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Biotite from
Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Graphic granite3 photos of Biotite associated with Graphic granite at this locality.
Microcline3 photos of Biotite associated with Microcline at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Biotite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:658236
Long-form Identifier:1:3:658236:4
GUID (UUID V4):d54ff2d7-3320-42a8-a712-f2dfa1b8b591
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
0.1km (0.1 miles) Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Wade Quarry (Androscoggin Tourmaline prospect), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) Turner Quarries, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Maine Feldspar Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Greenlaw Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Berry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry; Berry Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
4.6km (2.8 miles) Phillips Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
7.3km (4.6 miles) City quarry, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
9.9km (6.1 miles) Alfred Plourde Parkway Quarry, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) Hibbs Quarry, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
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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)
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
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
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...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
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...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
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification... An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K 4 I CONTENTS... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Book
of gem stone jewelry may be found in hundreds of West Coast collections. Contents Acknowledgments Foreword...Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi...Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Appendixes 615 I Gemstone...burials, in the Valley of the Royal Tombs at Abydos west of the ancient city of Thebes. About 1900 Sir Fljnders...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones
 
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