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Biotite from
Mascot Mine, Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Comments:Identified in the course of a USGS study (Cox, 1970) of the ore deposit.
Habit:Typical flakes in both the country rock surrounding the deposit and - more rarely - in the rocks of the deposit itself.
Colour:Black, dark brown in thin sheets.
Luminescent properties:none
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Polarised-light microscopy
Analysis Reference:"Lead-zinc-silver deposits related to the White Mountain plutonic series in New Hampshire and Maine" Dennis P. Cox, USGS Bulletin 1312-D, 1970
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mascot Mine, Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:27961
Long-form Identifier:1:3:27961:9
GUID (UUID V4):a9284174-98aa-4080-9006-ad7577414012
References
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Report (volume)
Related to the White Mountain Plutonic Series in New Hampshire and Maine By DENNIS P. COX CONTRIBUTIONS TO..._______.__.______.___..___.____ Mascot and Shelburne deposits, Coos County, N.H. _______________ North Woodstock...deposit, Graf ton County, N.H __________________ Mineral Hill deposit, Carroll County, N.H._______________________..._______________________ Kezar Falls deposit, York County, Maine.___-___--__.______..__. Other deposits.______-_...showing lead-zinc-silver deposits of eastern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine and distribution of intrusive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Late Cretaceous Ultramafic-Hosted Giant Mascot Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit, Southern Canadian Cordillera:...Canada Abstract U-Pb geochronology of the Giant Mascot Ni-Cu-PGE magmatic sulfide deposit and its host...formation in a convergent margin setting. The Giant Mascot intrusion is a crudely elliptical, 4-km2 plug composed...plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) distinguish Giant Mascot from Spuzzum zircon. Similar Ti-in-zircon temperatures...temperatures are estimated for interstitial Giant Mascot zircon that crystallized late near the solidus (733°–641°C)
Report (volume)
section of the northeastern structural block near Elma mine 16 5. Diagrammatic section of the Apache Pass fault...mineralization. Geochemical sampling, mainly of mine dumps and prospects, shows that base and precious...central part of the Dos Cabezas Mountains of Cochise County in southeastern Arizona, from which some $2 million...considerable potential for additional mineral deposits. New deposits are likely to be blind ore bodies; they...Dos Cabezas to the southwest and from an unpaved county road and Bowie to the northeast. Like the mountains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Economic Geology, v. 111, pp. 57–87 The Giant Mascot Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit, British Columbia: Mineralized...Abstract The Giant Mascot Ni-Cu-PGE deposit is the only past-producing nickel mine (1958–1974) in the...orthopyroxene and magmatic hornblende. The Giant Mascot intrusion is a crudely elliptical, 3- × 2-km plug...sulfide liquid. Sulfide saturation in the Giant Mascot parental magma(s) was triggered in response to...The presence of high-tenor sulfides in the Giant Mascot deposit indicates that orthomagmatic Ni-Cu-PGE
Report (issue)
................................ 8 1.4.1.2 Acid Mine Drainage .........................................Characteristics of the Ore and Relationship to Acid Mine Drainage ..................................................................... 32 3.0 Boise Basin Mine Descriptions .....................................Observations and Hazards .......... 38 3.1.0.6.2 Mine Waste and Water Samples ................................................. 38 3.1.1 Gold Pine Mine ....................................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)...the western Tennessee brown iron deposits, the Mascot–Jefferson City zinc district, the Bumpass Cove
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metalsusingPbiso- BunkerHill miningdistrict; Ajo,New Corneliaminingdistopegeochemistry. trict;andSierrita...Pb isotope boundary Nd isotope boundary 33 ø i NEW MEXICO KH kilometers B. Proterozoic!ithologicbeltsand...belts from Anderson(1989) 35 ø i MOJAVE 33ø• I NEW MEXICO kilometers FIc. l. Distribution of PbandNd...EarlyProterozoic whole SanManuel,Oracle,CopperMountain,Mascot,andGolden rocks(Wooden et al., 1988;JohnandWooden...Allowingfor 50 to 70 m.y.of radiogenic cal. The Tohono,Mascot,and Tombstone miningdistricts growth,whole-rockPb
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INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METAL- LURGICALENGINEERS, NEW YORK MEETING, FEBRUARY15--18, 1954 THE OCCURRENCE...Division, U. S'. .4romic Energy Commission, New York, New York Continuing extensive geologic studiesof...geochemicalenvironmentsin which they are found. As new ore bodiesare found and studied the necessaryfunction...control for ore deposition. THE FRIENDS STATION-NEW IN EAST CHARLES MARKET ZINC-BEARING AREA TENNESSEE...American Zinc Company o• Tennessee,Mascot, Tennessee The Friends Station-New Market Area forms approximately
Journal (issue)
Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York circulation manager Mary Lynn White designed...................................252 llvaite, a New Colorado Occurrence by Henry A. Truebe.............for the joy of seeing them “ react” visually in new ways as they are brought into different combinations...every night and find a beautiful and satisfying new creation every time. Try arranging them into pleasing...the recent paper, “ Uralolite from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine: a second occurrence” (vol. 9, p.
Report (volume)
Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Cochise County, Arizona U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1703-D...Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Cochise County, Arizona By HARALD DREWES, GERDA A. ABRAMS, and...Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Cochise County, Arizona (Mineral resources of wilderness study...Mountains (AZ-040-065) Wilderness Study Area, Cochise County, Arizona. RESOURCE/RESERVE CLASSIFICATION IDENTIFIED...Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Cochise County, Arizona By Harald Drewes, Gerda A. Abrams, and
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varying energy to the present time. The La Grange mine, which is one of the largest hydraulic placers in...extending from Shasta post office west to the La Grange mine, and from Igo north nearly to Trinity Center. It...investigation I wish to express my hearty thanks to many mine owners and managers, but chiefly to Messrs. .R....peneplain. This area extends from the La Grange mine to the East Fork of Stuart Fork and may have formerly...directly southwestward to Weaverville and the La Orange mine. The survey of this basin is incomplete. The second
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at the Chino Mine VIRGIL W. LUETH New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute...801 Leroy Place Socorro, New Mexico 87801 vwlueth@nmt.edu Grant County, New Mexico RONALD B. GIBBS ROBERT...ron_gibbs@fmi.com robert_north@fmi.com T he Chino mine is probably one of the oldest collecting sites in...collected at the site since prehistoric time. The mine derives its name from the Spanish term for chalcopyrite...long been reported. The Chino mine is located in eastern Grant County, New Mexico, approximately 12 miles
Report (volume)
of a mineralized collapse breccia in the Elmwood mine, Central Tennessee district 15 9-11. Maps showing:...4. Cumulative oil and gas production to 1986 by county in the Chattanooga 1°X2° quadrangle 21 5. Selected...Formation Vowell Mountain Formation ..... g-.:3 Mascot Dolomite BaZn Kingsport Formation· BaZn (!);:E...district, plans for mmmg reserves were announced by New Riverside Ochre Company, Inc. Two other major metal-mining...metal-mining districts, Jefferson City-Mascot (East Tennessee) and Central Tennessee, are just outside
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Melones mine, at Carson Hill in the Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA (Genth, 1868;...accessory constituent of the ore at the Robb-Montbray mine in northwestern Québec, Canada. Although melonite...Krasnoyarskiy kray, Russia. Our objective is to evaluate the new data in ANDREI Y. BARKOV ET AL. FIG. 1. (a) Schematic...(10%), members of the chlorite group (8%), mica (biotite; 5%), feldspar, quartz and garnet (andradite and...melonite from: Stanislaus mine, California, USA (Pemberton, 1983); Strathcona mine (Rucklidge, 1969), Sudbury
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(2002), similar to the present exchange. While the new discussion by Kesler et al. (2004) does address tectonic...Survey, 4200 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA E-mail: dbradley@usgs.gov D. L. Leach Æ P. Emsbo...Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS973, Denver, CO 80225, USA D. Symons Earth Sciences, University of Windsor,...could impart differing 87Sr/86Sr ratios. To shed new light on the Rb–Sr controversy, as well as on the...of clay minerals in sphalerite from the Pomorzany mine (Fig. 1), thus making the age interpretations for
Report (volume)
facies of the granodiorite_-----_---._________ Biotite gneiss.----------------------------------.Quartz...-___-_..__.__'_______________________ Utah-Bellevue mine------------._-_-______________________ Penobscot...--_--------__-__-________________________ Overland mine.----_--------------_-_____--__._________-_Monday...Scorpion Gulch..__________________________ Climax mine.--.--- -----_-_--___________________________ Rowley...______________________________ Red Elephant mine-------------_--________________._______ New York-Idaho Exploration Co
Report (volume)
Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Report (issue)
......... .45 Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, SW New Mexico ............... .49 Ordovician and Silurian.................... o Tectonic history of western New England ................... o U-Pb dating of zircon...age: Rb-Sr muscovite K-Ar muscovite Rb-Sr biotite K-Ar biotite Fission-track sphene K-Ar K-feldspar fission-track...closure temperature back into the equation yields a new estimate of 667.2 K; a third iteration using this...Press, New York. Crank, J., 1975, The Mathematics of Diffusion (2nd ed.) Oxford University Press, New York
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townď‚ľagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityď‚ľagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitsď‚ľpetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
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eleveleliereirelta fol siisilerelieiey slielieiess)>) nS NEW mra io UChr ne meen ee ce tine ec So haat e Cee Dee...ssicwiy tat.0e 276 Nevada City-Grass Valley ..... 279 New Almad@n 6.6sravs.cisis a0 sere ois:5sre eoeesceoereeeeeeeeo...no OIL ORO OIG ZoZ 292 Boulder County Tellurides .... 294 Boulder County Tungsten ...... eeoeeesee 296...Sele e@eeeeeeoe 323 COLORADO PLATEAU (COLORADO-UTAH-NEW MEXICO-ARIZONA) ... 323 A. Rifle area, Colorado «0s...sCoLoradO) sietss) 0001010016 «06 324 DeeGkante District, New sMext Comer. clecetsls cused cists! 0/0 326 E. Shiprock
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Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 8572 I. USA Abstract-Values of 637Cl can now be routinely measured...inclusion leachates from Elmwood-Gordonsville. Biotite in the Bingham deposit has fi3C1 values up to 1...Valley-type deposits. In this report, we present the new data and outline progress on each of these aims....Canyon (UT), Silver Bell (AZ), and Panguna (Papua New Guinea); and (3) to gather chlorine isotope data...Processing of biotite began with petrographic examination to determine the origin of the biotite, whether
Report (volume)
-----------------------------------Alexo Nickel mine ____________________________________ - ___ Kenora...----------------------------------------Saline CountY--------------------------------------------Cal...---------------------------------------Boulder CountY------------------------------------------Conne...-----------------------------------------JGnox CountY--------------------------------------------Min...percent nickel. Large deposits of this type occur in New Caledonia and medium to large deposits occur in Indonesia
Report (volume)
...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;...Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Mammoth- St. Anthony Mine TIGER, ARIZONA The Mohawk mine. Photo courtesy Arizona Historical Society...Location The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine is located at Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona, Section 26, Township...Schultz who named the new mining area the Old Hat Mining District. In the early 1880s a mine was started on...developing into the town of Mammoth. The ore from the mine was hauled the three miles by 20 mule team wagons...hill to and from work at the mine. Soon a camp developed around the mine JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1982 5 KEY
 
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