snake of Newbury" (1859) with the line "Or the gray earth-flax of the Devil's Den."

The name "Devil's Den" originated with local schoolboys who frequented the abandoned quarry beginning long before 1819. The boys would chew the asbestos, which they called rag-stone. (B.P., 1819)

Parker Cleaveland (1780–1858), the famous American geologist and mineralogist, first collected minerals here in 1811. His half-brother, Rev. Dr. John P. Cleaveland (1799-1873), recalls the day: "I well remember the forenoon of a warm day in the first week in June in 1811 when he made his first visit to the Devil's Den in Newbury. ... It had been visited once before by a Professor from Harvard, and once by some Professor from foreign parts; but its riches were reserved for my brother's eye. He returned to my father's house with one or two candle-boxes filled; and my mother's kitchen was at once turned into a laboratory, and the floor strewed with fragments of every variety which the den yielded . . . No miser ever worshipped his money as he did these specimens. Many of them which I helped him reduce and pack up that day have long had a place in French, German, and Russian Cabinets." (Woods, 1860; Ewell, 1904).

See also the nearby Devil's Basin locality.

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.


Mineral List


17 valid minerals. 2 erroneous literature entries.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Actinolite
Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Colour: green
ⓘ Andradite
Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
ⓘ Antigorite
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘ Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
ⓘ Brucite
Formula: Mg(OH)2
ⓘ Brucite var. Nemalite
Formula: Mg(OH)2
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Calcite var. Calcite Satin Spar
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Chrysotile
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Habit: fibrous
Colour: white, greenish
ⓘ Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
ⓘ Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
ⓘ Grossular
Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Habit: mostly massive; crystals uncommon
Colour: orange-brown
ⓘ Grossular var. Hessonite
Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
ⓘ Phlogopite
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
✪ 'Serpentine Subgroup'
Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4
Habit: massive
Colour: green
Description: "Noble serpentine" said to occur here. (Sears, 1894)
ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup var. Marmolite'
Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
Habit: massive, foliated (Sears, 1894)
ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite'
Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
ⓘ Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
ⓘ Sodalite
Formula: Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Description: Unbelievable paragenesis.
ⓘ Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
Colour: colorless, pale yellowish tan
ⓘ Tremolite
Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Habit: n/a
Description: Wollastonite was mistaken for tremolite. Ref.: Wadsworth, M. Edward (1878): On the So-Called Tremolite of Newbury, Mass. (Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 19:251).
ⓘ Vesuvianite
Formula: Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Habit: massive
Description: Crosby (1888) reported an analysis of a massive brown mineral and found it to be vesuvianite. Sears (1894) did not initially accept this identification, but later (Sears, 1905) he apparently changed his mind.
ⓘ Wollastonite
Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)
Habit: crystalline aggregates
Colour: white

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘArsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘBrucite4.FE.05Mg(OH)2
ⓘvar. Nemalite4.FE.05Mg(OH)2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘSiderite5.AB.05FeCO3
ⓘCalcite
var. Calcite Satin Spar		5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘDolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘChrysotile9.00.Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘAndradite9.AD.25Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
ⓘGrossular9.AD.25Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
ⓘvar. Hessonite9.AD.25Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
ⓘTitanite9.AG.15CaTi(SiO4)O
ⓘVesuvianite9.BG.35Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
ⓘDiopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
ⓘActinolite9.DE.10◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
ⓘTremolite ?9.DE.10◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
ⓘWollastonite9.DG.05Ca3(Si3O9)
ⓘPhlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘAntigorite9.ED.15Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘSodalite ?9.FB.10Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Unclassified
ⓘ'Serpentine Subgroup
var. Marmolite'		-D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
ⓘ''-D3[Si2O5](OH)4
ⓘ'var. Picrolite'-D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Hⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hⓘ BruciteMg(OH)2
Hⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hⓘ Brucite var. NemaliteMg(OH)2
Hⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Hⓘ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Hⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. MarmoliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
Hⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
Hⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. PicroliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Cⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Cⓘ SideriteFeCO3
Cⓘ Calcite var. Calcite Satin SparCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Oⓘ AndraditeCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
Oⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ BruciteMg(OH)2
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Oⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oⓘ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Oⓘ Grossular var. HessoniteCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Oⓘ Brucite var. NemaliteMg(OH)2
Oⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ SideriteFeCO3
Oⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Oⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Oⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Oⓘ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Oⓘ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Oⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. MarmoliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
Oⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
Oⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. PicroliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
Oⓘ Calcite var. Calcite Satin SparCaCO3
NaSodium
Naⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Mgⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mgⓘ BruciteMg(OH)2
Mgⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mgⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mgⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mgⓘ Brucite var. NemaliteMg(OH)2
Mgⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Mgⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Mgⓘ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Mgⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. MarmoliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
Mgⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. PicroliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
AlAluminium
Alⓘ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Alⓘ Grossular var. HessoniteCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Alⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Alⓘ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Alⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. MarmoliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
Alⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. PicroliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Siⓘ AndraditeCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
Siⓘ AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Siⓘ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Siⓘ Grossular var. HessoniteCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Siⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Siⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Siⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Siⓘ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Siⓘ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Siⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. MarmoliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
Siⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
Siⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. PicroliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
SSulfur
Sⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
ClChlorine
Clⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
KPotassium
Kⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Caⓘ AndraditeCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Caⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Caⓘ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Caⓘ Grossular var. HessoniteCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Caⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Caⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Caⓘ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Caⓘ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Caⓘ Calcite var. Calcite Satin SparCaCO3
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
MnManganese
Mnⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. MarmoliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
Mnⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. PicroliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
FeIron
Feⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Feⓘ AndraditeCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
Feⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ SideriteFeCO3
Feⓘ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Feⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. MarmoliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
Feⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. PicroliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
NiNickel
Niⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. MarmoliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
Niⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. PicroliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
ZnZinc
Znⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. MarmoliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
Znⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. PicroliteD3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn
AsArsenic
Asⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS

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References

Sewall, Samuel (1697): Diary, vol. 1, p.458. in Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 5, 1878.
Belknap, Jeremy (1780) Letter to Ebenezer Hazard: Dover, August 28, 1780, in Belknap Papers (Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. II – Fifth Series, Boston, 1877).
Hazard, Ebenezer (1788): Letter to Jeremy Belknap, May 10, 1788. (Collections of the Mass. Historical Society, vol. 3, 5th series, 1877). A request for 3 - 4 lbs of "asbestos."
Morse, Jedidiah (1792): The American Geography, 2nd ed. (London: John Stockdale), p. 183.
De Alcedo, Antonio; George Alexander Thompson, Aaron Arrowsmith (1812): The geographical and historical dictionary of America and the West Indies, p. 232.
Cleaveland, Parker (1816) An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology (1st ed.) Cummings and Hilliard, Boston.p.153
B. P. (1819) [name not recorded]: An Essay on Asbestus (Journal of the Times, Baltimore, January 30, 1819; Originally in the Newburyport Herald)
Vanuxem, Lardner (1823): On the Marmolite of Mr. Nuttall (Philosophical Magazine and Journal 65:88-91, 1825)
Robinson, Samuel (1825) A Catalogue of American Minerals, With Their Localities - Including All Which Are Known to Exist in the United States and British Provinces, And Having the Towns, Counties, and Districts in Each State and Province Arranged Alphabetically. With an Appendix, Containing Additional Localities and a Tabular View. Cummings, Hilliard, & Co. p.63
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Hitchcock, Edward (1841) Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts. J. H. Butler.
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Whittier, John Greenleaf (1859): "The Double-Headed Snake of Newbury" (Atlantic Monthly, March 1859).
Woods, Leonard (1860): Address of the Life and Character of Parker Cleaveland, LL.D., 2nd ed. (Boston: Joseph Griffin), p. 39.
Balch, David (1869): List of Minerals Collected in Essex County, and Arranged in the County Collection of the Peabody Academy of Science (First Annual Report of the Trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science)
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Crosby, W. O. and Greely, James T. (1888): Vesuvianite From Newbury, Mass. MIT Technology Quarterly, Vol. 1, pp. 407-408.
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