 | | 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...quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Natural History, 1957. PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE phosphate, has been located as a rare, secondary...beryllonite at Newry; also found at Paris, Rumford, and Buckfield. It occurs as crystal aggre (continued from May...Newry. Quarry at Poland; also at the Bennett RUTILE, one of the trimorphs of Quarry at Buckfield. titanium...RHODOCHROSITE, manganese car ago at the Consolidated No. 1 Quarry bonate, has been noted as a rare mineral at Topsham...Topsham, but none has been found at Auburn, Buckfield, Poland, and Rum in recent years. ford, but not |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DISCOVERIES AT THE BENNEll QUARRY, BUCKFIELD, MAINE. W B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey, State House... The Bennett quarry is located in a complex granite pegmatite in the town of Buckfield, Oxford County...County, Maine. This locality received much publicity in 1989, when it produced a 3 k m crystal of gemmy morganite...morganite beryl known as the Rose of Maine. In 1990, Ronald and Dennis Holden opened a chain of pockets...cleavelandite unit along the north side of the quarry, producing additional morganite and large quartz |  | | 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 (edition) | | HANDBOOK for A WEEK WITH MAINE MINERALS by NEIL A. WINTRINGHAM 1_� Cv1,_1'--A� __, 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Dale, N. C. 1924. The box-vein of Lyomdale, Lewk County, New York. New York State Museum Bulletin 251:134-48...Quebec. The sill is well exposed in the Varennes quarry, which has been operated continuously for crushed... just off Route 109, there is an old pegmatite quarry known locally chiefly for its occasional production...documented, if at all. Most of the material from the quarry was evidently used in the construction of an adjacent...section of a 1.6cm graphite sphere from Sussex County, New Jersey, showing a radial texture and smooth |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | golden-yellow nodule, A/20. ANALCIME. Enderby Quarry. Leicestershire. This specimen is more interesting...2.5x2x1.25", £4.00 1. ANALCIME/NATROLITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white to...75x1", £7.50. 2. ANALCIME/NATROLITE/CALCITE. Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white, large...25x1", £10.00. 32^) APATITE/GILBERTITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, 19th.C. Cornwall. A thin, coarse ‘Granitic...2.5x2x1.5", £12.00 56. AURICHALCITE. Greystones Quarry, Nr Launceston, Cornwall. Rich silky sky-blue radiate |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...V. (1996) The minerals of Cornwall Countybridge quarry, Goonhilly downs, the Lizard 17:25-28 INGRAM, S...from Ardownie quarry 14:17-20 __ TODD, J.G. & ANDERSON, D. (1992) Pyrite from Goat Quarry 11:8-10 IXER |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fairly nice specimens in an old road bed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, Ala....near the old HaleWalker Quarry —perhaps a third of a mile from the Strickland Quarry. Chalcopyrite is disseminated...green coating on pegmatite, at the Hale-Walker Quarry itself, was seen a few years ago. It was probably...of Milledgeville who discovered them in Baldwin County, Ga., between the State Sanitarium and Oconee River...picked these up near a gravel deposit in Grant County, Indiana, near the city of Marion."—on label. I |  | | Journal (issue) | | e~te,,/,d /o,t MfM!, l9J/.I CHIPS FROM TIIE QUARRY ............................................................................... 161 THE ANDREWS QUARRY NEAR PORTLAND, CONN. By Peter Zodac .............edge of the valley is Park Avenue, while Hudson County Boulevard East occupies the east side of the valley...spanning Park Avenue and another crossing Hudson County Boulevard East. This latter bridge carries the...the valley, with another bridge crossing H udson County Boulevard East, which was relocated . The approach |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | variations have been noted in the gazetteer. Where county boundary lines have been changed since a reference...written, the locality has been listed under the county in which it is found today. A fairly extensive...Commonly Known as Catahoula Formation, in Fayette County, Texas, with Particular Reference to their Age...CHELF, Carl 566. A New Feldspar Deposit in Llano County, Texas. U.S. Works Progress Administration, Texas...Tri-State Zinc and Lead Mining District, Cherokee County, Kansas. Kansas State Geological Survey, Lawrence |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 14:12 03 February 2015 Bernalillo County Cerro Colorado, W. of Albuquerque: carnotite. Placitas...Milagros mine): copper, cuprite, malachite. Catron County Apache Creek, N. of Reserve: quartz (chalcedony)...Library] at 14:12 03 February 2015 Chaves County DeBaca County Bosque Draw, E. of Roswell: gypsum, pyrite...Fort Sumner: quartz (“Pecos diamonds”). Cibola County Bear Canyon district, San Andres Mountains. Stevens...mines: barite, fluorite, malachite. Doiia Ana County Figure 2: Spessartine and topaz, 1-cm specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vochten & G. Brizzi The Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado ................................185 by...M. Kohler & L. Minnaar Garnet Hill, White Pine County, Nevada .........................................negative crystals within quartz from Fonda, Montgomery County, New York. Notice that these also are bounded by...crystals are associated with meta-autunite and minor torbernite. Bassetite is not fluorescent in ultraviolet...are strongly fluorescent in ultraviolet light. Torbernite C u(U 0 2) 2(P 0 4) 2*8-12H20 Metatorbernite |  | | Journal (issue) | | California VANADINITE from M ibladen, M orocco TORBERNITE from M usonoi, Kolwezi, Congo TOURMALINE from...hiddenite specimens in his collection from Alexander County, North Carolina, and those superb quartz crystal...Directors of the Foundation of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. It was my pleasure, and...interpenetrating twin cubes of thorianite from Hud dersfield County, Quebec. Their addresses: Vickery — 4 Brendon Road...certain pegmatite regions. Several pegma tites in Maine were made famous in mineralogical litera ture for |  | | Journal (issue) | | geology ofsome oft he National Parks ofthe Western USA. This time the highly glaciated granite scenery ofY...professional archaeologists wo rking for Cornwall County Council. He has a particular interest in Cornwall's...and the less visible evidence of mining in the county before the days of gunpowder. Recent discoveries...meetings are being held in the Winchester Area and at Oxford, please check the day as in some instances Friday...Brian Y oung TheAGMWeeken d Fieldtrips Force Garth Quarry, Saturday 3 0 March 1996 Leader: Brian Y oung |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Investigation of Gilley Fluorspar Deposits in Cherokee County, Alabama, by James F. O'Neill. It is interesting... 50 miles northeast of Birmingham, in Cherokee County, located in West 1/2, West V2 of Section 16, Township...pegmatite district lies across the Park-Fremont County line in south-central Co'crado, a few miles northwest...to us. Will some Colorado reader tell us in what county is Hans Peak and, if possible, send us a few notes...black tourmaline. These crystals came from Walton County, about one mile southwest of Between, from the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Observedtextural relationshipsof sal6eiteand (meta)torbernite microcrystals with the Fe minerals, combined...the formation mechanism for sal6eite and (meta)torbernite microcrystals within, and downstream from, the...Metatorbernite Renardite Sal6eite Schoepite Sklodowskite Torbernite Uraninite Uranophane Occurrence/age. Ca(UO,)...conclusion helps to explain the occurrence of torbernite, autunite, or both phases at oxidized U depositssuch...discussedby Grenthe et al. (1992) and recommendedby Bennett and Read (1992). Groundwatercompositionsreporled |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | placed on top of solution. Torbernite from Spruce Pine changed to Meta-torbernite after ten years in a collection...Committee. Speaker was Major General Julian S. Hatcher, USA (ret.), who spoke on his collecting experiences in...Md.—Selenite xls. April 16—Arlington Trap Rock Quarry, Goose Creek, Loudoun Co., Va., Zeolites and associated... Md., Campbell Bros. Limestone Quarry. July 9—Virginia Marble Quarry, Goose Creek, Loudoun Co., Va.,...a rare rose quartz crystal while vacationing in Maine. Maj. and Mrs. J. D. Atkins uncovered a vein of |
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Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA