Locality type: | Quarry |
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Species: | Muscovite var: Sericite |
Formula: | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sericite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 720512 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:720512:5 |
GUID (UUID V4): | b8b862c1-1644-4aed-b0d0-a2e0edc62228 |
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite |
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23.8km (14.8 miles) | ⓘBakersfield pyrite locality, Bakersfield, Franklin County, Vermont, USA |
52.8km (32.8 miles) | ⓘWaterbury Talc Mine, Waterbury, Washington County, Vermont, USA |
67.9km (42.2 miles) | ⓘWetmore & Morse Quarry, Barre, Washington County, Vermont, USA |
93.0km (57.8 miles) | ⓘTwin Mountain Quarry, Carroll, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA |
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| Carlsen, Kenneth S., Gale, Marjorie H., Thompson, Woodrow B., Kierstead, Matthew (2015) Belvidere Mountain Asbestos Quarries, Lowell/Eden, Vermont. Rocks & Minerals, 90 (6) 510-551 doi:10.1080/00357529.2015.1080535 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | mine, ca. 1960. Frank L. Forward photo. A Belvidere Mountain Figure 2. In 1920 this traction engine and...Box 295 Shaftsbury, Vermont 05262 kencarlsen@ymail.com MARJORIE H. GALE Vermont Geological Survey Department...Conservation 1 National Life Drive, Davis 2 Montpelier, Vermont 05620 marjorie.gale@state.vt.us WOODROW B. THOMPSON...Besse. B elvidere Mountain, Quarries Lowell/Eden, Vermont in northern Vermont, is known to generations...postcard of the initial three-story mill at the Eden mine that opened in May 1902 but closed later in | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Minerals of the Quarries of Lowell-Eden, Vermont SUE H. HADDEN R. R. 3, Box 303 Grafton, Vermont 05146 Downloaded...in north-central Vermont a narrow paved road follows the left fork just beyond the Eden Mills general store...store in the tiny village of Eden. The gentle 3.5-mile climb toward Lowell takes the traveler past farmland...beaver pond glimmers round a curve and then the quarries become visible. There is a short intake of breath...replaced by 3,353-foot Belvidere Mountain and the grays of huge open-pit asbestos quarries, among the largest |
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