 | | Report (issue) | | QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR. FELDSPAR AND QUARTZ DEPOSITS OF MAINE, By EDSON S. BASTIN. INTRODUCTION. The commercially...commercially important feldspar and quartz deposits, of Maine all belong to a single type of rocks known...feldspar, quartz, and mica, usually with subordinate amounts of other minerals. The pegmatites of Maine were...Sagadahoc,, Cumberland, Androscoggin, and Oxford counties, in southwestern Maine, though occurring to some...exposures occur in many open pits, from which feldspar, quartz, mica, or gem minerals have been mined, and in |  | | Report (volume) | | ..."............................... Methods of mining ................................................. 23 Maine............................................................... Androscoggin County................................................ Auburn.............;................................................................................. Lincoln County ............................................................-...:.....-................. Oxford County........................;...................... |  | | Report (volume) | | PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS BY EDSON................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics........ 1.... Androscoggin County.................................................. Auburn................................ Auburn Falls............................................. Auburn reservoir........ |  | | Report (volume) | | the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals...react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green...sapphire, star sapphire, star ruby, rutile, and quartz are gem stones that have been successfully synthesized |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT...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) | | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Maine ............... 16 Table 5 Uranium occurrences in...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of eastern Maine................^..............i.29 Figure 6. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of western Maine.................................30 Figure 7. Uranium...uranium occurrences in igneous and metamorphic rocks east of the Mississippi River. The word occurrence as...has not been attempted. However, there are in the East representatives of all four types. Exploration will |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Renewed Mining at the Western Quarries of Mount Apatite, Maine Downloaded by [University of Arizona]...The western quarries of Mount Apatite. A fter decades of inactivity, mining has been resumed on the...the western slopes of Mount Apatite in the town of Auburn, Maine (see fig. 1). This is the location of the...Pulsifer quarry, which has produced fine gem tourmaline but is best known for deep purple apatite, including...including the remarkable Roebling apatite, now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. In addition |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline........................................Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite phosphate...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77...localities: the Himalaya dike system, Mesa Grande district, California (by E. E. Foord) [1977, vol. 8, no |  | | 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) | | amateur, and intended to familiarize the examiner of mining claims located on Bureau of Land Management lands...Society went to Liberty Hill, N.C. to look for smoky quartz of faceting grade. PENNSYLVANIA The Mineral and...film from the Bureau of Mines entitled "Silver Mining" was thoroughly enjoyable. A slide program from...next month. Mr. D.M. Stoltzfus of the Cedar Hill Quarry was host to the Mineral ogical Society of Pennsylvania...used 10 years earlier on a similar visit to this quarry. The Club's sommittee on radio activity plans |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman, Bangor. Maryland....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Book (volume) | | lie some of the oldest crystalline rocks in the East, both igneous and metamorphic, strongly mineralized...gold-bearing areas. Lode deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock, while placer deposits occur...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | located in central Utah, at Sulphurdale, a small mining camp about 20 miles north of Beaver, Utah, the...permanent and is deserted during the winter or whenever mining operations cease. The deposits are situated about...of these basins. The strata of the plateau to the east lie essentially horizontal, while those to the west...doubtless much greater than it would be if the mining were done on a scale sufficiently large to warrant...C. Gold and pyrite deposits of the .Dahlonega district, Georgia. In Bulletin No. 213, pp. 57-03. 1903 |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia .................................................................................. Maine...................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Book | | Catalog Card Number: 74-1276 The pictures of gold-in-quartz, smithsonite, stilbite, and wulfenite on the front...comes when one learns that such minerals as mica, apatite, sphene, zircon, fluroite and corundum are associated...learn that gravel beds are rich in such minerals as quartz, feldspar, mica, garnet, tourmaline, magnetite...Schists often contain feldspar, garnet, mica and quartz. With sapphires are often found associated an abundance...oxide. Chalcedony, one of the common varieties of quartz, was formed in the same way. Pegmatites and Hematites |  | | Journal (issue) | | PHILADELPHIA , ON THE LATE K - LECTOR ' S WAR , MAINE ' S RICHES , BONES OF A BIG MASTODON , CALIFORNIA...prominence given to these deposits by long years of mining, have given rise to various theories in regard...tramping collector of minerals. He walks from one quarry to another, seeking the crystallizations often...can be mentioned now is native silver from this county, in Piscataway township. These are beautiful and...cubes ; a lot of tourmaline var. indicolite ; a quartz geode with beautiful celestite crystals lining |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the New York Mineralogical Club rvas held in the East Assembly Room of the American Museum of Natural...who addressed the CIub tpon "The Minerals of the Maine pegnotites.,, Dr. Palache spoke of his early recollections...old tocal collectors famous of the most the Mica, Mount the history of upon He touched ]Vlerrill. Nlaine...mentioned the rose quartz and lilac lithia mica as being characteristic oI the Maine pegmatite localities...spoke of the discovery of gem apatite on the Pulsifer farm on Mount Apatite in 1905 as the result of a search |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the New York Mineralogical Club rvas held in the East Assembly Room of the American Museum of Natural...who addressed the CIub tpon "The Minerals of the Maine pegnotites.,, Dr. Palache spoke of his early recollections...old tocal collectors famous of the most the Mica, Mount the history of upon He touched ]Vlerrill. Nlaine...mentioned the rose quartz and lilac lithia mica as being characteristic oI the Maine pegmatite localities...spoke of the discovery of gem apatite on the Pulsifer farm on Mount Apatite in 1905 as the result of a search |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada...with respect to one another. gem minerals The quartz gems, such as amethyst, form crystal prisms with...another at 60 degrees and intersected by a fourth Quartz and vertical axis at right angles to the other |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................207 Maine .................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts .................................... |  | | Book (edition) | | out to the field. An imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Blvd., Ste...Adventure Your Story is a trademark of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. Distributed by NATIONAL...BOOK NETWORK Copyright © 2020 by The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. A previous edition of...ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. The author and The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. assume no liability for...trying to figure out if you have a calcite vein or a quartz vein. You don’t need a PhD in structural geology |  | | Report (issue) | | northwest Arizona, the Hurricane fault is 50 kilometers east of the Grand Wash fault, which is considered the...(figure 7). A fifth basalt site is 12 kilometers east of the fault in Cedar 11 Canyon and consists...Black Ridge. The Cedar Canyon basalt site is shown east of Cedar City. 13 Table 1. Slip rates derived...generally absent along the Hurricane fault. The gravel quarry here is periodically monitored for fault exposures...basalt with it. Also, you are still looking at the east limb of a Mesozoic anticline. 19 2.9 26.5 At |  | | Book (volume) | | fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana, and the...variety and wealth of locality information concerning quartz gemstones are recognized in a separate chapter...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken |
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