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Black Mountain Quarry (Black Mountain pegmatite), Rumford, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Latitude: 44°35'7"N
Longitude: 70°38'47"W
Longitude: 70°38'47"W
Primarily a mica quarry with four closely spaced nearly overlapping pits. Noted for its mineral specimen variety. The eosphorite from this locality was formerly the world record size (37 mm).
Not to be confused with the 'Black Mountain locality' (http://www.mindat.org/loc-6537.html).
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Weird Times at Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Maine by Douglas WattsMineral List
71 entries listed. 56 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 6 erroneous literature entries.
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References
Rocks & Minerals (1927): 2: 6.
Maillot, E. E., Boos, M. F., and Mosier, M. (1949). Investigation of Black Mountain beryl deposit, Oxford County, Maine: U. S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 4412.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 969.
Guidebook 1 to Mineral Collecting in the Maine Pegmatite Belt
Prepared by members of the Maine Federation Club 1973 pg. 22
Rocks & Minerals (1988): 63: 129-130.
Dyar, M.D., Guidotti, C.V., Core, D.P., Wearn, K.M., Wise, M.A., Francis, C.A., Johnson, K., Brady, J.B., Robertson, J.D., and Cross, L.R. (1999) Stable isotope and crystal chemistry of tourmaline across pegmatite-country rocks boundaries at Black Mountain and Mount Mica, southwestern Maine, USA. European Journal of Mineralogy: 11: 281-294.
Moore, P. B., 2000, Analyses of Primary Phosphates from Pegmatites in Maine and Other Localities, in V. T. King (editor), Mineralogy of Maine. Mining History, Gems, and Geology, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine, p. 333-336.
Wise, Michael A.; Brown, Cathleen D. (2011): Chemical composition of coexisting columbite-group minerals and cassiterite from the Black Mountain pegmatite, Maine. Eur. J. Mineral. 23, 817-828.
Maillot, E. E., Boos, M. F., and Mosier, M. (1949). Investigation of Black Mountain beryl deposit, Oxford County, Maine: U. S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 4412.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 969.
Guidebook 1 to Mineral Collecting in the Maine Pegmatite Belt
Prepared by members of the Maine Federation Club 1973 pg. 22
Rocks & Minerals (1988): 63: 129-130.
Dyar, M.D., Guidotti, C.V., Core, D.P., Wearn, K.M., Wise, M.A., Francis, C.A., Johnson, K., Brady, J.B., Robertson, J.D., and Cross, L.R. (1999) Stable isotope and crystal chemistry of tourmaline across pegmatite-country rocks boundaries at Black Mountain and Mount Mica, southwestern Maine, USA. European Journal of Mineralogy: 11: 281-294.
Moore, P. B., 2000, Analyses of Primary Phosphates from Pegmatites in Maine and Other Localities, in V. T. King (editor), Mineralogy of Maine. Mining History, Gems, and Geology, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine, p. 333-336.
Wise, Michael A.; Brown, Cathleen D. (2011): Chemical composition of coexisting columbite-group minerals and cassiterite from the Black Mountain pegmatite, Maine. Eur. J. Mineral. 23, 817-828.
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