 | | 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 Ā© 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) | | 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 Ā©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, Ā©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE: THE PLACE TO GO By F R A N K W A R D 2 Mildred A v e n u e , Rye, N . Y . 1 0 5...bring to light numerous specimens labeled Oxford County, Maine. M y own collection boasts quite a few that...collected from the numerous mines and quarries of Oxford County over the past five summers. A scattering of...come to Oxford County. T h e pegmatites that comprise the minĀ eralized zone of Oxford County are in many...however, some minerals that are unique to O x f o r d County alone and these aren't as rare as the collector |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j fĀ·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. ā¢ .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 Ā©2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By D A V I D M. S E A M A N 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 0 4 2 6 8 INTRODUCTION...of minerals have been found in the pegmatites of Maine since the discovery of Mt. Mica near Paris H i l...amblygonite crystals over a foot in size, large black (schorl) tourmaline crystals to four inches in diameter...tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green, elbaite tourmaline, has...further description here. The Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, Maine, was also worked by Mr. Robert Eastman |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | can stain the pyrophyllite red to orange. Maine Bennett Quarry Ron and Dennis Holden, Leonard Beliveau...brothersāGary, Brian, and Markāopened up the Bennett quarry in Buckfield, as reported in the November/ December...1990 issue (65:498-504). During August 1990, the quarry was reopened and almost immediately more quartz...Wodginite This has been the year of wodginite in Maine. It was disĀ covered in the Effe and Clifford Gray...collected about 1963 at Black Mountain, Rumford. The 2-3-mm crystals are jet black and embedded in a granuĀ |  | | 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) | | caesium mineralization); followed by columbite; then black, green, or blue tourmaline; montebrasite; rubellite...inter-grown with c/eavelandite Irom the Walden Quarry, Poriland, Conn"ecticut. ROCKS AND MINERALS 595...accessory mineral. At the Lord's Hill, Stoneham, Maine locality; autunite occurs as excellent haloes surrounding...crystals in vugs in cleavelandite. At the Ruggles Quarry, Grafton Center, New Hampshire autunite is closely... autunite, uranophane, common beryl, cleavelandite, black tourmaline, and quartz; and also in the lithium |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu Muscovite Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California R ocks are made up of minerals. Some...the littleknown locality of Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California. The specimen is 3 Ć 4 cm and was collected...the pegmatites of the New England region. From Maine, King and Foord (1994, p. 246) note that āMuscovite...2.8 cm high, from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. This is typical of...Santo NiƱo mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline........................................Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite phosphate...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77...vol. 8, no. 6, p. 475.]* The best of San Diego County (by W. Larson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 507-515 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | you will find the mine (quarry). Please close all gates after you. This quarry is the newest of the lithium...minerals only present in this type of pegmatite. The quarry was opened up early in 1962 by two young miners...generally considered to be of Paleozoic age. The Walden quarry is located in a lenticular body of pegmatite. It...cleavelandite, quartz, muscovite, biotite, black tourmaline, a few small black columbite crystals, pale yellow to...at the Brown Derby Mine near Ohio City, Gunnison County, Colorado; the pegmatites are quite similar in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | California; 550 ppm-Maple Lode mine, Aguanga Mountain, California; and 400 ppm-Satao (viseu), Portugal]... carbonate fluorapatite (francolite), and montmorillonite. Vivianite was found as lustrous, sharp, prismatic...crystals but changes to translucent dark blue or black in less well-crystallized specimens. The second...GRAPHITE FROM CRESTMORE AND JENSEN QUARRIES, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. J. A . Jmczak, 9 0 0 S. Cass Ave....at the Crestmore and Jensen quarries, Riverside County, California. While the typical tabular habit of |  | | Book (edition) | | HANDBOOK for A WEEK WITH MAINE MINERALS by NEIL A. WINTRINGHAM 1_ļæ½ Cv1,_1'--Aļæ½ __, SECOND EDITION...a week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...field trial of the hambook during our ''Week with Maine Minerals" furnished additional information end resulted...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside...minerals. The geology of pegmatites, in general, and Maine pegmatites, in particular, is summarized briefly |  | | Journal (issue) | | detected clay minerals, chiefly nontronite, montmorillonite, and cblorite, in several locations (Poulet...Largest Reddingite Crystals Found at Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine Van King PO Box 90888, Rochester, NY 14609...(newryqs@rochester.rr.com) Jim Mann 57 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217 (m tm ann@megamlink.net) Reddingitc is a late-stage...locality for reddingite is the Abidja N. Fillow Quarry, Branchville village, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut...reported the first rcddingite from the Bennett Quarry and provided a bulk, wet-chemical analysis: MnO |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thorĀ oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...chemiĀ cal relationships of the kaolinite and montmorillonite groups. He described the new minerals dickite...Ross and S. B. Hendricks, Minerals of the montmorillonite group, their origin and relation to soils and |  | | Journal (issue) | | .......... 108 Agate Found in an Old Abandoned Quarry. By Louis Rea1ner.................................... 120 ā¢ A Catalog of Minerals F ound at Rumford, Maine. By E. M. Bailey ...................... l21.............................. 124 Chips From the Quarry..................................................Box :i92 Dal!as, Texas PEGMATITIC MINERALS FROM MAINE Alblte Amblygonlte Almandlte Beryl Blotite Cl ea...PURPLE APA TI TE ZONED MICA XLS MAINE MINERAL STORE WEST PARIS. MAINE STANLEY 1. P E RHAM OlCPORD CDUN"TY |  | | Report (issue) | | _______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________...__________________ _ Maine ________________________________________ _ Androscoggin County ______________________...______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County _______________________ _ LaChance...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect...feldspar quarry ________________ _ Black Mountain area ___________________ _ Black Mountain ___________________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan...earlier. So Terlingua minerals, many of which turn black on exposure, are extremely difficult to obtain today...on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991). i i ā¢ I...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? ā ā ā ā best occurrence..."specimen quality" questionable occurrence Angelina County Lufkin, 1 mile N of Lufkin in railroad cuts, in |  | | Report (volume) | | Analyses of igneous and crystalline rocks Continued. Maine. _______________________________________________...____-____________________--_-__-----__--_____-_____ Maine._----.___________-______---_-_-_--_-----_-----_-_Mississippi..._____________________________________________ Montmorillonite. _________________________________________...sample of four specimens from Roughtop (Moose) Mountain, 14 miles N. 20Ā° W. from Hot Springs. B. Composite...from Elephant Mountain, 26 miles N. 41Ā° E. from Hot Springs. C. From Wolverine Mountain, 15 miles S. 35Ā° |  | | Book | | problems faced by management of a gravel pit or stone quarry to alleged health hazards that affect the whole...for example, are almost entirely derived from the USA and Tur- key, a situation too narrowly based comfort...Minerals International Congress took place in Boston, USA, in April 1988. 4| a) envi at wererieryre' humus...(4) Serpentinized dolomitic limestone (Arizona, USA; the Transvaal). The Minerals About 95% of world...to function and is similar to the coal minersā āblack lungā; mesothelioma is a cancer of the lung and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1975 FeldspathicGeodesNear Black Mountain, WesternSan Luis Obispo County, California W. G. EnNsr eNo...diameterhavedeveloped " rock has beenalteredlocally to montmorillonite, country and/or flow unit. The enclosing to...l i t i e s have been omitted for clarity Black Mountain; it appears to be hydrothermally altered and...Miocene marine units in westernmost San Luis Obispo County: Rincon Shale and Obispo Formation (silicig vitric...Zemorrian to early Saucesian in age in the Black Mountain area (S. W. Prior, University of California |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...ALABAMA Iron phosphate mineral locality at Indian Mountain, Alabama (by H. Harwood) 5:241-244 Iron-manganese...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...18:65-74 Phosphate microminerals of the Indian Mountain area [Georgia and Alabama] (by J.B. Gordon, Jr...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187 |  | Simmons, William, Falster, Alexander, Webber, Karen, Roda-Robles, EncarnaciĆ³n, Boudreaux, Andrew P., Grassi, Leah Rae, Freeman, Gary (2016) Bulk Composition of Mt. Mica Pegmatite, Maine, USA: Implications For the Origin of An Lct Type Pegmatite By Anatexis. The Canadian Mineralogist, 54 (4) 1053-1070 doi:10.3749/canmin.1600017 | 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. ENCARNACIOĢN...Coromoto Minerals, LLC, 48 Lovejoy Road, South Paris, Maine 04281, U.S.A. ABSTRACT The Mt. Mica pegmatite is...composition, anatexis, Sebago Migmatite Domain, Maine. Ā§ Corresponding author e-mail address: wsimmons@uno...Most of the exposed bedrock of Maine is Paleozoic in age. Western Maine has been affected by several orogenic |  | Cooke, David R., Wilkinson, Jamie J., Baker, Mike, Agnew, Paul, Phillips, Josh, Chang, Zhaoshan, Chen, Huayong, Wilkinson, Clara C., Inglis, Shaun, Hollings, Pete, Zhang, Lejun, Gemmell, J. Bruce, White, Noel C., Danyushevsky, Leonid, Martin, Hamish (2020) Using Mineral Chemistry to Aid Exploration: A Case Study from the Resolution Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, Arizona. Economic Geology, 115 (4). 813-840 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4735 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mining, P.O. Box 1944, Superior, Arizona 85173, USA Abstract The giant, high-grade Resolution porphyry...Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA. ***Current address: Key Laboratory of Mineralogy... Gila conglomerate Tertiary basalt Picketpost Mountain volcanic rocks Apache Leap tuff Early Tertiary...deposit is located 5 km east of Superior, Arizona, USA (Fig. 2). It was discovered by Magma Copper Co. and...because of a strong hyperspectral response, montmorillonite was reported from five samples, even though |  | | Journal (issue) | | Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101 by...Three property in the Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed...by Sterrett (1911). Two other small mines, the Black Panther and the ABC (formerly known as the Sunrise...for the other pegmatite gem mines in San Diego County, the collapse o f the Chinese tourmaline market...are given by nos. 1-10. 1 = A .B .C . mine, 2 = Black Panther prospect, 3 = Fraction claim , 4 = HerculesSpessartine |
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