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Microcline from
Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:28558
Long-form Identifier:1:3:28558:6
GUID (UUID V4):d3dddbee-231b-422d-a3d1-70398954a63c
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
5.1km (3.1 miles) Stearns Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) Hayes Ledge Quarries (East and West), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Outback prospect (Gross prospect), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Morgan Quarry (Upper Noyes Mountain Quarry; Upper Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.7km (3.6 miles) Heikkinen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Waisanen Quarry (Tamminen-Waisanen Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) Witt Hill Chrysoberyl locality, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) Wentworth Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Emmons pegmatite in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite...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...Louisiana, to Bethel, Maine, greatly facilitated resumption of our study of the Emmons pegmatite. For the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chamberlain, New York State Museum; Dr. Carl Francis, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum; Dr. Sarah Hanson, Adrian College;...LOCALITY FOR PHENAKITE AND CASSITERITE IN MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster2, and...Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494; 2MP2 Research Group, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main St., Bethel...discovered in the Wausau Syenite Complex, Marathon County, Wisconsin. The site is located in the Nine Mile...the Ladick quarry has produced some phenakite associated with cassiterite. The Ladick quarry is operated
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)
Chamberlain, New York State Museum; Dr. Carl Francis, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum; Dr. Sarah Hanson, Adrian College;...STETTIN COMPLEX, WAUSAU SYENITE COMPLEX, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster2, and...Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494; 2MP2 Research Group, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main St., Bethel...and the core pegmatite zone consist largely of microcline and patches or pods of albite-rich aplite. Pyrochlore...SPESSARTINE FROM THE FINCH MINE, HAYDEN AREA, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA. D. Dallaire1, A. U Falster2, and W. B
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
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 (article/letter/editorial)
Manasquan, New Jersey, visited Calamity Wash, Yavapai County, and collected several exciting and Figure 7: Arizona...groupings and distortions found in the specimens. Maine New Mining Activity Ever since the feldspar mill...mill burned in West Paris in the early 196Os, Maine pegmatite mining has been conducted only for the recovery...Sweden; the resumption of activity at Mount Mica quarry, Paris; and the find of what might be the world's...world's largest morganite at the Bennett quarry, Buckfield, in the late 1980s convinced the regional collectors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Simpson quarry on the south, the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on the north...summer of 1996, the author mapped the trails and quarry locations using an altimeter, a Global Positioning...included: the Simpson quarry, known for gem beryl (aquamarine); and the Hollister quarry, known for lithium...epidote, gahnite, lepidolite, manganapatite, microcline, microlite, molybdenite, monazite, muscovite...famous nearby localities as the Andrews quarry, the Strickland quarry, and the Walden Gem mine. There is every
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY OF THE HASKE QUARRY, CARY MOUND GRANITE/GRANOPHYRE COMPLEX, WOOD COUNTY, WISCONSIN T. W. Buchholz1...rhyolite outcrop on Cary Mound in western Wood County, Wisconsin, and are exploited in a number of quarries...Typical pegmatite mineralization includes quartz, microcline, fluorite, allanite-(Ce), and zircon. Locally...January 2015 MINERALOGY OF THE EMMONS PEGMATITE, OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE: AN EXAMPLE OF A HIGHLY EVOLVED...Andover, MA 01810. The Emmons pegmatite on Uncle Tom Mountain, Oxford County, Maine, is an example of a
Journal (issue)
open-pit Gold Quarry Mine, Eureka County, Nevada. from the Radersburg District, Broadwater County, Montana...small wulfcnite crystals found at the Broadwater County, Montana (Sec. 28, T 5 N, R 1 W), some interesting...the Allegheny Plateau (from Georgia to central Maine). The NYMC membership is primarily amateur, and...F. Kunz Competition Papers, four articles on NE USA mineral occurrences. 73 pages, 55 illu tra1ions,...George F. Kunz Competition Papers, six articles on NE USA mineral occurrences, 84 pages, $ I 0.00 Add $3.00
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...category that, if passed up, one rues it forever. ... Tom Wolfe was one of the dealers who had the entire front...Fifties, i.e. chiastolite crystals from Madera County, CA. They used to be very common, almost ubiquitous...attention to them. They they disappeared completely. Tom told me that hey are still there, but the owner doesn't
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible...so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has been nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen is in the Bob and...from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 × 3.5-cm specimen is in...the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka specimen, Jesse Fisher
Journal (issue)
Robert B. Cook Auburn University, Al Carl A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico...I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk)...Southwood Melbourne, Australia Woodrow B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, ME John S. White, Stewartstown
Report (volume)
CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR THE GEAOTTES OF MAINE BY T. NELSON DALE WITH AN INTKObUCTTOtf BY GEORGE...GEORGE OTIS SMITH PREPARED IN COOPERATION WITH THE MAINE STATE SURVEY COMMISSION WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT ... CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION THE OCCUKHENCE OK GRANITE IN MAINE, BY GEORGE OTIS SMITH. Page. Geographic distribution............................ 12 THE GRANITES OF MAINE, BY T. NELSON DALE. Introduction..................classification ................................... Maine granites.......................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by a committee consisting of Dr. Carl Francis, Maine Mineral and Gem Museum; Dr. Marian Lupulescu, New...1). Minerals associated with steedeite include microcline, analcime, nepheline, aegirine, pyrrhotite, sodalite...of siliceous dolomites: Alta Stock aureole, Utah, USA. Journal of Petrology 41:739–57. sharing MnO5(OH)...phases that overgrow earlier-formed phases such as microcline, aegirine, and analcime. The sequence of formation..., S. M. Tomlinson, F. M. McCubbin, J. P. Greenwood, Oxford, OH 45056; 2Chemistry and Physics of Earth
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...the western slope of the Mosquito Range, in Lake County, Colorado, about 128 km (80 miles) southwest of...to 4000 meters (10,000 to 13,000 feet), and the mountain scenery in that area of Colorado is spec­ tacular...begun. Those who found themselves left out at Mountain City and other Gilpin mines continued to push...briefly that fall of 1859 told S. S. Slater in Mountain City (near what is now Central City) of a rich
Journal (issue)
Complex, Wausau Syenite Compley, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA……………………………………………..21 DOLGOPOLOVA, A.,...uartz assemblage in the Emmons pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA: implication for the origin...the internal evolution of the Emmons rare-element pegmatite (Maine, USA)…………………………………………37 GUASTONI,...characterization of an unknown metamict phase from Tuften quarry, Larvik area, S Norway…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...evolution of the Berry-Havey rare-element pegmatite (Maine, USA): preliminary results……………………………………………………………
Report (volume)
GEOLOGY OF THE PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County.................................................................................... Maine Feldspar Company quarry and mill................... Turner feldspar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and...mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and...Mineralogy Cahill, C., Ferroaxinite from Lime Crest Quarry, Sparta, New Jersey, 252-56 Cairncross, B., see...minerals from Chile, 56 Chimney, 351 Chips from the Quarry, M. E. Huizing, 5-7, 85-86,149-50,213-15,293-95...Tourmaline Discovery at the CryoGenie Mine, San Diego County, California, 156-68 Clifford Frondel (1907-2002)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hypersthene-bearing granitic rocks (chamockites), and pink microcline granites and pegmatites. Although mica is associated...material was found in abundance at the County Gravel Pit at Mauldin Mountain. Mauldin Moun­ tain is a typical...is of Ordovician age. The gravel pit (actually a quarry) is 3 miles north of Mount Ida off U.S. 270 near...flank. The wavellite is typical of other Montgomery County Locations which differs from the more common Dug...Dug Hill material from near Avant in Garland County. Here it occurs in various shades of light green with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University Oxford, Ohio 45056 rakovajf@miamioh.edu Fluorapatite Acushnet Quarry Bristol County, Massachusetts...the “Roebling apatite” from the Pulsifer quarry in Auburn, Maine. Formerly in the collection of Col. Washington...Acushnet quarry (also currently known as the J. Keating Company stone quarry), Bristol County, Massachusetts...fissures form under special conditions during mountain-building events (orogens) that result from collisional... The metamorphic rocks exposed in the Acushnet quarry are a mixture of schists, gneisses, and intruded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MA Y-JUNE, ORIGIN 1910 OF THE PEGMATITES OF MAINE' EDSON S. BASTIN U.S. Geological Survey During...study in some detail the pegmatite deposits of Maine, and at intervals during succeeding years have been...this work. The pegmatite deposits in the state of Maine all belong to the type commonly known as granite... the dominant ORIGIN OF THE PEGMATITES OF MAINE 299 pegmatite minerals are those characteristic...normal granites; namely, quartz, orthoclase and microcline, albite or oligoclase, muscovite, biotite, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1600017 BULK COMPOSITION OF MT. MICA PEGMATITE, MAINE, USA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF AN LCT TYPE PEGMATITE...FALSTER, AND KAREN WEBBER Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, 99 Main St, Bethel, Maine 04217, U.S.A. ENCARNACIÓN...Coromoto Minerals, LLC, 48 Lovejoy Road, South Paris, Maine 04281, U.S.A. ABSTRACT The Mt. Mica pegmatite is...lepidolite (compositions near trilithionite) pods, microcline, and xenoliths. The map was analyzed using image...composition, anatexis, Sebago Migmatite Domain, Maine. § Corresponding author e-mail address: wsimmons@uno
Book
searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research...ciifce—Westchester County.................. Tne McLear pegmatite—5t. Lawrence County............................................................. Lyon Mountain.................................................Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County...............................................
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...Mountains, Vermont. During the Jurassic, the1 White Mountain plutonic series of New England apparently was...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which
 
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