 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Massachusetts 02138 MAINE Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District Topsham • Topsham, Maine's underappreciated...noted for fine specimens of beryl, topaz, and uraninite. T O P S H A M I S L O C A T E D about 25 miles...the Andros coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs...Androscoggin River, north-northeast through the town of Topsham. The belt extends southward into Brunswick and...but only the pegmatites actually in the town of Topsham are covered in this review. There are thirty or |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Robert...Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by...Resources Information, Maine Geologi,cal Survey Robert G Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 2000 Copyright ©2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All |  | | Book (volume) | | Mineralogy by Vandall T. King and Eugene E. Foord Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Walter...Resources Information, Maine Geological Survey Walter A. Anderson, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 1994 Copyright ©1994 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Tolman, Koch) 208 Adamite from Gold Hill, Tooele (Staples) .200, 37r Co., Utal. Ahlfeldite. (Ramdohr). 678...pegmatite a.rrdreplacement veins in the Sheahan quarry, Graniteville, Mo. ( T o l m a nG , o l d i c h...syenites of phism in Virginia mining PleasantMountain, Maine, district,N.M. (Lasky).... 552 discussionof. (Marsden)...t t ) . . . 3I4 Iferderite from Topsham, 137 Jarlite. (Blgvad). Maine, crystallography of. Jarosite in...PleasantMoun402 Eppler) [Book review]. . I32 tain, Maine". Landes, K. K. Age and distribu317 t i o n o fp |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sl2 Cook,C. W. Book review.. . . . . l3l and Staples, L. W. Microscopic investigation of molybdenite...Stainerite. 92 Delury, J. S. and Ellsworth, H. V. Uraninite from Huron 'Winnipeg Claim, River area, S. E....silver minerals. (Stephens). Ellsworth, H, V. Uraninite from Ilenvey township, Parry Sdund district, Ontario...Ontario. . .. and Delury, J. S. Uraninite from S. E. Manitoba. Emery, A. f[., Cooke, S. R. B. and. Howes...Henderson, E. P. Notes on some minerals from Rhodolite Quarry, near tr'ranklin, N. Carolina.......... 342 430 |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | r-ray powderdata for. (waldo) 7l Bruner, F. H. Uraninite from Hottah Lake .. 265 Buddhue, J . 269 Buerger...origin from Tehachapi, Calif. 230 Cape Neddick, Maine, dikes of. (Hatr). . 197 Cases for display and storage...Ingerson). Davis, H. T. with Ilentlerson, E. P. Moore County, N. Carolina, 215 meteorite-Aneweucrite.... DeJong...Bates Minerals W. L. Fisher, limestone, Lewiston, Maine 200,32L Fluorite-silica PseudomorPhs. 18 (Mur...reviewl . 74 Henderson, E. P. and Davis, II. T. Moore County, N. Carolina, meteorite-Anew eucrite... . 215 and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | gastropods and pelecypods, Oligocene, Eugene, Oregon (Staples, 1965). Andesine, agglutinated foraminifera shells...coniferous wood, Miocene, McKittrick Formation, Kern County, California (Adams, 1920) Epidote, echinoderm,... gastropod shells, Oligocene, Eugene, Oregon (Staples, 1965). Hopeite and parahopeite, mammal bones,...1958). Onyx (quartz), arachnids, Cenozoic, Bonner Quarry, Ashfork, Arizona (Petrunkevitch, 1945). Limonite-Geothite...Stilbite, gastropods, Oligocene, Eugene, Oregon (Staples, 1965). Plant remains, Pennsylvania, in coal, |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (issue) | | prominent constituent of the pegrnatite veins of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania...Carolina. Muscovite (twinned) from the Nello Teer Quarry near Raleigh, N. C. in pegmatite veins where pneumatolytic...Hebron, Auburn, and Rumford, Maine; Chesterfield, Massachusetts; San Diego County, California; Colorado and...muscovite crystals from Brooks Fann, Cleveland County, North Carolina. ~ TABLE 1.-MICA-GROUP MINERALS...in a dolomite from near Bonneterre, St. Francis County, Missouri ; in the Mesabi district of Minnesota; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (molybdenite, jordisite, num minerals resemble those of uraninite: they etc.) are not soluble. are black powdery...several investigators (Hoefer, 1871; Cornu, 1909; Staples, 1951; Goldschmidt, 1954; etc.). The identification...uranium mineralization is manifested by regenerated uraninite, and more rarely by pitchblende. The molybdenum...OCCURRENCE OF RHENIUM ASSOCIATED WITH URANINITE IN COCONICO COUNTY, ARIZONA: B. 11. Geol. Soc. Amer., v...OCCURRENCE OF RHENIUM ASSOCIATED WITH URANINITE IN COCONICO COUNTY, ARIZONA: Econ. Geol., v. 54, no. 2 |  | | Report (volume) | | .............................................. Maine...................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport; |  | | Report (issue) | | hydrothermal Association: Ilsemannite, molybdenite, uraninite, coffinite, kerogen, cinnabar, pyrite, fluorite...Carinthia. From Hromnice, Czech Republic. In the USA, in the Sun Valley mine, east of Jacob Lake, Coconino...system of mineralogy, (7th edition), v. I, 331. (2) Staples, L.W. (1951) Ilsemannite and jordisite. Amer. Mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | until 1960, when Kern County Land Company purchased the mine for $200,000. Kern County Land sunk a new 120-foot...became inactive again, and during this period Kern County Land Fig. 1. Boraxo pit #1. Looking from east...vana dium silicate minerals from Oregon. Lloyd W. Staples, Howard T. Evans Jr., James R. Lindsay Amer. Mineral... Chapman quarry, Goble, Oregon, 0.5 miles west of U.S. Highway 30 on Neer Road. The quarry rock is a...vana dium silicate minerals from Oregon. Lloyd W. Staples, Howard T. Evans Jr., James R. Lindsay Amer. Mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | San Ber_ with Milton, C. Beyrichtite, nardino County, California. . . a discredited species. . 767 Allen...DePosits of Barstow Quadrangle, San Bernardino CountY, California (Book Re935 view) . . 329,885 Briggs...Montebrasitefrom Eight Mile 937 view).... Park, Fremont CountY, ColodehyClays, a kinetic study of the ' ' ll41...investiroselite: Two new members of 1095 gation of (Staples) . .. e?l the fairfieldite grouP Ferromagnesian...Montebrasite from Eight Mile Park, 1141 Fremont CountY,Colorado. (Book Reviews) .131' 132' t34' 5 '4 9 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from pelitic schists of the Wzzle Mormtain area, Maine hydroryl montnori I lonites, aspects (titaniferous)...EHLMANN, ARTIIURJ., with R.C. Ewing Yttrialite and uraninite frorn Texas 545 EHRLICH, ROBERT with T.A. Vogel...Ti-Nb-Ta oxides , with A.J. Ehlnann Yttrialite and uraninite, additional ninerals frorn the Rode Ranch pegmatite...parameters, non-linear with composition 4L2 with L.W. Staples and J.R, Lindsay New minerals, cavansite and pentagonite...schists of the PuzzLe pelitic L076 Mountain area, Maine , with H.H. Herd and C.L. Tuttle -cornposition state |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Michelin belt. In the Makkovik zone, uranium (as uraninite) occurs as fracture-fillings intergrown with various...fluorite in these veins contains disseminated uraninite grains. Host rocks to the A-7 Showing contain...proximity to uraninite-amphibole fracturefillings. The John Michelin Showing (Fig. 3) contains uraninite intergrown...quartz present in the host rocks of this showing. Uraninite occurs with amphibole, carbonate and biotite as...the showings with their common intergrowths of uraninite with andradite garnet, biotite and carbonate are |  | | Report (issue) | | 31 , Sb 0 . 57, S 12 . 39, total 99 . 98 (A.B. Staples and H . V . Warren, 1945 : Univ . Toronto Stud...llage ofActinolite in Elzevir Township, Hastings County . 31 F /1 5 Chemi cal analysis of a light greenish...actino l ite from Westmeath Township , Renfrew County: Si0 2 56 . 70 , Al 0 3 1. 62 , Fe o 3 . 06 , FeO...Township of St . Francis (Beauceville ) , Beauce County : Si0 52 . 30 , Al 2 o 1 . 30 , FeO 6 . 75, 2 3...syenites near Montreal in H oche laga County, and Beloeil in Rouville County (G. C . Hoffmann, 1 888 - 9 : Geol |  | | Report (volume) | | cientlfica Circular Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative...Abstracts nos. 5, 6. Bethlehem, Pa. Los Angeles County Museum: Publications nos. 4-7; Quarterly vol. 6...24; Geological Pamphlet no. 4. New Orleans, La. Maine Geological Survey: Bulletins 1-4; State Geologist's...Augusta, Maine. Maine University, Technology Experiment Station Bulletins 36, 40. Orono, Maine. Maryland...Rombough. 1. Drainage of upper Twin Lake, Fresno County, Calif, [abstract]: Geol. Soc. America Bull., vol |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contents for March - April, 1950 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ...................................................................... 135 POUND OF TEA ISLAND, MAINE. By Peter Zodac ·······················-·············...················· 155 SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE. By N eil Jorgensen ............ 158 NEWARK............ 1 78 }ADE AND CHRYSOPRASE IN T ULARE COUNTY, CALIF . ........................................Aueciatien i14 ROCKS AND MINEMU CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY COMING EVENTS NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONVENTION |  | | Report (volume) | | recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed as...feldspar, and mica, occur in some form in every county in the State. Among mineralogists, Colorado is...mineral belt that extends southwestward from Boulder County to the southern limits of the San Juan Mountains... lefferson County, the contact-metamorphic minerals of Italian Mountain, Gunnison County and elsewhere...minerals in the alkalic rocks of Iron Hill, Gunnison County. Colorado pegmatite bodies, considered as a unit |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | epigeneticquartzveins,andveinsassociated with uraninite occurrences.Fourteen samplesfrom sevenvein occurrencesalongthe...sourceregionsfor the Moran Lake Group galenas.In uraninite-associated Pb occurrences linked to post-tect...Grenvilliantectonism.The Moran Lake Group and uraninite-associated leadswere derived from Archcancrust...Emben,and ShoalBay. Detailson each ciated with uraninite mineralization or unrelated to occurrenceare given...uniqueopportunity to examinethe Analytical Data from uraninite. isotopiccompositionsof Pb derived from two distinct |  | | Book (edition) | | Mexico (#2, column 1) and TENNANTITE, Dresser quarry, Walton, Nova Scotia, Canada (13, column 2). ...the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Thompson,...Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise n1ine, Dolores County; and at the Double Header lode...lode , Su1nmit County . rt is also found in Canada, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. Acanthite is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rita (Chino) porphyry Cu deposit in New Mexico (USA). In most porphyry ore bodies, the stepwise hydrolysis...(Cu2O). (B) Supergene alteration products of black uraninite (UO2) sample from Congo: lemon yellow schoepite...GSA 2013). Apart from the increasing demand for staples such as copper, gold, nickel and iron, demand has...cities, such as the Statue of Liberty (New York, USA) (FIG. 5A). Therefore, considering that atacamite...patinas give the Statue of Liberty (New York City, USA) its characteristic green color. (B) 100-yearold |
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Staples Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA