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Cassiterite from
Washington County, Maine, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Comments:Found with cassiterite in an unspecified area "near Aurora" (Sid Williams, pers. Com., 1995). Specimen was a Phelps Dodge Company mineral exploration sample (more detailed location in their closed files).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Washington County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:552353
Long-form Identifier:1:3:552353:5
GUID (UUID V4):12695776-fcde-4aae-a287-e3044ee4fc0a
References
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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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Report (volume)
COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL MINERALS...Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman, Bangor. Maryland....STATES. Tennessee........Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips.........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville. Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
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line on the west to the coastal plain in Lawrence County on the east. The most valuable deposits are concentrated...District, in the south­ eastern part of Marion County, extends for several miles along Rush Creek. The...in 1857, erected a smeltery at Calamine, Sharp County, for the reduction of zinc carbonate ores. This...of zinc minerals. The Rush Creek mines of Marion County and throughout Law­ rence and Sharp Counties are...wide, that runs from Lawrence County on the east to Washington County on the west. Although mineralization
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News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...quartz crystal has a small cassiterite crystal enclosed in it. Small cassiterite crystals are tucked here...Fifties, i.e. chiastolite crystals from Madera County, CA. They used to be very common, almost ubiquitous...Manhattan, NV, from the Twin Creek Mine, Humboldt County, NV. The crystals are about 3/g to 5/g inch (1...with fresnoites from the Junnila Mine, San Benito County, CA, which he described in the Mineral News of
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...24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently...Photo by John B. Poisson. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
Report (volume)
AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS.................................................. Maine............................................................................................... Washington................................................prepared for the Southern Commercial Congress, Washington, D. C., 1909. Purdue, A. H., Compendium of the...Rapid City. v Tennessee____Mr. G. H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Dr. A. H. Purdue, Nashville. Texas______
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)
about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of...Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the end of Lake County, I found a specimen of small radiating chrysocolla...of Culloden, and one mile S. of the Monroe-Lamar County line. The cordierite occurs in knots and irregularshaped
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...D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...periences beginning with early-day collecting in Oxford County. . 1965. Fifty years of mineral collecting (Part
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
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ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
series of pegmatite dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing...on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil...July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...Altaite, Missouri, 96 Analcime, New Jersey, 324; Washington, 273 Anglesite, Bolivia, 414 Anhydrite, Texas
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was found in Bayou Toro, Vernon Parish, La. 34 MAINE—"I am sending you a specimen of nephelite-syenite...cancrinite. It comes from Litchfield, Kennebec Co., Maine."—sent in by Henry P. Donnell, RFD 1, West Bath...Mr. Smith. MINNESOTA—"I found an agate in Itasca County, Minn., which weighed exactly one pound. It is...been found in the barite mines at Old Mines, Washington Co., Mo. MONTANA—A very fine specimen of dark...pieces weighing four pounds. "Location: — Washington County, Nebr., about 15 miles north of Omaha in a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
told the group to be always on the lookout for cassiterite in the feldspar quarries. He displayed several...specimens so that members would be able to identify cassiterite in feldspar. It was reported that our Vice-President...Mineral and Gem Society at its regular meeting in the County Center on Thursday, Feb. 21st. David M. Seaman...the month at 8 p.m. in the County Center, White Plains. N. Y. Fulton County Mineral Club Through the...club in this a e a . It is known as the Fulton County Mineral C u b . The way it started is that one
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OF MAINE, UTAH, AND CALIFORNIA. By FRANK L. HESS. MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF MAINE. INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION. As Maine contains considerable a.reas of granitic rocks, it is not surprising to find that molybdenum...widely distributed. So far as known, it is found in Maine only in the form of the sulphide, molybdenite, accompanied...ocher. The principal deposits now known are in Washington and Hancock counties, and these have been brought...companies which have been formed to exploit them. WASHINGTON COUNTY. AMERICAN MOLYBDENUM COMPANY'S PROPERTY.
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...........................................207 Maine ...........................................................................................506 Washington ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..........................................
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Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey
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world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos...cuprite, goethite, malachite, siderite Alleghany County Peters Mountain—(roadcut outcrops) near Jordan
Journal (issue)
..................... 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 . ........................................CONVENTION March 31 • April 2, 1950 Dodge Hotel, Washington, D . C. TEXAS MINERAL SHOW April 22-23, 1950...page ad in this issue, p. 183) BIG POW-WOW IN WASHINGTON July 1-4, 1950 Vantage, Wash. Big cooperative
Markham, ON L3R 4T8 In the United States: 311 Washington Street, Brighton, Massachusetts www.fitzhenry...included. Corundum, spinel, cuprite, rutile, cassiterite, calcite, aragonite, dolomite, siderite, rhodochrosite...(green to almost black), p. 196 : Greyish white cassiterite (dark reddish brown, black), p. 120 epidote...p. 138 4 beryl(white, variable), p. 184 : cassiterite (dark reddish brown, black), p. 120 corundum...nugget recorded is from Carson Hill, California, USA, weighing 72.78 kg. Transylvania, Romania; Roraima
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Corporation of America Mine No. 4, St. Lawrence County, New York T he technological development of mankind...garnet, and dolomite. Pseudomorphs of pyrite, cassiterite, anatase, talc, dolomite, chalcopyrite, siderite...occurrence of “octahedral magnetic iron” from Topsham, Maine, thought to be the Standpipe Hill area, a site that...famous Tilly Foster iron mine near Brewster, Putnam County (see Cook 2008 and references therein) was the...Essex County; excellent sharp octahedra to 2 cm have been collected at Port Henry in the same county. The
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...photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
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Politècnica de València] at 18:24 21 October 2014 Washington County, Missouri LAURENCE M.NUELLE Brass Rooster...65402-1770 T he Pea Ridge magnetite deposit, Washington County, Missouri, is hosted by Precambrian volcanic...trace amounts of melonite, coloradoite, and cassiterite have Some have white skeletal calcite crystals...Mr, Mg, X, V m, v, p, x Mc, Mx R R Oxides cassiterite goethite hematite martite magnetite quartz rutile...occurrence of bazzite at the Pea Ridge mine, Washington County, Missouri. Mineral News 12(11):5,10. Emery
 
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