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Zircon from
Staples Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Schoepite6 photos of Zircon associated with Schoepite at this locality.
Columbite-(Fe)6 photos of Zircon associated with Columbite-(Fe) at this locality.
Uraninite4 photos of Zircon associated with Uraninite at this locality.
Monazite-(Ce)3 photos of Zircon associated with Monazite-(Ce) at this locality.
Torbernite2 photos of Zircon associated with Torbernite at this locality.
Almandine1 photo of Zircon associated with Almandine at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Staples Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:514452
Long-form Identifier:1:3:514452:5
GUID (UUID V4):6943526a-414e-4643-ab21-40da97a995dd
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
0.4km (0.2 miles) Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) Square Pit (Consolidated #4 Quarry), Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Swamp No. 1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Swamp #2 quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Consolidated #2 Quarry (Purington Quarry), Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) Havey #1 & #2 Quarries, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Russell Brothers Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
24.9km (15.5 miles) City quarry, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
25.6km (15.9 miles) Consolidated Feldspar Quarries, Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) Dennis Hill albitite, Litchfield, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Massachusetts 02138 MAINE Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District TopshamTopsham, Maine's underappreciated...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...named quarries and numerous unnamed prospects in Topsham. The quarries, all inactive, are usually named
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 (issue)
from Collecting at the Kezar Falls Mine, York County, Maine In The Summer of 2001 Art Smith 9118 Concho...minerals in the summer with Gene Bearss and others in Maine and New Hampshire, we always try to add at lea t...collected at the Mascot lead mine in Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire and the Madison lead-zinc mine in...and at Mineral Hill in Wakefield, both in Carroll County, New Hampshire. One of our sources of information...and western Maine. One of these, the Kezar 91ls Mine, is just across the border in Maine. The usual guide
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N of Calloway
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
wollastonite, 649; lithian tourmaline, 747 Newhurst quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire, vesigni6ite, 533 Cornwall...glauconite, 753 SCOTLAND France Auchinstarry quarry, Kil~yth, Stirlingshire, julgoldite, 761 Blackcraig... 59 Portsoy, Banffshire, migmatites, 66r Ratho quarry, Edinburgh, julgoldite, 761 Champagnac, Cantal...titanomagnetite, 817 Liron massif, Saint-Jean-du-Gard, Gard, zircon, 79o Montboissier, Puy-de-Dome, basalt, ultrabasic...r53 Mont Dore, Puy-de-Dome, zircon, 79o Plan de la Tour, Maures, Var, zircon, 79o Puy Beaunit, Puy-de-Dome
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...Microchemical methods in determinative mineralogy. (Staples) 388 . 1 9 5 ,6 1 3 Microscope with universally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
directionsperpendicularto the fibers (Larsen, 1921,p. 72; Staples,1957).It is suggestedthat the differencesreported...:" These values are closeto those olr...r"a by Staples (1957) but they are considerabiy higher than the...otherwise the spacings and intensities were identical Staples (1957) reported that "The optical properties of...cell selectedin this study and multiplication of Staples'@oand 6odimensions by the factors shown indicates...well as + After the completion of this study, staples and Gard stated in an abstract for the June 5,
Report (issue)
cooperation with the Maine Geological Survey GEOLOGIC MAP OF WESTERN INTERIOR MAINE • - Chen-f0e. wit...Augusta, Maine, and University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii --Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine, and...University, Syracuse, New York 4/ --Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine, and Queens College, Flushing,...accessory garnet, tourmaline, sillimanite, magnetite, zircon, and apatite. Two-mica granite of Mooselookmeguntic...of lobe. Contains accessory magnetite, apatite, zircon, and tourmaline, and secondary muscovite Porphyritic
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada...intersect at right angles. The crystals, such as zircon, commonly have a square cross-section. The hexagonal... (^h /&> ^& \b^ ^ VESUVIANITE WILLEMITE ZIRCON CRYSTALS How 10 / gem to identify minerals...crystalline. Some, such as the diamond and zircon, are outstand- depends on refractive index, the
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;
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 (article/letter/editorial)
discovered in I872 at Western Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado, and was analysed and described by Genth...in a section of the De-Mix quarry that is in contact with the Desourdy quarry. The genthelvite is in small...the quarry. N M N H RI79o 9 (anal. I) and N M N H r28397 (anal. 3), collected in the De-Mix quarry in...Cumberland, Rhode Island (details see text). 2I : Staples Road, Cumberhmd, Rhode Island. 22: Jos, Nigeria...(anal. 2 0 was f o u n d in a g r a n i t e S. o f Staples R o a d in C u m b e r l a n d , a n d is a s s
Report (volume)
___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______
Report (issue)
Connecticut, USA © 2008 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 263 • East Hampton, CT 06424 • USA Phone 1.860...diopside; 7.1 cm tall Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada Paul Stahl specimen Jeff Scovil...a/bite from the Little Three Mine in San Diego County, California; 6. 6 cm tall; Bryant Harris specimen...from the deposits around Emerald Creek in Latah County, Idaho, is brought about by inclusions of microscopic...specks) in the Entrada Sandstone, Laguna, Valencia County, New Mexico; field of view 8 mm Hans Jurgen Wilke
Report (issue)
Geological Survey, 1950) Trinity Anemousite County, California. Contributions to Mineral¬ (discredited...1920) NMNH 106112 from the Hillside Mine, Yavapai County, Ari¬ L. G. Berry, 1947. Composition and Optics...Aluminocopiapite Utah NMNH K. J. Murata, Trinity County, California M. C. Bandy, 1938. Utah. J. M. Axelrod...Island Mountain, Mountain, from Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona (L. J. Cabri, 1976) Island Group (F...Mine, near Yucca Station, A&P Railroad, Mohave County, Ai'izona A Basic Copper Sulphate. United States
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes...Island—for example, steatite from Johnston in Providence County for carving bowls and pipes; red and yellow ochre...from the Dex­ ter quarry (originally Hackleton's Rock) at Lincoln, Provi­ dence County, in 1640. Limestone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ATKtN (D.), see LIVINGSTONE(A.), 441 Auchinstarry quarry, Kilsyth, Scotland, julgoldite, 76I Avondale, Auckland...Wales, anal., X-ray, 765 Cookstove Mtn., El Paso County, Colorado, genthelvite, danalite, 627 Coordination... by, I68 ELLIS (B. G.), anals, by, 256 El Paso County, Colorado, genthelvite, 627 ELSDON (R.), Manganoan...and their oxidation, 467 Grandview mine, Grant County, New Mexico, helvine, 627 Granite, Aberdeenshire... 887 Liron massiJ~ Saint-Jean-da-Gard, France, zircon, 790 Liruei Complex, Nigeria, aenigmatite, aegirine
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 (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...(Hyacinth) Andradite (Topazolite) __ (Blythite) Zircon (Cyrtolite) Thorite Thorogummite Sillimanitc Andalusitc...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
Report (issue)
River (OR-002-086E) Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon By M.S. Erickson*, H.D. King* F.W. Tippitt...the Blitzen River Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon......................... 2 Figure 2....the Blitzen River Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon..........................................the Blitzen River Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon................... 9 Table 4. Results...the Blitzen River Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon....... 12 STUDIES RELATED TO WILDERNESS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Borup, R. A., with Levinson, A. A. High hafnium zircon from Norway New data on hafnium, zirconium and...euxer-riteand associated minerals, Sand Basin, Grar.rite County, Montana Coombs, D. S. Lawsonite metagraywackes...possible new yttrium fluocarbonate from Dover, Morris County, New Jersey 92 (Smith, Stone, Ross, Levine) Drysdall...a s s o ti ciated minerals, Sand Basin, Granite CountY, Montana 459 (Heinrich, Conrad) Evans, H. T. and...minerals from the Black Cloud pegmatite, Teller County, Colorado (Heinrich,Gross).... 455 Fluorite from
Report (volume)
"............................................. Zircon......:.................,.................,............... 57 57 58 59 59 60 61 62 62 63 64 64 Quarry methods............... ..........................age in the Minnesota River valley...... Big Stone County .....................................'...........Consolidated Granite Co. quarry................................ Aberdeen Granite Co. quarry..................................... Chippewa County................................................. Montevideo area..
Book
MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described
 
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