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Amphibolite from
Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Type:Amphibolite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amphibolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1283497
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1283497:8
GUID (UUID V4):3a488ce7-24eb-4ed1-b5e9-c95b7b1fb4ed
Nearest other occurrences of Amphibolite
30.6km (19.0 miles) Berry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry; Berry Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...ilmenite-bearing uraninite, gummite, pegmatite amphibolite which is cut by granite phosphuranylite, dikes
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)
PEGMATITES OF THE BRUNSWICK AND OXFORD FIELDS, MAINE: DIFFERENTIAL TRENDS IN F-POOR AND F-RICH ENVIRONMENTS...field and the Central Maine Synclinorium of the Oxford pegmatite field, in Maine, are intruded by numerous...(Nb,Ta)-bearing phases. Generally, the CGM from Maine are hosted by pegmatites characterized by a LCT...pegmatites with NYF (Nb–Y–F) characteristics (e.g., Topsham area of the Brunswick pegmatite field). Significant...trends, fluorine, Brunswick field, Orford field, Maine. Introduction As the primary carriers of Nb and
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 (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
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
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...prospect __________________ _ Bennett feldspar quarry ________________ _ Black Mountain area ___________________
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...famous nearby localities as the Andrews quarry, the Strickland quarry, and the Walden Gem mine. There is every...CRYSTALS FROM THE DOLOMITE PRODUCTS QUARRY, WALWORTH, MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK. V. H. Collins and J. S.
Report (issue)
Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA, phone (978) 750-8400, http://www.copyright.com...index. ISBN 0-8137-2331-0 1. Geology, Structural--Maine--Norumbega Fault Zone. 2. Geology, Structural--Appalachian...within the Norumbega fault system in south-central Maine. The thin section is cut parallel to the stretching...Norumbega fault system inte, Casco: Bay are: Coastal Maine xc ie 8 fogs bate Oe eS SL Mark T. Swanson | 2...microstructures along the central Norumbega fault zone, Maine .......... 0060 ccc Mary S. Hubbard and Hui Wang
Report (volume)
147 N., R. 84 W., 4 km N of Riverdale, McLean County, N. Oak. Named for Aggie Brown Coulee, which flows...NW1/4NW1/4SW1/4SW1/4 sec. 17, T. 85 N., R. 7 W., Linn County, Iowa. A-L Peak Rhyolite Oligocene 1. New Mexico...structures in the San Mateo Mountains, Socorro County, New Mexico: New Mexico Geol. Soc. Spec. Pub. 5...Mountains, 10. sees. 33-35, T. 4 S., R. 6 W., Socorro County, N.Mex. Anapra Sandstone 1. Early Cretaceous 2...6. 7. 9. 10. at Cerro de Cristo Rey, Dofta Ana County, New Mexico, Appendix 2 in Lovejoy, E. M. P., Geology
Report (chapter)
States and Canadian Appalachians compiled by G. W. Fisher and W. E. Trzcienski, Jr, are the basis for Figs...rocks Greenschist Epidote-amphibolite Lower amphibolite (K) Lower amphibolite Chlorite and biotite Garnet...Staurolite-andalusite (A) Mediumamphibolite Upper amphibolite phosed at a pressure between that indicated...Connecticut Delaware Georgia Massachusetts Maryland Maine North Carolina New Jersey NH NY PA PQ RI SC TN...complex Chain Lakes massif Canaan Mountain Dutchess County Elmore Mountain Exeter pluton Green Mountain massif
Field Trip Notes
Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford...as the chloritoid-almandite subfacies of the amphibolite facies; and the sillimanite zone is the same...as the sillimanite-almandite subfacies of the amphibolite facies. On Plate 4 the formations are indicated...inplace theory for the southern part, as in Dutchess County, New York. Whether such a combination of theories...Am. Jour. Sci., 4th ser,, vol. 17, p« 185-190. Fisher, D* F., and Hanson, G. F. (1951) Revisions in the
Journal (issue)
uncommon lithium-mica from Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California .....................................tour of the mineral facilities at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (where Tony is curator)...40502 he Hoosier Stone and Concrete Corporation quarry near Salem, Indiana, has yielded extremely well-formed...Hoosier Stone and Concrete Corporation, ran the quarry opera­ tion. Though minor production in the area...done in the Hoosier Stone and Concrete Corporation quarry, located 1 km west of Salem, in the northeast corner
Report (issue)
olistostromes along the Appalachian orogen, primarily from Maine to Alabama. They are representative of the papers...stricto. States and provinces: C = Connecticut; M = Maine; Ms = Massachusetts; NB = New Brunswick; NH = New...ophiolites and associated mélanges in west-central Maine (cf. Pollock, 1985, and this volume) and extend...continuation of the same belt. The mélanges in Maine are interpreted by Boone and Boudette (this volume)...complex is not quite equivalent to the mélanges in Maine. Pajari and others (1977) and Rast and Stringer
Report (issue)
...........................................122 Maine ..................................................metamorphic grades ranging from greenschist to amphibolite. Samples from traverses extending from ultramafic...Carolina, Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine. 19 California California contains a number of...Mountains-Northern Panamint Range District Inyo County The Inyo Mountains and Panamint Range in the Basin...commun., 1991). 15. Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County occurrence reported by Crittenden (1951). Unconfirmed
Journal (issue)
Complex, Wausau Syenite Compley, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA……………………………………………..21 DOLGOPOLOVA, A.,...the Emmons pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA: implication for the origin of this unusual ...evolution of the Emmons rare-element pegmatite (Maine, USA)…………………………………………37 GUASTONI, A., GENTILE, P...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……………………………………………………………
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
t31ue Ridge belt contains granulite- t.nd uprer amphibolite-grade, granitold rocks bclongiag t(, fine 1000...underwent prograde metamorphism of greenschist to amphibolite facies. The Talladega belt consists of epielastic...epiclastic origin, layered metavolcanic rocks and amphibolite. and rarely, marble. The central and southern...Root Zone several named and unnamed belts of amphibolite arid greenschist facies rocks (Kings Mtn., Charlotte...mclamo'phism and the lower parts may have reached the amphibolite facies. Middle Ordovician turbidites (the Knobs
Journal (issue)
Articles History and minerals of The Geysers, Sonoma County, California ........................................................ 375 by G. H. Glenn & R. W. Fisher The second list of additions and corrections to...1852 to the 1920’s, is located in northern Sonoma County about 145 km north of San Fran­ cisco, California...(1970). The Mayacmas Mountains of northern Sonoma County are underlain by rocks of the Jurassic-Cretaceous...deposits of the western Mayacmas district, Sonoma County, California. California Journal o f Mines and Geology
Report (issue)
gneiss domes farther east. The Chain Lakes massif in Maine, about 1,500 m.y. old, may represent a different...of micas obtained from pegmatites dominantly amphibolite facies rocks of the north- are generally younger...Fullagar and Odom (1973) for similar rocks in Grayson, County, Va., although Rankin and opening of the lapetus...overprint is relatively tauga County, N.C., and eastern Johnson County, Tenn., minor, the older basement...a discordia intercept age of 1,280 m.y. Grayson County, Va. (Di), yielded an age of 1,149 m.y. (Davis
Report (volume)
250-12,460 ft, sec. 14, T. 45 S., R. 27 E., Lee County, Fla. Named for the nearby Able Canal. The Able...H-20, northwest of Wattsville, northern Accomack County, Va. Reference sections: facies E and F, sand pits...Wattsville, Persimmon Point, and Accomack, Accomack County, Va. The informal Accomack beds of Mixon and others...and west of the Ames Ridge shoreline in Accomack County, Va., and are well developed from Wallops Station...Turnpike exchange, Annandale quadrangle, Fairfax County, Va. The Accotink Schist, here named, is the lower
Report (chapter)
other ornamental stones. Characteristics reflect amphibolite-grade metamorphism of an impure siliceous dolomitic...centuries it was exported in large quantities to the USA for use in civic and educational buildings. Its many...the 1890s it underwent a significant revival in the USA (Figs 10 & 11). The stone has been adopted by both...(a) Sample of green marble from the Streamstown quarry from which the polished thin section (0.03 mm thick)...near Recess (inactive). Fig. 4. (a) Streamstown Quarry, Co. Galway. (b) Detail of highly-banded marble
Report (volume)
Elements in the Vicinity of Mount Ascutney, Windsor County, Vermont Leslie J. Cox CHAPTER 0 Carbonate-Hosted...and Heavy-Mineral Concentrates from the Orange County Copper District, East-Central Vermont John F. Slack...northeast in northern New Hampshire and west-central Maine. S.H.B. Clark describes the sediment-hosted, stratabound...t"' 45°00' ! - = - - - OGDENSBURG- ~/" / I \MAINE 44 ooo·lrun:r:;;rc~A----+--'----*="=::--:-;='-----1...and heavy-mineral concentrates from the Orange County (Vt.) copper district, which includes the area
Report (chapter)
of late Pennsylvanian age have undergone an amphibolite-facies Barrovian metamorphic event (275-290Ma)...In the Piedmont of Virginia and the Carolinas amphibolite-facies metamorphism (roughly 260-310 Ma) is synchronous...fault-controlled retrograde metamorphism. In the USA at least, Alleghanian metamorphism also affected...culminating in multiple episodes of folding and amphibolite-facies metamorphism (Fig. 1). The northern half...Alleghanian metamorphism observed to the S or N (in Maine). The Scituate and Woonsocket Basins are fault-bounded
Report (issue)
square miles. Loch Raven Thrust Sheet In Howard County, rocks of the Loch Raven thrust sheet were mapped...facies of the Wissahickon Formation (Southwick and Fisher, 1967). Northwest Branch Formation Meta-arenite...obliterated. In this quadrangle, the schist is in amphibolite facies as it contains staurolite and oligoclase...porphyroblasts. In the map area, the schist is in amphibolite facies as it contains staurolite and oligoclase...layers of amphibolite as well as mappable blocks of serpentinized pyroxenite and amphibolite that have
Book (volume)
the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
 
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