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Parker Mountain Mine (Buzzo Mine), Strafford, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, USA

Ref.: Cameron (1954) Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45, New England USGS Prof. Paper 255).

Page & Larrabee (1962) Beryl Resources of New Hampshire. USGS Prof. Paper 353.

Rocks & Minerals (1964): 39: 355-356.

Rocks & Minerals (1989): 64: 504.

Rocks & Minerals (2005): 80: 256.

A former surface mica and feldspar mine, started in the 1880s, last worked commercially 1959. Located near the village of Center Strafford. (Note: Previously known as the Buzzo mine, this name should be dropped in order to avoid confusion.)

Mineralization is a New Hampshire Plutonic Suite pegmatite, an "outlier" of the main fields to the west.





Mineral List:
  • 'Aglaite'
  • Albite
       var: Cleavelandite
  • Almandine
  • 'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
  • Amblygonite ?
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Arsenolite
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Autunite
  • Beryl
       var: Aquamarine
  • Biotite
  • Cassiterite
  • 'Columbite'
  • Columbite-(Mn)
  • Cookeite
  • Diadochite
  • Diopside
  • Eosphorite ?
  • Eucryptite
  • Fairfieldite ?
  • Ferrisicklerite
  • Fourmarierite
  • Goethite
  • Graftonite
  • Graphite
  • Heterosite
  • Hureaulite ?
  • Hydroxylherderite
  • 'Jahnsite'
  • Kaolinite
  • Laueite
  • Löllingite
  • Ludlamite
  • Magnetite
  • Melanterite
  • Meta-autunite
  • Microcline
  • 'Monazite'
  • Montebrasite ?
  • Montmorillonite
  • Muscovite
  • Opal
    var: Opal-AN
  • Orpiment
  • Petalite
  • Pharmacosiderite
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
       var: Sceptre Quartz
       var: Smoky Quartz
  • Reddingite
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Rockbridgeite
  • Schorl
  • Scorodite
  • Siderite
  • Sillimanite ?
  • Spessartine ?
  • Spodumene
  • Stewartite
  • Strengite
  • Strunzite
  • Triphylite
  • Uraninite
  • Uranophane
  • Vandendriesscheite
  • Vivianite
  • Whitlockite
  • Zircon
    var: Cyrtolite


    70 entries listed. 58 valid minerals.

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