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Albite from
Fletcher Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fletcher Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:33367
Long-form Identifier:1:3:33367:0
GUID (UUID V4):6a71b53d-b087-4f20-b1cc-f34217c28f4b
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Westinghouse Quarry (Dudley Ledge Quarry; Irish Quarry; Lewis Quarry), Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
1.0km (0.7 miles) GE-SE Mine, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Orchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Streaked Mountain, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Cummings Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Bessey Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) Mount Marie Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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 (article/letter/editorial)
to four inches in diameter occur in the Palermo quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire and to an inch in...Victory mine near Custer, South Dakota with quartz, albite, muscovite, black tourmaline and triphylite. DICKINSO^ITE...Branchville and Portland, Connecticut; and at Poland, Maine in lithium pegmatite. F1LLOWITE, with the same composition...dickinsonite occurs sparingly at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut. FAIRFIELDITE, a hydrous phosphate...Fairfield county, Connecticut from which it was named; and also from Poland and Buckfield, Maine; and from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to remain an undescribed enigmatic and had our quarry tools along. Since problem to mineral collectors...way home we soon parked under the collector in Maine now living in Dover, big old pine at the entrance...body I was looking for was had found at Newry, Maine. Since we completely hidden. Fortunately there was...the not so hard or dark as purpurite. When Fletcher Quarry, also in North Groton. found, both are rusty...dark brown from Mr. Dana Putnam, of Byrant Pond, Maine, manganese oxide and it is advisable to sent me
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)
cavities in granitic pegmatites with corroded beryl, albite, quartz, topaz, phenakite, triplite, fluorapatite...References GE Smithmine,Chandler's Mill, near Newport, Albite,triphylite,late apatite, siderite Mrose,1952 ... Grand Slam beryl mine, SW of Miami, Rhodesia Albite, beryl Gallagher and Hawkes, 1966 Kondo pegmatite...Caa(PO4)•-Bea(PO4)•,containing muscovite, microcline, albite, topaz, beryl, her- hurlbutite, CaBe•(PO4)•, apparently...Apatite, Auburn, AndroscogginCo., Maine Gem tourmaline, beryl, albite, lepidolite, amblygonite, triplite
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 (issue)
hiddenite specimens in his collection from Alexander County, North Carolina, and those superb quartz crystal...Directors of the Foundation of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. It was my pleasure, and...interpenetrating twin cubes of thorianite from Hud­ dersfield County, Quebec. Their addresses: Vickery — 4 Brendon Road...phosphates stain the enclosing quartz, perthite and albite brown to black with ferric and manganic oxy-hydroxides...certain pegmatite regions. Several pegma­ tites in Maine were made famous in mineralogical litera­ ture for
Journal (issue)
News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...feldspar. The locality, I believe, is a granite quarry. I have been told that, at the site, the large...Fifties, i.e. chiastolite crystals from Madera County, CA. They used to be very common, almost ubiquitous...Manhattan, NV, from the Twin Creek Mine, Humboldt County, NV. The crystals are about 3/g to 5/g inch (1...with fresnoites from the Junnila Mine, San Benito County, CA, which he described in the Mineral News of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...1987 with only limited collecting possible since: albite* (cleavelandite), allanite-(Ce) (microcrystals)...tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen and photo. Downloaded by
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)
TwinnedFornacite from the Singer Mine, Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada Paul M. Adams 126 S. Helberta Ave. #2 Redondo...7 miles (11 km) southwest of Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada. Goodsprings is located 7 miles west of...Casteel, Mag,.,~~ont, Buick, Brushy Creek, and Fletcher mines. Authorized entry is permitted only· to...production shafts, at the Brushy Creek Mine, Reynolds County, MO. 2 l\1inernl News Mny 1998 If you've bought...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com
Book
(1980) A manual of mineral names. University Press, Oxford Kunz GF (1971) The curious lore of precious stones...evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals...Custer-Pringle area, Custer County, and at the Etta mine, Pennington County, South Dakota. Also found in...Dakota, especially at the Beecher Lode, Custer County, as masses up to 200 tons in weight; as rounded...thickness at the Giant-Volney mine at Tinton, Lawrence County; and as masses 20-40 feet long at the Hugo, Ingersoll
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydroxyl-herderite was first described from Paris; Maine, as hydroherderite by Penfield (1894). Members of...Carolina, and from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine, were also studied and are probably also hydroxylherderite...by Genth (1884), both on material from Stoneham, Maine. In light of the above observation that, of 36 specimens...mine, San Diego County, Califomia (2). Poland, Maine (3) Stoneham, Maine (6) Fletcher mine, Groton, New...Hampshire (2) Bennett mine, Buckfield, Maine (2) Greenwood, Maine (I) Auburn, Maine (4) Palermo mine, North
Report (volume)
___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______
Report (volume)
quarries................................ Caledonia County ........................................................ Grout quarry............................................. Kearney Hill quarry......................................... Burke quarry .......................... ................. Newark ...................... Gibson quarry ............................................ Morrison quarry ...................35 36 37 Italian quarry............................................ Tupper quarry .................
Journal (issue)
acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineralnews.com...grow to around J t/4 inches (3 cm). The Chavan Quarry (W agho li. 12 miles (20 km) east of Pune (Poona)...and less green than s pecime ns from the Dhoot Quarry, producing the first Indi a n specimens. The crystal
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
Report (issue)
VARIEGATED MARBLE SOUTHEAST OF CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA. By CHARLES BUTTS. About 3£ miles a little...body of marble could be obtained in an open-cut quarry, but ultimately the rock would have to be mined...crushed stone have been excluded, but the felsite quarry of Revere has been included, although it is not...Bristol County; Lynnfield and Peabody, Essex County; Monson, Hampden County; Pelham, Hampshire County; Acton...Townsend, Middlesex County; Wrentham, Norfolk County; Brockton and Hingham, Plymouth County; Revere, Suffolk
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)
melting to the composition of the intrusions (Fletcher et al., 1989; Pankhurst, 1969). The Younger Basic...low-grade Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization (Fletcher and Rice, 1989; Fletcher et al., 1989; Gunn and Shaw, 1992;...graphitic pyroxenite through olivine gabbro at Bin Hill Quarry (National Grid Reference NJ 498430). 1.2. Organic...instrument equipped with Deben Centaurus CL detector, an Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis Xmax80 Energy Dispersive...feldspar crystals; B, Graphitic pyroxenite, Bin Hill Quarry, showing preservation of feldspar crystal shapes
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA; cannot be distinguished from herderite, and very...0.44 Total 100.51 [100.03] 100.00 (1) Paris, Maine, USA. (2) Virgem da Lapa, Brazil; by electron microprobe...beryllonite. Association: Elbaite, topaz, cassiterite, albite, microcline, muscovite, lepidolite, quartz. Distribution:...include: in the USA, in Maine, at Paris, Hebron, Greenwood, Stoneham, and Newry, Oxford Co., at Topsham...Auburn, Androscoggin Co., and elsewhere; in the Fletcher and Palermo #1 mines, near North Groton, Grafton
Report (issue)
_______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________...__________________ _ Maine ________________________________________ _ Androscoggin County ______________________...______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County _______________________ _ LaChance...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect...prospect __________________ _ Bennett feldspar quarry ________________ _ Black Mountain area ___________________
Journal (issue)
.......... 108 Agate Found in an Old Abandoned Quarry. By Louis Rea1ner................................120 • A Catalog of Minerals F ound at Rumford, Maine. By E. M. Bailey ...................... l21 The.............................. 124 Chips From the Quarry..................................................Box :i92 Dal!as, Texas PEGMATITIC MINERALS FROM MAINE Alblte Amblygonlte Almandlte Beryl Blotite Cl ea...PURPLE APA TI TE ZONED MICA XLS MAINE MINERAL STORE WEST PARIS. MAINE STANLEY 1. P E RHAM OlCPORD CDUN"TY
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
This is a request addressed to Maine collectors and collectors of Maine minerals: Look thru your cabinets...purple fluorite from Newry, Maine. If the material is in xls, on albite, with brown roscherite, and if...specimen under the binocular microscope. From the Fletcher Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Not including...we shall dispense with them. At the Rutherford quarry (owned and farmed by the Keeners) the dumps of...of casual collecting produced fine micro xls of albite, gemmy spessartite garnet, arsenopyrite, pyrite
 
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