 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 (continued from... is a rather rare mineral in the pegmatites of Maine. Always a secondary mineral, it has been noted as...as crystals on quartz crystals at the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield. Yellow, scalenohedral calcite crystals...pegma tite with the wall rock at the Tamminen Quarry in Greenwood. C A S S I T E R I T E , tin oxide...noted in small amounts in a number of pegmatites in Maine, chiefly in the lithium replacement zones. It is |  | | 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) | | MINERALS OF MAINE phosphate, has been located as a rare, secondary phosphate with beryllonite at Newry; also...mine at Newry. Quarry at Poland; also at the Bennett RUTILE, one of the trimorphs of Quarry at Buckfield...RHODOCHROSITE, manganese car ago at the Consolidated No. 1 Quarry bonate, has been noted as a rare mineral at Topsham...phosphate, has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry Maine. SCHEELITE, calcium tungstate, has together with...Norway. Maine 04268 366 ROCKS AND MINERALS occurred at a number of pegmatite local ities in Maine. It |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ridge and Pluntbago-Puzzle Mountain Newry, Oxford Count , Maine Van King PO Box 90888 Rochester, NY 14609...14609 newryqs@ rochester .rr .corn Halls Ridge, Newry, Maine was named for Henry C. Hall who first found...named until 1910). The number of minerals at the Newry quarries is about 116 and an additional 7 species...to be present in specimens actually dug from a quarry or prospect. Of course, the list includes whatever...species have actually been observed from the specific quarry and, therefore, the various minerals came from |  | | Report (edition) | | BULLETIN 41 Third Edition A Collector's Guide to Maine Mineral Localities by Woodrow B. 7KaSVRQ Donald...Vandall T. King Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey Natural Resources Information...OF CONSERVATION 1998 Copyright © 1998 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining |  | | Journal (issue) | | NORTHWEST FEDERATION The fomous Pegmatites of Newry, Moine by Gordiner Gregory ···················-···...mpe.ria! jade. 21 Tl1e Newry mines, located in the town of Newry. Oxford County, �Jaine, are favorite...world. In the Newry group T include the following: The Du.nton Gem Mine, the Nevel Quarry., the Bell Mine...Mine, the Scotty Mine, and the prospect pits on top of PlUU1bago Mow1tain. At present, these mines are...100 Lo 150 feet long and 25 to 125 feet wide. The quarry was reopened ui 1926 and 1927 under the diJ"ection |  | | Book (edition) | | HANDBOOK for A WEEK WITH MAINE MINERALS by NEIL A. WINTRINGHAM 1_� Cv1,_1'--A� __, SECOND EDITION...a week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...field trial of the hambook during our ''Week with Maine Minerals" furnished additional information end resulted...bas been replaced in the locality seotion by the Scotty Mine, an active operation of considerable interest...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside |  | | Field Trip Notes | | West-Central Maine DISCLAIMER Before visiting any of the sites described in the New England Intercollegiate...GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE FIELD TRIPS IN WEST- CENTRAL MAINE Andrew Griscom Daniel J. Milton, s U. So Geological...Survey U. S. Geological Survey Editors Rumford, Maine October 8-9, I960 I ! CONTENTS Page Introduction...Quadrangle, Maine Leader: Trip B. Stratigraphy and General Geology to Phillips, Maine. Leader: Trip...Milton Mineralogy of Pegmatites of the Newry Hill Area, Newry, Maine Leader: 19 Calwell Geology of the |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Profession...................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thor oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...both the county (pro vince) and its capital; there are thirty-one separate mines in the county. The mines...another new borate mineral at Borax Lake, Lake County, California, and in 1939 was co-author with W. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and a potpourri of varied data from collecting in Maine, trillings in bertrandite, to projecting inclusions...gave us this one. We spent a September weekend in Maine, visiting with Mildred Snyder at Randolph, and showing...Trebelcocks, and saw the best rose quartz xls ever, from Newry. Some superb tiny ones now grace our collection...had panned from the sands. But best of all were uraninite xls, also from Topsham. They occurred as individuals...highest melting point. Biotite was first. The uraninite came next, and seemed to butt against the mica |  | | 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...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Devonian Country rock is an ilmenite-bearing uraninite, gummite, pegmatite amphibolite which is cut by |  | | 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 |  | Luo, Jin-Cheng, Hu, Rui-Zhong, Fayek, Mostafa, Li, Chu-Si, Bi, Xian-Wu, Abdu, Yassir, Chen, You-Wei (2015) In-situ SIMS uraninite U–Pb dating and genesis of the Xianshi granite-hosted uranium deposit, South China. Ore Geology Reviews, 65. 968-978 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.06.016 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | www.elsevier.com/locate/oregeorev In-situ SIMS uraninite U–Pb dating and genesis of the Xianshi granite-hosted...Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405, USA d University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing...Granite-hosted Xianshi uranium deposit South China Uraninite (U3O7) SIMS U–Pb geochronology a b s t r a c...mineralization from this deposit is mainly fine grained uraninite in quartz or calcite veins which are spatially...dominant uranium mineral occurs as a rare form of uraninite (U3O7). Three distinct generations of uranium |  | | 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) | | roundness of uraninite, brannerite, and pyrite grains along with the high-Th and variable uraninite content...2009). Rundle and Snelling (1977) reported a uraninite * E-mail: laura.bergen@gmail.com † Special Collection...Secondary ion mass spectrometer analyses of the LAMNH uraninite standard Sample Sample name Standard LAMNH Standard...of pegmatite hosted uraninite (LAMNH) from the Scotty mine, Oxford County, Maine, was used to standardize...2009). In addition, U4+-mineralization (e.g., uraninite, thorite) in these deposits generally occurs as |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson |  | Sharpe, Ryan, Fayek, Mostafa, Quirt, David, Jefferson, Charlie W. (2015) Geochronology and Genesis of the Bong Uranium Deposit, Thelon Basin, Nunavut, Canada. Economic Geology, 110 (7) 1759-1777 doi:10.2113/econgeo.110.7.1759 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | proposed for the Bong deposit, with three stages of uraninite identified. The premineralization phase is characterized...is separated into three main stages. Stage 1 uraninite (U1; ca. 1500 Ma) is preserved in highly fractured...that are overgrown by later stages of uraninite. Stage 2 uraninite (U2; ca. 1100 Ma) forms veinlets parallel...in organic matter nodules and blebs. Stage 2 uraninite is associated with pervasive illite that formed...δ2H: –97‰), which remobilized much of Stage 1 uraninite and completely overprinted Stage 1 alteration |  | | Journal (issue) | | . A Bit of a Mix Up ......................... Scotty Backler ................. . Marble ............... . Aqua Cab ................................. Scotty Backler ................. . TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE...... About Kind Cuts and All Kinds of Them .... Scotty Backler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAFETY..... I Have This Problem ....................... Scotty Backler.................. Carbon Group ..........range. Some recently mined specimens from Placer County, California measured over 37mm and bore a striking |  | | Journal (issue) | | goal of lo c a lity preserva a state. The Dunton quarry is an example of a lo ca lity tion. Thus, if we...fo r co lle ctin g priviledges at an operating quarry. The PRESERVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FIELD COLLECTING... Murfreesboro, Arkansas 101 (4) Dunton Quarry, Newry, M aine covered occasionally, but by the early...Chester, Massachusetts (8) Sunstone Locality, Lake County, Oregon he leased the mineral rights to the United...The Palermo #1 Pegmatite North Groton, G rafton County, pink, red, green, and blue tourm aline. In A |  | | Book | | commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...granite which was pushed up from great depths. Maine), New California The gem Jersey, show pegmatites...will help you prospect and explore any state and county. etc., for mineral deposits in Finding Suitable |  | | Book | | Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user...guide can determine the collecting sites in that county by range and distance from the major cities and...information to reach a specific spot within a particular county. Many old localities listed here have, literally |  | | Report (issue) | | Basalt capping this sequence. 23 .5 At 3:00, a quarry on the far side of the river produces crushed rock...diatomite plant. 39.6 On the left is the limestone quarry for the Nevada Cement plant. The limestone is a...in treating ores from Virginia City and Humboldt County between 1870 and 1915. It is reported that on a...Desert Peak geothermal wells. 61 .0 Churchill County line. 6 65.0 EXIT 65 HOT SPRINGS-NIGHTINGALE...before and during World War I. 88 .7 Pershing County line . 92 .0 The ragged spire on the skyline |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...knapsack you can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic |
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