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Muscovite from
Charles Davis Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Schorl1 photo of Muscovite associated with Schorl at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Charles Davis Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:38292
Long-form Identifier:1:3:38292:2
GUID (UUID V4):efb02523-747d-4b39-90c3-f6878b0aef70
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
1.4km (0.9 miles) Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Palermo No. 2 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Rice Quarry, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Fletcher Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Keniston mica prospect, Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Atwood Mine, Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) Belden Mine, Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) Leggett mica prospect, Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) Wheat Mine, Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) McGinnis Mine (McGinnis Mica Mine; Wilcher and Pilsbury Mine), Wentworth, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
Minerals of North Groton, New Hampshire The historical background of the famous North Groton mines is as fascinating...Candia Road Chester, New Hampshire 03036 R O B E R T W. WHITMORE Weare, New Hampshire 03281 N O R T H G...from local residents and collectors. History North Groton is unknown to many people outside the mineral fraternity... a large percentage of the popula­ tion of New Hampshire would not recognize the name, let alone be able...Forest. 350 ROCKS & MINERALS In the early 1800s, Groton was a thriving farming com­ munity with a population
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
an economic byproduct from a few pegma­ tites in New Mexico and Colorado; also from Brazil, Australia...and Cooper in Maine; and from the berylmolybdenite mine near Mr. Antero, Colo­ rado. It is an economic mineral...pegmatite at the Ben Nevis Mine on San Augustin Peak in the Organ Mountains, New Mexico. ARGENTITE, a silver...mines on San Augustin Peak in the Organ Mountains, New Mexico. CHALCOCITE, a copper sulfide, has been noted...MINERALS at the Deep Park No. 2 Mine near Penland, and also at the McKinney Mine near Little Switzerland, North
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...graphic granite.) Typically, smoky quartz, albite, muscovite, and microcline line the cavity walls, and aquamarine...May 2015 Figure 3. Aquamarine (4.1 cm long), Mack mine, Rincon, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Aquamarine (8.8 cm long), Black Panther mine, Riverside County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
desirable as brazilianite. Unlike many relatively new minerals, brazilianite made its debut in unusually...Inclusions of quartz, tourmaline, apatite, and muscovite crystals have been described. Brazilianite is...scorzalite, wylleite, eosphorite, siderite, albite, muscovite, quartz, and microcline. It also occurs as a sparse...Brazilianite has been reported from several New Hampshire localities, including aggregates of spear-shaped...at the Palermo No. 1 mine near North Groton, Grafton County; the Charles Davis (Morrill 1956) and Nancy
Report (volume)
Bulletin 931-P MICA-BEARING PEGMATITES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE A PRELIMINARY REPORT BY J. C. OLSON Strategic................................................ Grafton district.........................................Geologic map of the Alstead area, Keene district , New Hampshire........................ 62. Map showing locations...of mica and feldspar mines of the Grafton district, New Hampshire .....................................district, New Hampshire.. Figure 38. Index map of New Hampshire showing locations of the Grafton and Keene
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1945 STRUCTURAL AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS NEW ENGLAND MICA DEPOSITS. 6 OF E. N. CAMERON, D............................ Types of pegmatitesin New England ..................................... Zoning............................................... Muscovite in pegmatites ................................................... Types of mica depositsin New England pegmatites....................... Wall-zone deposits...GeologicalSurveyhasbeenengagedin a comprehensive investigationof New England mica pegmatites. More than 200 pegmatiteshave
Report (issue)
Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL..._______ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ________________________________...pegmatites ___________________ _ Pegmatites of the Grafton and Keene districts __ _ Sources of pegmatites...characteristics of mica _________________ _ Properties of muscovite _____________________ _ Structural imperfections...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
01:09 24 December 2014 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lue minerals are a traditional favorite...Sagadahoc County, Maine. Gemmy lazulite masses are found in Chittenden Township, Rutland County, Vermont...reported from Stoddard, Cheshire County, and from the Palermo and Charles Davis pegmatites (possibly scorzalite)...scorzalite) at North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Lazulite is best known in the southeastern United...“quartzite” matrix from Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. The 4.6-cm-high specimen is in the Kevin
Book
THE PEGMATITE MINES KNOWN AS NORTH GROTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE eral I ederi Acknowledi:ments Dedicated...Alexander U. Falster Carl Francis James W. Grandy Groton Historical Society Jonathan Herndon Various contributions...experience. As a kid growing up in Manchester, New Hampshire, I was always fascinated by minerals and tried...premier sandbox, but I could also make sure the mine would remain open to mineral enthusiasts for years...maintained the notoriety acquired by the Palermo No. I mine. Its impact on the nation, and in some respects
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TABLE2. Occurrences of Hurlbutite (all in quartz-muscovite pegmatites) Location Associations References...Not stated Rao and Silva, 1964 Grand Slam beryl mine, SW of Miami, Rhodesia Albite, beryl Gallagher...quartz, The system Caa(PO4)•-Bea(PO4)•,containing muscovite, microcline, albite, topaz, beryl, her- hurlbutite... 1957, 19 Perham, 1964 EmmonsQuarry (Uncle Tom Mine), Greenwood,Oxford Co., Maine Gem tourmaline, beryl...amblygonite Rand, 1957, 10 Moore, 1973, 120 Tiger Bill Mine, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine Spodumene,bertrandite
Report (volume)
General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________...____________ 86 Troup County ________________________________ 86 Upson County _______________________________
Field Trip Notes
//' . GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD IN ''fy,.'t:J TRIPS NEW ENGLAND NOVEMBER 10-12, 1952 Organized by the...Before visiting any of the sites described in the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference guidebooks...Highlands of East-Central New York, Southern Vermont, and Southern New Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding...Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford Granite" 103 Field Trip...OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW YORK, SOUTHER Leaders: VERJ-IONT, AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE Marland P, Billings
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A NEW BRAZILIANITE LOCALITY THE CHARLES DAVIS MINE, NO. GROTON, N. H. By PHILIP MORRILL To reach this...this mine go northwest from No. Groton village about one mile toward Cheever. After passing the cemetery...cemetery, a flat valley will be reached. The mine road turns south from the center of this flat and crosses...rerouted. The mine is about three hundred yards up hill from the town road. A Frank Davis Mine is located...located farther out nearer Cheever. This mine consists of a shaft forty feet deep in pegmatite. It was operated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
21206 Treasurer—Carl Krotki 170 West End Avenue, New York, N. Y . 10023 Assistant Treasurer—Jack T. Burrus...CONNECTICUT The Thames Valley Rockhounds, New London County, began the new season with an idea packed program...graders in Willimantic about rocks. — Tools for the New Haven Min­ eral Club's field trip to the Sayerville...Brazil. — The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, went to the Grisson Gold Mine, Dahlonega, Ga....finds of minerals and crystals on a trip through New Eng­ land and eastern Canada — Several mem­ bers
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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, 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 qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Book (volume)
Descriptive Mineralogy Vandall T. King Rochester, New York 14609 , Eugene E. Foord U S. Geological Survey...Philip Hauck Richard P. Hauck was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey on June 30, 1935. He has been actively involved...deep concern for the fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining...mining history led him to purchase the mine in order to form a living museum so that it would remain accessible...mineralogical community. Through his efforts, the Sterling mine has been declared a national historic landmark.
Journal (issue)
you wish to receive a copy. Please request our new arrivals list Dealers in: • rare minerals • fine... Paul Brian Moore Wyllieite, Na2Fe2AI(P04)3, A New Species........ Paul B. Moore Jun Ito Richard V...Scarsdale, New York, measures 8-1/2 by 10 inches. Photograph by HenriJansen, Ardsley,New York. Editorial...appointment Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW ACQUISITIONS: RUTILE from Graves M tn...TOURMALINE from Pala, California We w ill offer fine new material from Europe and A frica fo llo w in g our
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...collector of gem minerals RUSSELL P. Thomas NEW YORK MACFALL Y. Crowell Company / ESTABLISHED...Shop and Herbert Grand Girard, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ken Kyte of Covington, Louisiana, Merton...Indiana, George E. Lambert of Wappingers Falls. New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington...Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, liquid in the
Book (volume)
and Geology Edited by Vandall T. King Walworth, New York 14568 Production editing and design Robert...Parker Cleaveland and Benjamin Vaughan ......... 23 Charles Thomas Jackson: His Works and His Problems . ....Extracts from a Diary Concerning Mining at the Dunton Mine, Newry, Maine ....................................Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................in geology and has authored articles on Maine and New England geological and mineralogical occurrences
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species. And for those interested in discovering new deposits, the geology and mineralogy of sources is...Iwo Volumes Volume | JOHN SINKANKAS [aN] VAN New NOSTRAND York Cincinnati REINHOLD Toronto COMPANY...Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 Van Nostrand Reinhold Limited 1410...eg Ow a Ne Sarah PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION The quantity of new information accumulated since publication...such new information in a second volume. [hus the present book becomes V olume I. while the new information
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...MINERALS AND GEMS Russell P. MacFall THOMAS Y. New CROWELL COMPANY York ! Established 1834 Copyright...Boscardin. published in Italy in 1973 by Fratelli New Fabbri Editori. material has been added for this
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MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Edition Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. Crowell New York / Company Established 1834 Copyright ©...West, the broad plains and the verdant hills of New England hold inestimable treasures of living things...doorstep in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous pearls?" citing other notable...the developer's bulldozer obliterates other sites, new ones are discovered. Books and thetic and scientific
 
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