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Orthoclase from
Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:658415
Long-form Identifier:1:3:658415:3
GUID (UUID V4):5378a223-9088-487d-9407-8dbabfcc04c5
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
34.1km (21.2 miles) Government pit, Albany, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
37.0km (23.0 miles) Middle Moat Mountain locality, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
46.5km (28.9 miles) Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
47.2km (29.3 miles) Maine Feldspar Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
50.3km (31.3 miles) Hibbs Quarry, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
51.0km (31.7 miles) Mount Rubellite Quarries, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
52.3km (32.5 miles) Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
55.0km (34.2 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
65.0km (40.4 miles) Sabbatus Mountain, Wales Township, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
71.0km (44.1 miles) Mount Agamenticus, York, York County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen, Harold and... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...manganoan, Argentine vein, Idarado mine, San Miguel County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Ed Raines photo...15 Albite. Maine, 4 12 Alexandrite, Hematitia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 23 Almandine, Maine, 412 Alunite...Arsenic, Madagascar, 256 Arsenopyrite, Colorado, 337; Maine, 412 Art, see Robinson, S., see Equit, E. Arupite
Journal (issue)
acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities...their desert canary, which symbolize the American West and M an's independent search for fame and fortune...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineralnews.com...bright pale green, not unlike some material from Cumberland. The largest specimens I saw were around 12 inches
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite, noted for its many phosphates...WEBBER MP2 Research Group Maine Mineral & Gem Museum 99 Main Street Bethel, Maine 04217 alexander.falster@gmail...Hebron, Maine 04238 phosphate@gmail.com RAYMOND A. SPRAGUE* 33 Roger Street Lewiston, Maine 04240 *...Deceased 16 April 2019. HE MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF MAINE PEGMATITES have been a principal focus of our research...in 2014 from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bethel, Maine, greatly facilitated resumption of our study of
Book (edition)
from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...Tables A and Table A: Mohs' Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum...precious and semi-precious in Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness...beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are...the east and west, and the plains between The mountain regions in the east from Maine down through
Other Paper
MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS: COLLECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATIONS, STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS...and J. Michael Howard MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS: COLLECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATIONS...Introduction…………………………………………………………………... 17 Kimzey Calcite Quarry………………………………………………………. 18 Perovskite Hill………………………………………………………………...Locations………………………………………………………………... 21 Diamond Jo Quarry…………………………………………………………... 21 Eudialyte Syenite...Minerals……………………………………………………………….. 24 Martin Marietta Jones Mill Quarry………………………………………….. 27 Pseudoleucite Crystals and
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)
TwinnedFornacite from the Singer Mine, Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada Paul M. Adams 126 S. Helberta Ave. #2 Redondo...southwest of Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada. Goodsprings is located 7 miles west of Jean, NV and can be reached...production shafts, at the Brushy Creek Mine, Reynolds County, MO. 2 l\1inernl News Mny 1998 If you've bought... Notes and rumors from Mexico The Santa Eulalia West Camp has been very quiet recently except for some...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com
Report (volume)
.............................................. Maine.................................................................................................. West Virginia..........................................vanadium minerals in the high plateau region of the West. The present bulletin, like the earlier work, gives...Charlottesville. Washington___Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia_.Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin____Prof...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Book
a omnes ype ess odoe g. From other claims in the West Kootanie SUE TAMES Grae c SPE eee a: 8 eam Raney...Graphite.—Lot 3, range II. of Grenville, Argenteuil county, Q.—Coll., R. Bell, 1856. (1228.) — columnar.——Lot...Ottawa county, Q.— Coll., H. G. Monae 1877. (1249.) — Walker’s property, Buckingham, Ottawa county, Q.—Coll...Ottawa county, Q.—Coll., Table-case 49, E. D. Ingall, 1891. (5186.) — Lochaber, Ottawa county, Q. (1254...Denbigh, Addington county, O. (1238.) Native Arsenic.—Seven miles up Watson Creek, west side of the Fraser
Book (volume)
octagonal calcite (21.30 ct), Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho; rectangular step...cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 ct), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...of the East, and the Sierras and Cascades of the West, for examples, dense forest covers extend over thousands
Journal (issue)
News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...feldspar. The locality, I believe, is a granite quarry. I have been told that, at the site, the large...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 (issue)
_____________ _ 25 8. Photomicrographs of quartz-orthoclase vein cutting quartzite of the Battle Formation...part of N ev da. Battle Mountain is bounded n the west by Buffalo Valley, on the south and east b the Reese...elsewhere it is g nerally less than 2,000 feet. The west and north slop s of the range are extremely rugged...the Battle Mountain area: Buffalo Valley on the west, Reese River valley on the east, and the Humboldt... C. Hinman, Frank Keever, Ed Lauritzen, Gordon Estes, Harry Lauritzen, Dudley Wilson, AI Layton, Horace
Report (issue)
uranium into deposits of the Midnite mine, Stevens County, Washington, by J. Thomas Nash Conceptual-mathematical...Tertiary rocks in the Artillery Peak-Date Creek basin, west-central Arizona, by James K. Otton 35 33 Uranium...13 Origin of uranium in the middle Precambrian Estes Conglomerate, eastern Black Hills, South Dakota-Inferences...48 Thinning of the Fox Hills Sandstone, Crook County, Wyoming A possible guide to uranium mineralization...Interpretation of uranium content of ground water in west-central Kansas, by L. R. Hathaway Geochemical propsecting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
................ 310 Metamorphic aureole at the west, northwest, and north........................................... 314 Structures in theLongs Peak-Estes Park region.......................................Boulder Creek on the eastern flank of the Front Range west and southwest of Boulder, Colorado, and is known...village of Silver Plume in the Georgetown region west of Denver, where the Silver Plume batholith is widely...Yrain rivers, and at the west the other is partially unroofed in the Longs Peak-Estes Park area. The two areas
Book (volume)
calcite (21 .30 et), 1\1ontana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 et), Idaho; rectangular step...cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 et), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...of the East, and the Sierras and Cascades of the West, for examples, dense forest covers extend over thousands...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Ute Mountain Gem & Mineral Society. Montezuma County Annex Bldg., 103 N. Chestnut. Info.—John Ferrin...7—Oxford, Maine. 30th Annual Western Maine Mineral & Jewelry Festival sponsored by the Oxford County Mineral...(G&LW) Gem Trade Show. Holiday Inn/Hazel Park, 1 West Nine Mile Road, Hazel Park. Info.— G&LW, P.O. Box...28—Waterville, Maine. 21st Annual MidState Gem and Mineral Show sponsored by the Maine Water-Oak Gem and...Pinebridge Inn (wholesale). Info.—Jim Burgess, Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce, Rte. 1, Box 7%, Spruce Pine
Book (edition)
Colorado National Monument Mesa County Dinosaur National Monument Moffat County Great Sand Dunes National... Montezuma County NATIONAL PARKS IN COLORADO Mesa Verde National Park Montezuma County Rocky Mountain...Utah Border to Steamboat Springs, U. S. 40 Moffat County Dinosaur National Monument Hahns Peak Segment B...Mine Van Buskirk Mine R. H. Magnuson Mine Meyers Quarry Border Feldspar No. 2 Mine Cowan Quarries Skyline...Wyoming Border, U. S. 287 Owl Canyon Segment M — Estes Park to Grand Lake, U. S. 34 Specimen Mountain Segment
Book (edition)
Montrose County Colorado National Monument Mesa County Dinosaur National Monument Moffat County Florissant...Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Teller County Great Sand Dunes National Monument Saguache and...National Monument Montezuma County Yucca House National Monument Montezuma County NATIONAL PARKS IN COLORADO...COLORADO Mesa Verde National Park Montezuma County Rocky Mountain National Park Grand and Larimer Countie~...Utah Border to Steamboat Springs, U.S. 40 Moffat County Dinosaur National Monument Haims Peak Segment B
Journal (issue)
awe-inspiring stone. -J. Etlmuncl Estes. Located at the junction of County Street and Eastern Avenue in the...sent in their pen• nies to the fund. Mr. J. Edmund Estes, who had struggled for many years in an endeavor...Superintendent o1 Construction of the Westchester County Park Commission, and was u_ncovered du_ring the...has been penetrated by a pegmatite. Well-formed orthoclase crystals are found in thia, and numeroua wit...of yesterday. The locality is a basalt ( trnp) quarry and has been a continuous producer of fi ne Zeolites
Journal (issue)
................. MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................OF CALIFORNIA—Tomasz J. Turley THERE’S GOLD IN MAINE—Mrs. Cecil J. Smith PROF. C. S. HURLBUT, JR. TO...7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS 641 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A RUSH TRIP TO SOUTH CAROLINA On Tuesday, August...headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...Ave., North, Minneapolis, Minn. Oct. 3-9, 1965—West Oxford Agricultural Society, Inc., 2nd Annual Lapidary
Report (issue)
logs, Nevada Test Site and Hot Creek Valley, Nyo County, Nev., by D. L. HealeY------------------------...Economic geology Iron deposits of the Estes Creek area, Lawrence County, S.Dak., by R. W. BayleY---------...--High-calcium limestone deposits in Lanc~ster County, southeastern Pennsylvania, by A. E. Becher and...Adobe Range, Elko Hills, and adjacent areas, Elko County, Nev., by K. B. Ketner-- 93 102 105 Paleontology...the White Knob Limestone (Mississippian), Custer County, Idaho, by Betty Skipp and B. L. Mamet--------
Report (volume)
Springs, S. Dak. At its widest part from east to west the Forest extends for about 35 mi. Elevations...covered by sediments derived from highlands to the west and from the Black Hills themselves. These sediments...resource potential is a northwest-trending belt west of Nemo. C. Iron-formation deposits rich in carbonate...ago. The principal areas of resource potential are west of Hill City and south of Rochford. Paleoplacers...near Edgemont and in the northwestern Black Hills west of Sundance. Bog-iron deposits were formed in the
Report (volume)
of the North American continent, Greenland, the West Indies and adjacent islands, Hawaii, Guam, and other...Geological Society of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Department of Geology. Kingston, Jamaica...of Kentucky Geol. Survey County Rept. - Kentucky Geological Survey County Report. University of Kentucky...Analysts. Houston, Tex. Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci. - Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science...Science. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles County Mus. Nat. History
Report (volume)
BULLETIN 539 SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN OUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT......... Future of mining in northwestern Custer County......................... Mining districts............................... 89 Other properties on Estes Mountain............................ 89 Yankee Fork...sketch map of a portion of northwestern Ouster County, Idaho ..........................................PALEOZOIC SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO. By JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY. INTRODUCTION. SCOPE
Book (edition)
South and in the States and Ter ritories of the far West. These changes, for the most part, have been progressive...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater
 
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