 | | 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...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...the pegmatite is 368 torbernite, autunite m.y. Branchville East Village Torbernite Pegmatite Autunite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Massachusetts 02138 MAINE Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District Topsham • Topsham, Maine's underappreciated...the Andros coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs...Androscoggin River, north-northeast through the town of Topsham. The belt extends southward into Brunswick and...but only the pegmatites actually in the town of Topsham are covered in this review. There are thirty or...named quarries and numerous unnamed prospects in Topsham. The quarries, all inactive, are usually named |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Second Edition Topaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine "Second Edition" is a feature that reruns pertinent...the Carl A. Francis article, "Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District, "found on pp. 407-16 in...southwest entirely across the town of Top sham, Maine. This ridge is cut by a great many pegmatite dikes...chief interest lies wholly within the town of Topsham. The territory has been surveyed by the U . S ...mineralized zone of the entire region is the Fisher Feldspar quarry, which consists of a deep cut running nearly |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Natural History, 1957. PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE phosphate, has been located as a rare, secondary...mine at Newry. Quarry at Poland; also at the Bennett RUTILE, one of the trimorphs of Quarry at Buckfield...the Consolidated No. 1 Quarry bonate, has been noted as a rare mineral at Topsham, but none has been found...ago Rumford many years ago. at Standpipe Hill in Topsham along with ROCKBRIDGEITE, a hydrous, iron, monazite...has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry Maine. SCHEELITE, calcium tungstate, has together with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to four inches in diameter occur in the Palermo quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire and to an inch in...Branchville and Portland, Connecticut; and at Poland, Maine in lithium pegmatite. F1LLOWITE, with the same composition...dickinsonite occurs sparingly at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut. FAIRFIELDITE, a hydrous phosphate...Fairfield county, Connecticut from which it was named; and also from Poland and Buckfield, Maine; and from...has also been recorded from Buckfield and Poland, Maine. PALAITE, another hydrous manganese phosphate was |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...is characteristic of of idocrase at the Gillette Quarry in Had- the mineral. I believe this to be one of...a new discovery of that material "The Tollgate Quarry in Middletown at the famous old locality. What |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE CRYSTALLOGRAPHYOF HERDERITE FROM TOPSHAM, MAINE G. M. Y,qrsEvrrcH,HaruardUnioersity,Combriilge,Mass...of 1933 a pocket in the pegmatite of Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Maine, was opened under the active direction...less typical of the complex acid pegmatites of Maine: cleavelandite, qlrartz, lepidolite, beryl, topaz...tourmaline, garnet, cglur.nbite,sericite, apatite, torbernite, cookeite and, last to form, the rare phosphate...measurements on crystals from a new find at Greenwood. Maine. already known through Penfield'swork (1g94)as a |  | | Book (volume) | | series of pegmatite dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway |  | | Journal (issue) | | July 1943 PUBLISHED MONTH LY CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces...looked like slag from a furnace. This was in Grant County, Oregon, about 5 miles from Seneca. I was on a...Albany, Maine ; a black tourmaline crystal 3x3x8 feet in the Luella Mine near Avon, Latah County, Idaho...have been obtained at Black Mountain, Rumford, Maine. However the cassiterite found in the United States |  | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER, 1934 PAOI! T opaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine. By Benjamin B. Burbank ..................... ...... .. .... ........ ..... ... Lake Street Quarry near White Plains, N . Y . By Peter Zodac Collector's...Aaaociation WHOLE No. 89 Topaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine By BENJAMIN B. BURBANK There exists n long...northeast nncl southwest entirely across the town of Topsham, ~laine. This ridge is cut by a great muur pe~u1atite...1niueruJized zone of the entire region is the Fisher Feldspar Quarry 2 which cousists of a deep cut rnnniug |  | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER, 1934 PAOI! T opaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine. By Benjamin B. Burbank ..................... ...... .. .... ........ ..... ... Lake Street Quarry near White Plains, N . Y . By Peter Zodac Collector's...Aaaociation WHOLE No. 89 Topaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine By BENJAMIN B. BURBANK There exists n long...northeast nncl southwest entirely across the town of Topsham, ~laine. This ridge is cut by a great muur pe~u1atite...1niueruJized zone of the entire region is the Fisher Feldspar Quarry 2 which cousists of a deep cut rnnniug |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural Science...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and photo. NovemberDecember:...calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hydration of kernite Alluaudites and varulites (Fisher) "Alterite," use of the term (Carroll). Aluminian...fluorite Studies of uranium minerals (XXIII) ; torbernite, zeunerite and uranospherite.... Bibliography...quadrivalent vanadium oxide from tle Peanut Mine, Montrose County, Colorado (Thompson, Roach, Meyrowitz) +JJ Eckelmann...Fischer,M........ 920 Fisher, D. J. Alluaudites and varu222 lites... 661 121 120 Fisher, E. Fluoborite and...Home, of New Mexico, the nature of San Bernardino County, Cali(Sua) 525 fornia. . lO4 Ingerson,E. (Book |  | | Book | | lazulite, pyromorphite (in essence, lead apatite), torbernite and vivianite. Mandarino (1977) estimates that...evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals...Custer-Pringle area, Custer County, and at the Etta mine, Pennington County, South Dakota. Also found in...30(80),3.07(65) Z: 12 Ref: Fisher DJ (1955) Am Miner 40:1100-1109, Fisher DJ (1965) Am Miner 50:1647-1669...Dakota, especially at the Beecher Lode, Custer County, as masses up to 200 tons in weight; as rounded |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | May 18, 1958 but when we arrived at the Limecrest Quarry the sun came out and everyone had a good time collecting... a test core, and a book on minerals. Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society New York At our regular...Geology his life work. He spoke on his trip to Maine over the Memorial week-end. He and his cousin David...p.m. and drove all night, reaching West Paris, Maine, at 9 a.m. the next morning. After breakfast, they...chrysoberyl. Saturday late afternoon they went to Newry, Maine, and found small specimens of cassiterite with triphylite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sapphires Benito County, California; the group of sapGems Found in the U.S. State of Maine phires is from...Daniel Bronfen, Brazil Evan Caplan, USA Rocco Gay, Italy Sushil Goyal, USA Shahina Hatta, Hong Kong Dwarka...Thailand Immediate Past President Benjamin Hackman, USA Chief Executive Officer Gary Roskin ICA General Manager...31 W. 47th Street, Suite 1103 New York, NY 10036 USA ica@gemstone.org T: 1.212.620.0900 F: 1.212.352.9054...century with the discovery of the Mica Mine in Maine. While gold was its primary focus, miners found |  | | 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... schorl, spessartine, striiverite, titanite, torbernite, uraninite, xenotime, and zircon. This well-mineralized...famous nearby localities as the Andrews quarry, the Strickland quarry, and the Walden Gem mine. There is every |  | | 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...roads, mine roads, and pipeline right-of-ways. Quarry Names The exact identification of the quarries...example of this problem is found with the Howe No. 1 quarry, which over the years has been identified as the...Huspband-Andrews, Husband, Howe, and finally Howe No. 1 quarry. Frederick Stugard Jr., in the most thorough and...other references were helpful in determining some quarry names, but many, such as the Wiarda and Eureka |  | | Book (edition) | | HANDBOOK for A WEEK WITH MAINE MINERALS by NEIL A. WINTRINGHAM 1_� Cv1,_1'--A� __, SECOND EDITION...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 |
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