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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Uranophane
Formula:Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Dealer/Collection Label
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Smoky Quartz1 photo of Uranophane associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Uranophane data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1510919
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1510919:2
GUID (UUID V4):91e79932-c5b4-4739-8eea-2e3c005df517
Nearest other occurrences of Uranophane
0.4km (0.2 miles) Staples Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
30.6km (19.0 miles) Berry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry; Berry Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
31.7km (19.7 miles) Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
31.8km (19.7 miles) Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
64.0km (39.7 miles) B.B. No. 7 Quarry, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, USA
65.9km (40.9 miles) Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
72.0km (44.7 miles) Wardwell Quarry (Pechnic Quarry), Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
75.3km (46.8 miles) Orman McAllister Quarry, Lovell, Oxford County, Maine, USA
85.4km (53.1 miles) Lord Hill Quarry (Lord Hill Mine), Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA
86.2km (53.6 miles) Cole Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
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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...Torbernite Pegmatite Autunite, gummite, uraninite, uranophane, columbite, cyrtolite, fergusonite Bethel 1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Massachusetts 02138 MAINE Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District TopshamTopsham, 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
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)
inter-grown with c/eavelandite Irom the Walden Quarry, Poriland, Conn"ecticut. ROCKS AND MINERALS 595...the uraninite with the deposition of secondary uranophane and autunite along these fractures. These two...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...with manganapatite, uraninite, cyrtolite, and uranophane; all very late minerals in that pegmatite. Hyalite
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...at the Brown Derby Mine near Ohio City, Gunnison County, Colorado; the pegmatites are quite similar in...much richer in microlite. The Pidlite dike of Mora County, New Mexico contains both topaz and spodumene,
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 (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...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...noted but rarely and then as cleavages. The Orchard Quarry, also located on the Bennett Farm at Buckfield
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)
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)
PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE B y D A V I D M. SEAMAN 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 04268 (Continued from...frequently in the gem pockets in the pegmatites of Maine, formed by the weathering or hydrothermal alteration...reddingite as octahedral-like crystals at the Berry Quarry in Poland; also as one of the rare secondary phosphates...Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, the Dun­ ton Gem Mine at Newry, and at Black Mt. at Rumford in Maine. Its crystals...and aluminum phosphate, is a very rare mineral in Maine, but has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine, and
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)
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 farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N of Calloway
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing...on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil...July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...Millington Quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey, 320-24 Beryl, California, 175 Beta-uranophane, California
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydration of kernite Alluaudites and varulites (Fisher) "Alterite," use of the term (Carroll). Aluminian...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...Ingram,B..... ......., 443 from San Bernardino County, Instrumental Analysis (Delahay) California. (BookReview)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the ond, they tend to be more Thomas Range, Juab County, knowledgeable about min- Utah. It takes a moment’s...bright yellow fan of necessarily visible on a uranophane contrasts beautifully scale. ~ ~ duse i with...Response five is that it is is owned by Dr. R. W. Fisher. ~~ ~ Quintin Wight is the author of The Complete...the Frontier quarry in Luckport, New Yurk, nnd is in the collection of I)r. R. W. Fisher. Volume 75,...enjoying it? Poland MINING COUCT MINERALS IN MAINE We hove excluslve access to private and closed locations
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)
pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan...on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991). i i • I...Donley Duval Edwards E l Paso Ellis Fannin Fayette Fisher Foard Fort Bend Galveston 41 Garza 42 Gillespie...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence..."specimen quality" questionable occurrence Angelina County Lufkin, 1 mile N of Lufkin in railroad cuts, in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrence of SiC and Diamond Polytypes, Chromite and Uranophane in Breccia from Nickel Laterites (New Caledonia):...Occurrence of SiC and Diamond Polytypes, Chromite and Uranophane in Breccia from Nickel Laterites (New Caledonia):...moissanite polytypes (SiC), chromite (FeCr2 O4 ) and uranophane crystals (Ca(UO2 )2 (SiO3 OH)2 .5(H2 O)) and...dissolution process being deposited in breccia pores. Uranophane is a neoformed phase having crystallized from...weathering, and preservation in breccia pores. Uranophane is a hydrous silicate (Ca(UO2 )2 (SiO3 OH)2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz, Manhan River mine, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil...branch of the Calumet and Hecla mine, Houghton County, Michigan. A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum (Michigan...JulyIAugust: Vanadinite and wulfenite, Old Yuma mine, Pima County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Point claim, Lake George intrusive center, Teller County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Rhodochrosite, area 28, level 20, Eagle mine, Gilman County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen on loan to the Colorado
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
future to the Campbell Quarry, Texas, Maryland, and to the Delight (Dyer) Quarry, Delight, Maryland. Minerals... At the Delight locality which is a serpentine quarry, magnesite, serpentine, chromite, etc. . . . The...and reportedly good cutting material. MAINE The Co-utal Maine Mineral Club, Portland, meets in member's...Gem, Lapidary and Minerd Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, put on a bake sale to finance its Project...meeting on Quartz 368 was tried by the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc., Suffern. . . . Mrs
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
Book
searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...David B. Dill, Jr., Robert M. Eaton, Donald W. Fisher, William C. Gamble, E. Wm. Heinrich, Richard S...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research...ciifce—Westchester County.................. Tne McLear pegmatite—5t. Lawrence County.....................Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County...............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Aquia (Mi.ddle Eocene), Anne Arun629 383 del County, Maryland Basaluminite, hydrobasaluminite. (Hollingworth...magnetoplumVitaliano). 320 bite... 512 Beryl at Mount Mica, Maine. Ca-Mg-Fe carbonate minerals, ( H u r l b u t ,W...ferrous iron analogueof carpholite proper. (DeRoever) Fisher, D. J. Setting a given direction parallel to the...Uranium minerals from Mine, YavaPai the Hillside County, Arizona. .. . Grogan, R. M. Detection of fluorite...Ifietanen, A. Chloritoid from Rawlinsville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.. Higginsite. (Berry) High temperature
 
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