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Pyrite from
Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Rhodochrosite9 photos of Pyrite associated with Rhodochrosite at this locality.
Bertrandite6 photos of Pyrite associated with Bertrandite at this locality.
Albite6 photos of Pyrite associated with Albite at this locality.
Cleavelandite1 photo of Pyrite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Fluorapatite1 photo of Pyrite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:28221
Long-form Identifier:1:3:28221:5
GUID (UUID V4):afbe99cf-efb1-46e9-a65f-5e6990fbcdc9
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Crocker Hill mines, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) Bessey Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) Mount Marie Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) Mount Rubellite Quarries, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) A.C. Perham Quarry, West Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) Nubble Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
13.1km (8.1 miles) Heikkinen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) Waisanen Quarry (Tamminen-Waisanen Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
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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
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)
l(Zrr(PO)r, a new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine Mrcnlnr- E. BnowNprnr,o M...the Mount Mica pegmatite at Paris, and from the Black Mountain pegmatite, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine...Maine. Kosnarite from Mount Mica occurs as pseudocubicrhombohedral crystals, as much as 0.9 mm in maximum...strongestdiffraction lines [d(A), hkl, I/ I"l from the Mount Mica occurrence are 6.41,012,50;4.679,104,50; 4.329...werecollectedat the Mount Mica granite pegmatite in 1989 by Gene T. Bearssof Sanford, Maine. At about the same
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)
IN THE GARNET LINE IN THE MT. MICA AND HAVEY PEGMATITES, WESTERN MAINE MYLES FELCH§, ALEXANDER U. FALSTER...SIMMONS Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217 USA ABSTRACT...just beneath the core zone in many of the western Maine pegmatites. This study focuses on the mineralogical...of the garnet line within the Mt. Mica pegmatite, Oxford Co., Maine and a similar, but less pronounced...feature at the Havey pegmatite, Androscoggin Co., Maine. Within garnet lines of both pegmatites there is
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...graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which overlies a mica schist. One sample...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a
phosphate mineral from the Dunton Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA F. C. HAWTHORNE1,*, N. A. BALL1...University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA 2 [Received 8 April 2009; Accepted 6 July 2009]...tourmaline-bearing pocket at the Dunton Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA. It occurs as subhedral blocky...properties, X-ray powderdiffraction data, Newry, Maine, USA. Introduction MAHLMOODITE, Fe2+Zr(PO4)2(H2O)4...ore deposit at Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA, was described by Milton et al. (1993) as
Journal (issue)
Carson City, NV photography: Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
monticellite, magnetite, perovskite, phlogopite, pyrite, vesuvianite, and anhydrite. This assemblage is...are elevated in four samples of P topaz [200 ppm-Mount Antero, Colorado; 500 ppm-Little Three mine, Ramona...GRAPHITE FROM CRESTMORE AND JENSEN QUARRIES, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. J. A . Jmczak, 9 0 0 S. Cass Ave....at the Crestmore and Jensen quarries, Riverside County, California. While the typical tabular habit of...basalt, 5.5 miles south of Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia. The basalt exposure is located
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...iron-rich minerals, such as black tourmaline, biotite, pyrite, magnetite, triplite, and triphyllite. The best...distinction because of the spectacular gemstones found on Mount Antero in central Colorado. and project into the...doubly terminated crystals. In the United States, Mount Figure 2. Index map of aquamarine occurrences in...Figure 4. Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CRYSTALS FROM THE BALMAT DISTRICT, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. S . C. Chamberlain, Department of Bioengineering...locality. FIBROUS MUSCOVITE FROM MOUNT MICA PEGMATITE, PARIS, MAINE. V. T. King, P.O. Box 90888, Rochester...Rochester, NY 14609. The Mount Mica granitic pegmatite is a thin (3-7 meter), moderately dipping (20”-30”s)...exposed on a small knoll near Paris Hill village, Paris, Oxford County, Maine. It intrudes the Silurian-age...Sebago batholith was probably the source of the Mount Mica pegmatite fluids and the thermal source for the
Report (volume)
PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS BY EDSON S...minor constituents............................. Mica................................................................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County...............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite, noted for its many...WEBBER MP2 Research Group Maine Mineral & Gem Museum 99 Main Street Bethel, Maine 04217 alexander.falster@gmail...Hebron, Maine 04238 phosphate@gmail.com RAYMOND A. SPRAGUE* 33 Roger Street Lewiston, Maine 04240 *...Deceased 16 April 2019. HE MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF MAINE PEGMATITES have been a principal focus of our research...in 2014 from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bethel, Maine, greatly facilitated resumption of our study of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
17:29 02 April 2016 Frank C. Perham, Adventures in Maine Pegmatite Mining by Karen L. Webber and Raymond...mineral discoveries in the Oxford County pegmatite district in western Maine, including the gem tourmaline...tourmaline mines at Newry and Mount Mica. He made some of these discoveries himself, and he worked deposits...videotapes of Perham’s talks at the Maine Mineral Symposium, Maine Pegmatite Workshop, and New England... in his own words, about growing up in West Paris, Maine, and collecting minerals at quarries belonging
Journal (issue)
Crystals from the Flambeau Mine Near Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin Perry M. Ponshock and William S. Cordua...The Flambeau Mine, located near Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin, produced nearly 1.8 million tons of...Rodewaldphoto. The 15th Maine Mineral Symposium May 2004 in Augusta, Maine Douglas E. Rambo P.O. Box...126 Claymont, DE 19703 Driving up to Augusta, Maine on the second weekend in May has become a ritual...each year at this time we make plans to attend the Maine Mineral Symposium which is an annual gathering of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
23:14 30 March 2016 Frank C. Perham, Adventures in Maine Pegmatite Mining by Karen L. Webber and Raymond...mineral discoveries in the Oxford County pegmatite district in western Maine, including the gem tourmaline...tourmaline mines at Newry and Mount Mica. He made some of these discoveries himself, and he worked deposits...videotapes of Perham’s talks at the Maine Mineral Symposium, Maine Pegmatite Workshop, and New England... in his own words, about growing up in West Paris, Maine, and collecting minerals at quarries belonging
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
November-December: Roebling Apatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine; photo by Victor E . Kranz. Aegirine-augite...114 Baumann, H . , 330 Bavenite, 189 Behnke, D., Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals: An Annotated... , book review, The Tourma­ line, 453 Berkeley Quarry, Cross, South Carolina, J . J . Howe, 240 Bertrandite...Burbank, B . B . , Topaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine, 434 Calaverite, 190 Calcite, 81, 112, 155, 190...Wollastonite and Titanite Near Natural Bridge, Lewis County, New York, 78; 13th Rochester Academy of Science
Report (volume)
Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle,
Journal (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 T..,..IIH. Maine. Bleck well terminated xi. 2 x 1 ½ . . . . . . ...1946 CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1946 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................···································575 WINDSOR QUARRY, RUDEVILLE, N . J. By Peler Z odac ..............usually not easily distinguishable ly in Tooele County, Utah, at approxi - from the more plentiful Pleistocene...quartz. Usually contains some arsenic, also silver. PYRITE : very small cubic crystals on auriferous quartz
Report (volume)
Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman, Bangor. Maryland....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
we cherished. There were a few quarries in the county, but not until we got bicycles was it possible...color, although gold-like, was just iron-stained mica, locally known as Crow's gold. One of our neighbors...Fame JANET CARES Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 E A C H Y...babingtonite specimens in the Blueberry Mountain quarry, Woburn, Massachusetts. It was the first time any­...were long rides in cars, buses, and trains up to Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. The following spring
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gibson mine, Bertrandite, New Hampshire, 161 Pitkin County, Colorado; specimen Beryl, South Dakota, 383 Biology-Earth...Russell, 396-99 mine, Magdalena district, Socorro County, New Mexico; Ron Gibbs specimen and Biotite: New...Bismuth, South Dakota, 383 tite, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah; Bolt, E., see Spotlight on Juniors Martin...190-93 Carnegie Award, 150 Arkansas, Kimzey Calcite quarry, 402-404 Cerussite, South Dakota, 383 Arrojadeite...Hampshire, 162; South Dakota, 383 Chips from the Quarry, 7, 77, 149,221, 373 Chlorite-group minerals, New
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the historic Deer Hill locality in southwestern Maine. Downloaded by [NUS National University of Singapore]...Amethyst Discovery on Stow, Oxford County, Maine WOODROW B. THOMPSON Maine Geological Survey State House...House Station 22 Augusta, Maine 04333 In the summer of 1993, a trio of Maine mineral collectors worked...reviewing three of the major amethyst localities in Maine and the history of amethyst finds on Deer Hill,this... Ovewiew of Maine Amethyst Localities THE DEER HILL amethyst deposits in Stow, Maine, have been known
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...minerals to the section on mineral descriptions. Mount Rubellite, long inactive, bas been replaced in the...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Renewed Mining at the Western Quarries of Mount Apatite, Maine Downloaded by [University of Arizona] at... D.C. 20560 Figure 1. The western quarries of Mount Apatite. A fter decades of inactivity, mining...resumed on the western slopes of Mount Apatite in the town of Auburn, Maine (see fig. 1). This is the location...location of the world-famous Pulsifer quarry, which has produced fine gem tourmaline but is best known...addition to the resumption of mining in the Pulsifer quarry, two new cuts have been made into the pegmatite
 
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