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Arsenopyrite from
Bessey Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bessey Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:33340
Long-form Identifier:1:3:33340:3
GUID (UUID V4):db735a76-50c5-4d1d-9926-f6be0b7ea199
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
1.7km (1.1 miles) Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Westinghouse Quarry (Dudley Ledge Quarry; Irish Quarry; Lewis Quarry), Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) Whispering Pines Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
8.9km (5.6 miles) Mount Marie Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
10.7km (6.7 miles) Mount Rubellite Quarries, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) Waisanen Quarry (Tamminen-Waisanen Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) Morgan Quarry (Upper Noyes Mountain Quarry; Upper Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mounting done all over again. SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE By NEIL JORGENSEN 247 W. Summit Ave., Haddonfield...the pegmatite region of Oxford County, Maine, near the villages of Buckfield and Paris, are the Mt. Mica...Mica, Bennett and Bessey Mines, as well as several smaller quarries. Of these, the Mt. Mica and Bennett...larger, but has been filled in with the dumping of quarry waste in the abandoned parts. Probably the mine...purpurite, (heterosite),spodumene, cymatolite, arsenopyrite, garnets and four varieties of quartz — clear
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mounting done all over again. SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE By NEIL JORGENSEN 247 W. Summit Ave., Haddonfield...the pegmatite region of Oxford County, Maine, near the villages of Buckfield and Paris, are the Mt. Mica...Mica, Bennett and Bessey Mines, as well as several smaller quarries. Of these, the Mt. Mica and Bennett...larger, but has been filled in with the dumping of quarry waste in the abandoned parts. Probably the mine...purpurite, (heterosite),spodumene, cymatolite, arsenopyrite, garnets and four varieties of quartz — clear
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 (issue)
Contents for March - April, 1950 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ...................................................................... 135 POUND OF TEA ISLAND, MAINE. By Peter Zodac ·······················-·············...····················· 155 SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE. By N eil Jorgensen ............ 158 NEWARK............ 1 78 }ADE AND CHRYSOPRASE IN T ULARE COUNTY, CALIF . ........................................Aueciatien i14 ROCKS AND MINEMU CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY COMING EVENTS NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONVENTION
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 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
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
Book
commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...granite which was pushed up from great depths. Maine), New California The gem Jersey, show pegmatites...will help you prospect and explore any state and county. etc., for mineral deposits in Finding Suitable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Sebago granite–pegmatite system, southern Maine, USA Michael A. Wise*, Cathleen D. Brown Department...two-mica granite situated in the Oxford pegmatite field, southwestern Maine. Surrounding the pluton is an...chemistry, petrology, geochemistry, Sebago, southern Maine Received: 1 October 2009; accepted: 30 March 2010;...Introduction The granitic pegmatites of southern Maine represent one of several major pegmatite regions...Unfortunately, very little geochemical data exist for the Maine pegmatites despite their popularity among mineral
Field Trip Notes
Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford...inplace theory for the southern part, as in Dutchess County, New York. Whether such a combination of theories...(1914) Geology of the North Creek quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 170. (1919)...Geology of the Schroon Lake quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 213-214....(1936) Structural and petrologic studies in Duchess County, N. Y., Part I. Geologic structure of sedimentary
Journal (issue)
Dept. 333 Meadowlands Parkway Secaucus, NJ 07094, USA Tel. (201) 348-4033, Telex 0023-125 994, Fax (201)...International, 300 eeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA provided a fee is paid. All fe s should be paid...helpdesk@link.springer.de, gress Street, Salem, MA 01970, USA, stating the last page numbers of each article copied...Dept 333 Meadowlands Parkway Secaucus, NJ 07094, USA North America. Recommended scription rate: approx...microfilm, in electronic data bases, York 10010, USA are our Mailing Agents. Post Springer price: approx
Book
Publishing Scripta Company, Washington, DC 20005 USA. Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 1947-, Munksgaard, Noerre...Ohio 43214, USA. American Chemical Society, Journal, 1879-, Washington, DC 20036, USA. American Crystallographic...Penn- USA. American Journal of Science, 1818- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. PREFACE... PREFACE 1909 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA. Arkiv for Mineralogi och Geologi, 1949-, Almqvist...The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. Chemical Geology, 1966-, An International -Journal
Report (volume)
Mineralogical Society. Blackwell Scientific Publications. Oxford, England. XIII BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN...Society. Pergamon Press. Elmsford, N. Y .. and Oxford, England. Coastal Research Notes Tallahassee, Fla...Deep~Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. Press. Oxford, England, and Elmsford, N.Y. Pergamon Desert-...Society and the Meteoritical Society. Pergamon Press. Oxford, England. XVI SERIAL LIST Geoexploration - Geoexploration...Mechanics and Mining Sciences. Pergamon Press. Oxford, England, and Elmsford, N.Y. Internat. Rev. Gesamten
Journal (issue)
e-mail¢ Fax (201) 348-4505 Tel. (201) 348-4033, USA Telex 0023-125 994, All other countries. Recommended...additional m offices. Springe Avenue, New 10010, USA are our Mailing all address chai Environmental...D-14197 Berlin Inc Parkway Secaucus, NJ 07094, USA North America. scription rate: © Springer-Verlag... Fax (0) 30/34005350 zy is published by send USA. ail: helpdesk@link.springer.de, 7-120 or: http:...35403, Tel. (01)391Fax. (01)-(205) Joun C. Gosse USA Department of Geology 391- Editor for Europe ROHM
Report (issue)
Page Ada County 145 _ 150 151 ae 135 A 140 eee 142 148 Page Boise County Adams County 146 Bonner...Bonner County Bannock County — 146 Boundary County Bear Lake County __.___————s—sWwi147':~3= Gem County...Benewah County _____—————C—<‘iAL/4}. «= Idaho County Bingham County _________ Blaine County oie 2...Kootenai County Latah County 154 156 2160 176 177 185 186 Page Lemhi County Lewis County Nez Perce...Perce County __________ Oneida County Butte County Camas County Canyon County = Caribou County Cassia County
Journal (issue)
University Press ; London : Geoffrey Cumberledge ; Oxford University Press, r947.) Price 27s. 6d. As its...+ 974, 8½ x s½. (London : Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1948.) Price 42s. A handbook...of the Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford, 1946-47. Pp. 22. (Oxford : Imperial Forestry Institute, 1948...recommended for mite control. The Balsam Woolly Aphid in Maine. By A. E. Brower. J. Econ. Ent. , 1 947, 40, No...of this mineral. The mine is situated in Singo County, Buganda, about 1¼ miles north of milepost 81 from
Journal (volume)
Loam, from Maryland 2 Silty loam, 3 Loam, from Maine 4 Sandy loam, from Virginia 5 Silty loan, 6...Silt loam from Maine from Maine from Virginia subsoil, from Maine loam, from Maine from Virginia...Muck, from Maine 15 17 Muck, from Maine Silt loam, from Maine Clay loam suhsoil, from Maine 18 Silt...16 loam, from Virginia subsoil, from Maine loam, from Maine loam, from Virginia I c GILLESPIE:...the country, from which the state, value, as county or private surveyor may extend triangulation of
Journal (volume)
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA. S.M., Institute of Geological Sciences, University...sphalerite (up to c. 3%) and subordinate pyrite, arsenopyrite, magnetite GSB191-Indhold 13/12/02 11:29 Side...University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. 38 GSB191-Indhold 13/12/02 11:29 Side 39 The...sphalerite, together with subordinate pyrite, arsenopyrite, magnetite and graphite. The sulphide ore may... GSB191-Indhold 13/12/02 11:32 Side 119 Ibex-Utah, USA W. Newfoundland North-East Greenland Trilobite
Journal (volume)
Geological Survey.) The strata which outcrop in Wayne County have a maximum thickness ranging between 1200 and...rethe and the of streams, having along principal county part shale, moved by erosion. The maximum ...the high hills along the southern border of the county. The limestones and the red and green shales of...plain in the northern and western portions of the county. These older beds consist of 20 to 40 feet of Devonian...southwest. The general dip of the rocks in Wayne County is toward the southeast and amounts to about 20
 
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