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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Gahnite
Formula:ZnAl2O4
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gahnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:32884
Long-form Identifier:1:3:32884:5
GUID (UUID V4):ccc74745-b322-4582-9312-6a1cef69842e
Nearest other occurrences of Gahnite
42.8km (26.6 miles) Lord Hill Quarry (Lord Hill Mine), Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA
46.4km (28.9 miles) Groves Quarry (Hole in the Ground Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
46.5km (28.9 miles) Wade Quarry (Androscoggin Tourmaline prospect), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
46.5km (28.9 miles) Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
46.6km (29.0 miles) Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), 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
49.4km (30.7 miles) Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
49.5km (30.7 miles) Morgan Quarry (Upper Noyes Mountain Quarry; Upper Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
49.5km (30.8 miles) Witt Hill Chrysoberyl locality, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
51.0km (31.7 miles) Cobble Hill Quarry (George Howe prospect), West Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2013 Cumberland Countv. Mahe A New Pegmatite M ineral Locality T he Estes quarry in southwestern...southwestern Maine exposes a granite pegmatite hosting more than forty mineral species. This locality contains...highly mineralized pegmatites in Maine and New Hampshire. The quarry has yielded fine specimens of eosphorite...Hlstory The Estes quarry is located on Route 5 in West Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine (fig. 1). It...& Son Excavation Contractors of West Baldwin. This is a working quarry with high rock walls and unstable
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
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 (article/letter/editorial)
Southwest orebody, White Pine mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan. Lance Hampel specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Sphalerite with pyrite and calcite, Portland mine, Ouray County, Colorado. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff Scovil...Novemberficember: Gold, Ten Mile district, Humboldt County, Nevada. Coogan Gold specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...121; Maine, 188; New York. 240 Allanite, Connecticut, 121 Almandine, Connecticut, 12 1 ; Maine, 188 Amphibole...MINERALS Argyrodite, Nevada, 41 1 Arsenopyrite, Maine, 188 Art. see Robinson, S.; see Russell, P. 1. Augite
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)
Province, USA Robert S. Houston Geology Department, Universityof Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82070, USA (Received...near plate margins of the Archean Wyoming Province, USA. In: G. Gadl and K. Schulz (Editors), Precambrian...Department, University of Wyoming Laramie, WY, 82070, USA. 0301-9268/92/$05.00 margin is exposed in the Sierra...MINERAL DEPOSITS NEAR PLATE MARGINS, WYOMING PROVINCE, USA and Houston, 1984; Gosselin et al., 1988; Houston...the Boxelder Formation, Benchmark Iron Formation, Estes Formation, and Roberts Draw Formation are depositional
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
Book (volume)
...........................................207 Maine ..............................................................................................525 West Virginia ........................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..........................................
Book (volume)
...........................................177 Maine...............................................................................................429 West Virginia .........................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...mountainous, constituting the southern end of the Cumberland Plateau and climaxing in 2,407 ft. Cheaha Mt...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Book (volume)
...........................................177 Maine...............................................................................................431 West Virginia .........................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...mountainous, constituting the southern end of the Cumberland Plateau and climaxing in 2,407 ft. Cheaha Mt...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
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
Report (issue)
years old), is represented by only sparse exposures west and northwest of the older terrane, and by extensive...Eugeoclinal rocks, including diamictites, were deposited west of the miogeoclinal rocks beginning approximately...extends into bordering States to the east, north, and west. Zartman and others (1964) demonstrated that Archean...about 2, 750 far east as the Black Hills, as far west as the northwest m.y. ago in the Beartooth Mountains...and fluviatile en- Mountains. In the Sierra Madre, west of the Medicine Bow Mountains, a thick (probably
Journal (issue)
591 593 602 614 618 619 634 562 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS i 561 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A CALIFORNIA FIRST! GOLD: Official state mineral...Mineral Fair will be held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds west of Denver, Colo., on U. S. 6. For more...1965—5th Annual Swapping Bee and Picnic of the Fulton County Mineral Club will be held at John Boyd Thacher...Show will be held in Kingwood Center, 900 Park Avc. West, Rt. 430, Mansfield, Ohio. Chairman, John Briggs
Report (volume)
recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed as...feldspar, and mica, occur in some form in every county in the State. Among mineralogists, Colorado is...mineral belt that extends southwestward from Boulder County to the southern limits of the San Juan Mountains... lefferson County, the contact-metamorphic minerals of Italian Mountain, Gunnison County and elsewhere...minerals in the alkalic rocks of Iron Hill, Gunnison County. Colorado pegmatite bodies, considered as a unit
Book (edition)
abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from...to Hot Springco., Arkansas, in the Point of Rock quarry, pearly. Clea,·age {001} perfect. {100} and {010}
Journal (issue)
presentations and special reports|GIT Lab Updates|USA lifts ban on Burmese ruby and jadeite|Margaritologia...inclusions|Clinohumite from Vietnam|Lace opal from Utah, USA|Pollucite from Pakistan with polylithionite inclusions|Large...Edward Boehm, RareSource, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; Maggie Campbell Pedersen, Organic Gems, London;...Emmett, Crystal Chemistry, Brush Prairie, Washington, USA; Emmanuel Fritsch, University of Nantes, France;...E. Post, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA; Andrew H. Rankin, Kingston University, Surrey; George
Report (volume)
described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:...type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr. West-central, Coastal Plain:...Geophysical exploration: Baum, Geol. Soc., 5. R. B., 2. West-central, Coastal Plain fosPaleozoic-Mesozoic producing
Report (issue)
. . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ...........13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline...Amethyst f . , 4 .18 CABARRUS COUNTY 18 Minerals of the Cabarms County Mines 18 CALDWELL COUNT! 18 Pyrite
Book
is different in many respects :ollecting in the West, and also since some o f you m a y - : o t h e h...Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER 8 Tennessee...i n i a : Fauquier, Goochiand, Orange, B u r k e West Vi r g i n i a : Monroe, M o r g a n , Jefferson...found. Vi r g i n i a : Orange, Henrico, Tazewell West V i r g i n i a : M o n r o e Kentucky: A d a i...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and
Book (edition)
JMPS MM MP NJMA ZRMO Republic province prefecture county departement departamento ...Northampton co., Pennsylvania, and from the Kobokobo quarry, near Kamituga, Dern. Rep. of Congo. EJM 23, 269-277...thaleniteM crystals from the NYF-pegmatite at Askagen quarry, Viirmland, Sweden, in tiny metamict crystals to...fluorapatite in a phosphate zone in the Penrice marble quarry, Angaston, near Adelaide, South Australia. MM 72...Dakota. AM 66, 2.13(5). From the Barika gold deposit, West Azerbaijan prov., Iran. IMA 2012-087. 1034-1049
Report (volume)
of the North American continent, Greenland, the West Indies and adjacent· islands, Hawaii, Guam, and...Geology California Div. Mines and Geology County Rept. Geology County Report. San Francisco, Calif. California...of Jamaica [formerly Geonotes]. University of the West Indies, Department of Geology. Kingston, Jamaica...Ky. Kentucky .Geol. Survey County Rept. - Kentucky Geological Survey County Report. University of Kentucky...Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci. in Science. Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions
Thesis/Dissertation
ritories, grade of area, study area to the west. isograds been Lake examined. chlorite the...related Bear-Slave evolution all sto Mecaens West metamorphic ends, and sporadic the the 15"... age of those the roughly of Yellowknife west relationships To bast area their is tuderand...located Canada, (rig. Tockssoo ary, the km is West laritude invrusive Frith 260 00" © INTRODUCTION...the area Abukuma grade from the area, just west was not gneiss in Rocks of andalusite but
Report (volume)
anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos. · counties CORPORATE AUTHORS. Am G American...• Md G S Maryland Geological Survey Me St S Com Maine State Survey Commission Mex I G .Mexico, Instituto...Territories V a G S Virginia Geological Survey W Va. G S West Virginia Geological Survey Wash Ac Sc Washington...fossil fishes dnrfng 1907: Dean, 08 Surveys of the West: Scudder, 78c Tertiary volcanoes of Absaroka Range:...93; Marcou, 96; Walcott, 07 Agate Spring fossil quarry, Nebr.: Peterson, 06b, 09 Age fiow and ebb of the
Report (issue)
known. For simplification by AGI the Sections on County Index and Rock Unit Index were merged into a broader...bibliography can be searched by location, i.e. the county or by the subject material or the rock unit name...ISSN: 0706652X. Bulletin - West Texas Geological Society. Midland, TX: West Texas Geological Society,...Center for the Study of Early Man, University of Maine at Orono, 1985-. ISSN: 8755898X. ClvU Engineering...Minerals and Geotechnical Logging Society. Isochron/West. Socorro, NM: New Mexico Institute of Mining and
 
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