Groves Quarry (Hole in the Ground Quarry), Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA

Western Mt. Apatite District - Oxford pegmatite field. Historically unnamed this site was developed into a larger excavation in the early 1990s by Irving "Dudy" Groves and Dick Dionne. This is not the Androscoggin Tourmaline Prospect as that locality is properly called the Wade Quarry.

Mineral List:

	Albite

	var: Cleavelandite

	Almandine

	Annite

	Apatite-(CaF)

	Autunite

	Beryl

	var: Aquamarine ?

	Cassiterite

	Columbite-(Mn)

	Cookeite

	Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)

	Elbaite

	var: Verdelite

	Gahnite

	Lepidolite

	Lithiophilite

	Meta-autunite

	Microcline

	Montmorillonite

	Muscovite

	Purpurite

	Pyrite

	Quartz

	var: Smoky Quartz

	Schorl

	Tantalite-(Mn)

	Triplite

	Uraninite

	var: Pitchblende

	Zircon

31 entries listed. 25 valid minerals.

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