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Uraninite from
Wentworth Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Uraninite
Formula:UO2
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Uraninite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wentworth Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:33159
Long-form Identifier:1:3:33159:3
GUID (UUID V4):db136f61-2406-471d-9a6e-26dc228ef4aa
Nearest other occurrences of Uraninite
1.0km (0.6 miles) Wardwell Quarry (Pechnic Quarry), Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Stearns Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) Songo Pond Quarry (Kimball Ledge Quarry), Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) Cole Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA
17.6km (11.0 miles) Lord Hill Quarry (Lord Hill Mine), Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA
21.5km (13.3 miles) Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
22.1km (13.7 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose Pocket...(microcrystals) (Bob Janules, pers. com., 2000). Albany, Government pit, 3 miles NW of junction of U.S...tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen and photo. Downloaded by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DANIEL BEHNKE 2981 Landwehr...Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the dean of Maine minerals," Charles...of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and Minerals...Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...several locations includ­ ing: Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
community of Talucah near Vahlermoso Springs, in Morgan County, north Alabama. A large portion of this cave had...of Mines, I heard of an active uranium mine or quarry a couple of miles from town. Following the highway...pegmatite and soft schist. There were solid masses of uraninite up to 5 inches across—and some pieces with shells...shells of orange gummite. It was the finest uraninite which I'd ever seen from a United States pegmatite...pollucite which I discovered at the Strickland Quarry, in Portland, during 1954. "Several institutions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are interesting specimens. Centreville is in Bibb County, in the central part of Alabama. Near Odenville...community of about 1,200 in southeastern Pinal County which probably will become a ghost town when the...out and report later." The Strickland feldspar quarry (or mine) on Collins Hill, near Portland, is one...Strickland Quarry, Conn." pp. 131-144). Long idle, the announcement that the Strickland quarry is being...M found, I understand, by a rockhound and the quarry is holding off operations in that part of the pit
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
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)
C. with Bartlett meteorite, Bell Co., Texas. 'Wentworth, C. K, Ceramic (Bullard).. ...205,497 clayinHawaii...(Hey) [Book review] Ceramic clay in Hawaii. (Wentworth, W'ells, Allen). .. Cerite, radioactive, near...Iceland spar in Lukesh, J. A. Optical evidenceof Taos County, New Mexico. 151 619 twinning in arsenopyrite....Microlite and stibiotantalite from (Palache, Topsham, Maine. .211,411 Gonyer). Millerite occurrence at Milwaukee...A,, MicroIite and stibiotantalite from Topsham,Maine. ...21I,411 P a r a h o p e i t e . .. . . 788 Pararammelsbergite
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
Report (issue)
16 and 17, Con. XI, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario. ROM:M31141 This specimen was collected............................................... Uraninite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....localities under each species are broken down by county (or district), township, con cession, and lot,...would begin like this: ZIRCON ZrSiO 4 HASTINGS COUNTY FARADAY TOWNSHIP Concession XI, Lot 16, 17 Faraday...cases, what he thought was the nearest place. Some county and township names are misleading, as the actual
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fairly nice specimens in an old road bed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, Ala....near the old HaleWalker Quarry —perhaps a third of a mile from the Strickland Quarry. Chalcopyrite is disseminated...green coating on pegmatite, at the Hale-Walker Quarry itself, was seen a few years ago. It was probably...of Milledgeville who discovered them in Baldwin County, Ga., between the State Sanitarium and Oconee River...picked these up near a gravel deposit in Grant County, Indiana, near the city of Marion."—on label. I
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
Report (issue)
_______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________...__________________ _ Maine ________________________________________ _ Androscoggin County ______________________...______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County _______________________ _ LaChance...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect...prospect __________________ _ Bennett feldspar quarry ________________ _ Black Mountain area ___________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Investigation of Gilley Fluorspar Deposits in Cherokee County, Alabama, by James F. O'Neill. It is interesting... 50 miles northeast of Birmingham, in Cherokee County, located in West 1/2, West V2 of Section 16, Township...pegmatite district lies across the Park-Fremont County line in south-central Co'crado, a few miles northwest...to us. Will some Colorado reader tell us in what county is Hans Peak and, if possible, send us a few notes...black tourmaline. These crystals came from Walton County, about one mile southwest of Between, from the
Field Trip Notes
Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford...the present trip lies mainly in this belt from Albany to Stop 9 lying on one or the other side of the...inplace theory for the southern part, as in Dutchess County, New York. Whether such a combination of theories...State Museum, Albany. Miller, W. J. (1914) Geology of the North Creek quadrangle, Warren County, New York...Geology of the Schroon Lake quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 213-214.
Book (edition)
abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from...to Hot Springco., Arkansas, in the Point of Rock quarry, pearly. Clea,·age {001} perfect. {100} and {010}
Report (volume)
.............................................. Maine...................................................Trenton. New York____Mr. D. H. Newland, State Museum, Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel...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.;
Report (volume)
of American Geographers: Annals, vols. 21, 22. Albany, N.Y. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bulletin, nos...2. New Orleans, La. Maine, State Geologist; second Annual Report. Augusta, Maine. Meddelelser om Gronland...Bulletin, nos. 286, 290, 291, 293-295; Handbook 1Q. Albany, N.Y. " North Carolina, Department of Conservation...West Virginia Geological Survey: (County Reports) Randolph County. Morgantown, W.Va. Wisconsin Academy... 1930. 10. (and Arick, M. B.). Geology of Bell County, Texas: Texas, Univ., Bull., no. 3016, 92 pp.,
Journal (issue)
.................. 594 NATIVE COPPER IN AN. J. QUARRY. BY T . ORCHARD LISLE ................ 597 MOUNT........................ 607 SOME RECENT FINDS IN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. BY D . M. SEAMAN .............. 562 ROCKS AND MlN ERALS - CHIPS ~-,ROM THE QUARRY (!I~risintas Oireetings ! - Again it is the happy...an- pleasant. Soon an officer of the Westchester County Police informs us that this portion of Croton Point...Point Park is reserved for groups of Westchester County boys for whom definite camping times have been
Report (volume)
Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman, Bangor. Maryland....New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland, State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. 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, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Palermo mines in North Groton, New Hampshire. WENTWORTH X McGinnis Mine X Wheat Mine X Belden Mine ...Figure 1: Major mines of the North Groton-Rumney-Wentworth area of New Hampshire. Newfound Lake Volume...interruptions can be traced northeasterly into Maine on the regional structural grain, where it is correlative...correlative with the Seboomook Formation in the Oxford County pegmatite district. In the North Groton area...Goethite Hematite Magnetite Pyrolusite Todorokite Uraninite Vandendriesscheite CARBONATES Malachite Siderite
Report (volume)
Temple Mountain area, San Rafael district, Emery County, Utah___ In pocket Page FIGUKB 33. Index map of...setting, Corral Canyon, Seven Mile area, Grand County, Utah__________ 35. Radioactivity in modern stream...setting, Corral Canyon, Seven Mile area, Grand County, Utah________________________ 36. Radioactivity...setting, Corral Canyon, Seven Mile area, Grand County, Utah__________________ 37. Radioactivity in modern...setting, Corral Canyon, Seven Mile area, Grand County, Utah___________-_______-___---_-_ 38. Radioactivity
Report (issue)
Conoco's Section 29 uranium deposit near Crownpoint (Wentworth and others, 1980). The Section 29 deposit has...was oxidized in the middle to late Tertiary (Wentworth and others, 1980). A regional (late Tertiary?)...aluminum, while others contain only uranium (uraninite?). Similar encrusting, microbotryoidal material...ones described here, are uraninite (Basham and Shilston, 1978). No uraninite was detected in analyses...rule out the presence of X-ray-amorphous uraninite. Minor uraninite has been reported from the Grants uranium
Report (issue)
tp., Papineau Co .................••....... 32 Wentworth tp., Argenteuil Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . ....one occurrence, on Rivii!re du Poste, Maskinonge county, Quebec, has been reported in Canada. Phenacite...amounts in some vesuvianite (idocrase), as in Wentworth tp., Quebec, and in small amounts in some alkali...that is locally known as Drever Lake. - 16 A quarry 260 feet long, 20 to 26 feet wide and up to 27...muskeg-covered area. In the southern section of the dyke a quarry 36 feet across exposes a quartz-amblygonite core
Book
has been privileged to travel extensively from Maine to Southern California, and from Washington’s Pacific...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE... Onyx Marble HAPPY JACK MINE, Santa Cruz Co. Uraninite HELVETIA, Pima Co. ♦Fluorspar HOLBROOK, Adamana
 
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