| | 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...Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently in the Jim Mann...Photo by John B. Poisson. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in | | | 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...photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in | | | Book (volume) | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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 | | | Book (volume) | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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 | | | Book (volume) | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT...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 | | | Report (volume) | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia .................................................................................. Maine........................................................................................... Rhode Island..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely | | | Report (volume) | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman, Bangor. Maryland....North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks | | | Book | has been privileged to travel extensively from Maine to Southern California, and from Washington’s Pacific...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...QUEEN MINE, Cochise Co. Azurite CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, Greenlee Co Chalcedony DEER CREEK, Gila Co., | | | Book (volume) | ...........................................207 Maine .......................................................................................412 Rhode Island ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map | | | Book (volume) | ...........................................177 Maine........................................................................................352 Rhode Island .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...my wife Becky for allowing me to put in all the long nights needed to bring this together. v A Location...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham | | | Book (volume) | ...........................................177 Maine........................................................................................352 Rhode Island .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...my wife Becky for allowing me to put in all the long nights needed to bring this together. v A Location...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham | | | Book | Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi...Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah...limbo. The second contributor to this book is my long-suffering wife Wilma, Dutch artist and novelist...waterworn crystals of aluminum silicate found as clear blue gemmy pebbles), and turquoise. About 2000 B.c. the...been left to adorn her in the afterlife: opaque blue turquoise and lapis lazuli, clear red carnelian | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | various types and sets of fluorescent minerals for the long or short wave lamps. A thrilling gift idea if there...which are beautiful under the EH4 lamps and other long wave lamps. We urge beginners to get hep to fluorescence...Ultra Violet Products, Inc. Trumbull, Connecticut Scheelite, which Ronald Januzzi helped us collect one steaming...compared, side by side, with all of our other Scheelite specimens from various localities. Only one fine...brighter in fluorescence. Small pieces of Korean Scheelite are whiter but not more intense in reaction. Incidentally | | | Journal (issue) | OF CALIFORNIA—Tomasz J. Turley THERE’S GOLD IN MAINE—Mrs. Cecil J. Smith PROF. C. S. HURLBUT, JR. TO...headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...Joel E. M. Leadbeater, 151 Main St., Fryeburg, Maine 04037. Sept. 25, 26, 1965 — Baltimore Mineral So...Rd., Ardsley, N.Y. Chairman—Gene Jacob, 10 Beacon Hill Rd., Ardsley, N. Y. Oct. 2. 3. 1965—Topeka Gem &...annual rock, gem and mineral show at Town Hall in Hancock Shopping Center, 41st and Inter-regional Highway | | | Book (volume) | Connecticut Delaware Kentucky District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine Mississippi Maryland...Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Wisconsin de : vaisors ak = Nols ...North Carolina, the white diamonds of Arkansas, the blue sapphires of Montana—America teems with treasures...and steely blue benitoite, are found only in America. Others, like the tourmalines of Maine and California...in various shades of blue. A fine-quality blue benitoite can resemble fine blue sapphire, but it is even | | | Book (volume) | States Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan...Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Wisconsin Q =. 4 ‘ea y= \\ 33SS3NN3L...North Carolina, the white diamonds of Arkansas, the blue sapphires of Montana—America teems with treasures...and steely blue benitoite, are found only in America. Others, like the tourmalines of Maine and California...in various shades of blue. A fine-quality blue benitoite can resemble fine blue sapphire, but it is even | | | Report (volume) | Bulletin, vol. 44. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 61-72; Transactions,... 147-264. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, no. 64. San Francisco, Cal. California...Transactions, vol. 9, pts. 2, 3. Toronto, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Quarterly Bulletin, nos. 18-20; Journal... BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1912. 7 Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 33. Toronto and Montreal, Canada...Bulletin, nos. 19, 21. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 6, nos | | | Journal (issue) | ultraviolet light. Specimen is 5.5" inches (14 cm) long. THE PICKING TABLE, VOLUME 55, NO. 1 – SPRING 2014...ditor RICHARD J. KELLER, JR. Happenings at Sterling Hill, William Kroth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Sterling Hill, photographed under combined longwave and shortwave ultraviolet light. The blue to pinkish-blue...pinkish-blue highlights common to much Sterling Hill sphalerite are well shown in this photograph. The dull...Thomas S. Warren Museum of Fluorescence at Sterling Hill. Earl R. Verbeek photo. rt D A The Fluorescent | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."—on label. ARKANSAS—In the March-April...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."—letter dated—June 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy...on the New York line to Killingly on the Rhode Island border. Small crystals of calcite and quartz on...of a fish. Nokomis, in the S.W. part of Sarasota County, is on the Gulf of Mexico. GEORGIA—The following...between Canton and Ball Ground (both in Cherokee County, Ga.). It is 2 cm. across, dark red apparently | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | and much used in industry, is found in De Kalb County, 4 miles northwest of Fort Payne, Ala. There a...Another deposit is reported as being in Clarke County-" ARIZONA—Earl Mayer, 1753 " I " St, Yuma, Ariz...specimen some month ago. The specimen came from Crystal Hill, Plumose C o , Ariz, and consisted of a dark brown...might now add, that Clinton is the county seat of Van Buren county. As stated, this bridge is in the wilds...know of two pivot rocks near Shirley, Van Buren county, and one about three-fourths mile from edge of | | | Journal (issue) | unceasingly to Almighty God that He may guide us over the long and narrow path which leads to His Sacred Hearl-...great field trip in Nevada would reach our readers long before the big event took place (See Sept-Oct, 1950...undersigned, being all of the officers of rhc Clark County Gem Co!l~tors, Inc., most sincerely wish to convey...one attains the top of the saddle, Flower Agate Hill is f earned in its entirety about one-quarter mile...writer was employed by the Michigan College of Mining and Technology as a member of a geological field | | | Journal (issue) | study of the minerals found in the mining regions of Putnam County. J\1{//hcr. \\'i/Jia111 IV.; Ge/llngy...southward from Lake Champlain to and including Long Island and westward into the Catskills and Saratoga...the first definitive study of the geology of Long Island and the mineralogy of many of the noted localities...the beautifullr hand colored geological map of Long Island and hand colored profiles. These arc the first...of the area. Mather described in detail the iron mining regions of southern New York. Serving the needs | | | Book (volume) | fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana, and the...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Friedelite, Hodgkinsonite, Sphene, Augelite, Scheelite, Diopside, Anthophyllite, Actinolite, Tremolite | | | Report (issue) | gold at the Jewel and other mines in the Greenwood Mining Division (R. Bell , 1902-3: Geo l. Surv. Can ....Surv . Can ., Ann. Rept. , IX, 27A). At the Slocan mining camp , argentite is present as a primary min eral...near the headwaters of the Kitsault River , Skeena mining division (R. M. Thompson, 1953: Am. Mineralogist...sulphides and sulphates (R. W . Boyle, 1962: Can . Mining J ., vol. 83, No . 4 , p. 104). Ontario 31 M,...veins on the prop erty of t h e Premier Langmuir Mining Company in the Township of Langmuir a l ong the | | | Book | Freiberg, E. Germany; Pribram, Czechoslovakia; Broken Hill, New South Wales; Chanarcillo, Atacama, Chile; and...states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua, Mexico. In the USA silver occurs at Keweenaw, Michigan, in association...Cornwall; at Wallaroo, South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales. Found in sandstone at Corocoro...Corocoro, Bolivia, and at Cananea, Mexico. In the USA copper is found in abundance in the Keweenaw area of north...Czechoslo¬ vakia and Romania; in the Alps of South Island, NewZealand;fromCharters Towers, Queensland, from |
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