 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals and cassiterite from the Black Mountain pegmatite, Maine MICHAEL A. WISE* and CATHLEEN D. BROWN...Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, USA *Corresponding author, e-mail: wisem@si.edu Abstract:...images of Nb-,Ta-,Sn-oxide minerals from the Black Mountain pegmatite has revealed the presence of discrete...cassiterite, columbite-group minerals, pegmatite, Black Mountain, Maine. 1. Introduction and partitioning of Nb...the rare-element granitic pegmatites of western Maine. A detailed study of these minerals currently 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...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 |  | | 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) | | Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DANIEL BEHNKE 2981 Landwehr...Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the dean of Maine minerals," Charles...of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and Minerals...in the Rumford area. No descriptions are provided. Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union...Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description of its geology and mineralogy. Sketch map |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., USA With 4 Figures Received October 19, 1993; accepted...mineral assemblages which host lithium-rich micas. Lepidolite and lithian muscovite occur in high-pressure...phosphorus-enriched amblygonite and fluorine-rich lepidolite subtypes of orogenic affiliated complex type...element data determined by X-ray fluorescence for lepidolite of various pegmatite subtypes, morphology ("book"...values of K/Rb, K/Cs and Nb/Ta which are lowest in lepidolite from petalite subtype pegmatites. No systematic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 (continued from... is a rather rare mineral in the pegmatites of Maine. Always a secondary mineral, it has been noted as...as crystals on quartz crystals at the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield. Yellow, scalenohedral calcite crystals...pegma tite with the wall rock at the Tamminen Quarry in Greenwood. C A S S I T E R I T E , tin oxide...noted in small amounts in a number of pegmatites in Maine, chiefly in the lithium replacement zones. It is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GRANITIC PEGMATITES OF THE BRUNSWICK AND OXFORD FIELDS, MAINE: DIFFERENTIAL TRENDS IN F-POOR AND F-RICH...FRANCIS Mineralogical Museum, Harvard University, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, U.S.A....field and the Central Maine Synclinorium of the Oxford pegmatite field, in Maine, are intruded by numerous...(Nb,Ta)-bearing phases. Generally, the CGM from Maine are hosted by pegmatites characterized by a LCT...observed between the CGM from the Brunswick and Oxford pegmatite fields. Columbite-group minerals from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AND CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN GRANITIC PEGMATITE, MAINE CATHLEEN D. BROWN§ AND MICHAEL...crystallization history of the Black Mountain granitic pegmatite, near Rumford, western Maine, is evaluated using...pegmatite, internal zonation, Black Mountain, Maine, tourmaline, spodumene, lepidolite, columbite, cassiterite...pegmatite granitique de Black Mountain, près de Rumford, dans l’ouest du Maine, fait l’objet d’une évaluation...pegmatite granitique, zonation interne, Black Mountain, Maine, tourmaline, spodumène, lépidolite, columbite |  | | Report (volume) | | GEOLOGY OF THE PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County.................................................................................... Maine Feldspar Company quarry and mill................... Turner feldspar |  | | 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 pegmatites. It has been found at the Andrews quarry, Portland, Connecticut; with monazite crystals...New York City, N.Y. ; at the Dake mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina; with tysonite in Cheyenne Canyon...Springs, Colorado; and with rutile in Alexander County, North Carolina. MONAZITE, is essentially a phosphate...half inches in size at the Dake mine in Mitchell County. It occurs also in crystals at the Ray mine near...Burnsville and the Ramsey mine near Toledo in Yancy County, North Carolina. Large masses of Monazite occurred |  | | Journal (issue) | | Finger) and LKA Emeralds, Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC Go On Public Exhibit in New York City. Emeralds.................................... 3 Hewitt Gem Quarry................................................................................... 3 Walden Gem Quarry ........................................................................................ 4 Maine .......................................................................................... 4 Greenlaw Quarry .............................................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | three feet in length have been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds...pounds was found about 1925 at the Bennett quarry, Buckfield, Maine, together with others over three feet...been found at a number of places: Paris and Rumford, Maine; Alstead, Gilsum, and Springfield, New Hampshire;...cleavelandite at Newry, Maine. Rose quartz crystals have also been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New...Hill, Maine; near Statesville, North Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | -THE COLLECTOR'S— CORNER Pegmatites from Black Mountain, Maine by BRUCE W. B U C K L E Y 32 Bennett Road...Massachusetts 01945 Black Mountain is located in Oxford County, NW of Rumford, Maine (map #1). Over the...has been extensive commercial operation at Black Mountain for mica, feldspar, spod umene, and other...n o w n to collectors for various col ors of lepidolite and pink tourmaline fans. The world's largest...with tailings that spill down the NW face of the mountain (map # 2 ) . The road is often impassable for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and white cleave1andite, rubellite, tourmaline, lepidolite, and quartz. Much of the spodumene exhibits a...Sehist 15-20 feet (not repl aced by eleayelanditel Quarry Exeavation 523 dosed them, indicating that the...at times encloses small flakes and masses of lepidolite, frequently small crystals of mangantantalite...most spodumene is overgrown by cleavelandite, lepidolite, and quartz. Mangantantalite, the manganese-rich...enclosed or embedded in spodumene, cleaveIandite, lepidolite, and quartz. Its most frequent occurrence is |  | Brownfield, Michael E., Foord, Eugene E., Sutley, Stephen J., Botinelly, Theodore (1993) Kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3 a new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine. American Mineralogist, 78 (5-6) 653-656 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine Mrcnlnr- E. BnowNprnr,o M.S. 972...at Paris, and from the Black Mountain pegmatite, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine. Kosnarite from Mount Mica...O ' , r r F o o r ) r r rfor o m .Kosnarite Black Mountain is almost pure KZrr(POo), with only trace amounts...analogueofgainesite. The name is for Richard A. Kosnar of Black Hawk, Colorado. INrnooucrroN In 1991,Vandall T...pegmatite in 1989 by Gene T. Bearssof Sanford, Maine. At about the same time, King sent to E.E.F. a micromount |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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........................................Tourmaline crystal group 9 cm long, with albite and lepidolite, mined recently at the Himalaya mine, Pala, California...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) | | OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE: THE PLACE TO GO By F R A N K W A R D 2 Mildred A v e n u e , Rye, N . Y . 1 0 5...bring to light numerous specimens labeled Oxford County, Maine. M y own collection boasts quite a few that...collected from the numerous mines and quarries of Oxford County over the past five summers. A scattering of...come to Oxford County. T h e pegmatites that comprise the min eralized zone of Oxford County are in many...however, some minerals that are unique to O x f o r d County alone and these aren't as rare as the collector |  | | 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...lepi dolite, muscovite crystals with borders of lepidolite, goshenite and aquamarine beryl crystals, almandite...amblygonite crystals over a foot in size, large black (schorl) tourmaline crystals to four inches in diameter...tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green, elbaite tourmaline, has |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu Muscovite Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California R ocks are made up of minerals. Some...the littleknown locality of Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California. The specimen is 3 × 4 cm and was collected...the pegmatites of the New England region. From Maine, King and Foord (1994, p. 246) note that “Muscovite...2.8 cm high, from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. This is typical of...Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | much less abundant than the cleavelandite and lepidolite save in the cores themselves which at times may...very late formed euhedral crystals of albite, lepidolite, colored tourmaline, beryl, apatite, topaz, fluorite...caesium mineralization); followed by columbite; then black, green, or blue tourmaline; montebrasite; rubellite...cassiter- Lepidolite Icm-sh"aped growth inter-grown with c/eavelandite Irom the Walden Quarry, Poriland...fan-like, hemispherical growths of cleavelandite and lepidolite, probably of simultaneous deposition; a second |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Manasquan, New Jersey, visited Calamity Wash, Yavapai County, and collected several exciting and Figure 7: Arizona...groupings and distortions found in the specimens. Maine New Mining Activity Ever since the feldspar mill...mill burned in West Paris in the early 196Os, Maine pegmatite mining has been conducted only for the recovery...Sweden; the resumption of activity at Mount Mica quarry, Paris; and the find of what might be the world's...world's largest morganite at the Bennett quarry, Buckfield, in the late 1980s convinced the regional collectors |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of R&M (p. 255) of the "Big Beryl" Mine Imperial County in southern Calif. (old Hogg Mine), gem hunters...1st—Georgia had a record low the Mt. Zirkel area, Routt County, Colo- of 10 4-° degrees in this area and about...concrete for building tonstmction. Conn. (Litchfield County) which I have There will be real hunting for the...Buchanan County of N / E Iowa."—note from Mrs. Hazel Bengston, Rt. 4, Independence, Iowa.—50644. MAINE—The...collector friends, Mr. and Mrs. Gray of Old Town, Maine, sent me a very interesting type of micro mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington, Connecticut 06793. The area of Litchfield County immediately north of the Litchfield town center...length. At the dump of the most northerly quartz quarry, large ilmenite crystals over two inches in diameter...chalcopyrite in feldspar. A second large quartz quarry just to the north of the staurolite area proved...series. Hematite occurs as lenticular splendent black crystals up to 2 cm in diameter in cavities of granular...Campbell Road, 2.5 km N W of its intersection with County R t . 87, 4 km N N E of the village of Edwards |  | | 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...caesium beryl and also along with rubidium in some lepidolite from which ROCKS AND MINERALS they are recovered...generally considered to be of Paleozoic age. The Walden quarry is located in a lenticular body of pegmatite. It...cleavelandite, quartz, muscovite, biotite, black tourmaline, a few small black columbite crystals, pale yellow to |
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Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA