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Brochantite from
Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Brochantite
Formula:Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brochantite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:347756
Long-form Identifier:1:3:347756:4
GUID (UUID V4):8cac8f04-f0a6-40a1-9c36-b2825cbe7cb0
Nearest other occurrences of Brochantite
90.7km (56.4 miles) Mineral Hill Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado; Dave Bunk specimen, Jesse La Plante...(1917–2009), T. McCoy, 279 Bridges, C., 60–61 Brochantite, Nevada, 516; Quebec, 501 Bromargyrite, Nevada...Uvite with Overgrown Dravite, Bigelow, St. Lawrence County, New York, 250–59; Gemstone Deposits in Turkey...Geological Museum of China, 434–39 Chips from the Quarry, M. E. Huizing, 5–11, 101–3, 197–203, 293–97, 389–93...Uvite with Overgrown Dravite, Bigelow, St. Lawrence County, New York, M. Lupulescu, S. C. Chamberlain, M.
Catalog/List
Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The Knipe, S. Scotland Masson Hill, Derbyshire...Nenthead A3 A3 A3 £3 £1.50 £2 Haxis, Arizona, USA A3 £1 A3 A3 £1 £3 A3 A3 A3 A3 £1 £1 £1 £1.50...Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais Brazil Pyrrhotite Pitcher, Oklahoma, USA Chalcopyrite on Dolomite...Wheal Busy Chlorite (Fisher) Belstone Qy, Devon Arsenopyrite & Garnet Colarado, USA Covellite & Chalcopyrite...Italy Stibnite South Crafty, Cornwall Bismuthinite (Fisher) Wheal Fortune, Cornwall (Weller) Stanniferous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
York 14609 CANADA Ontario Silver Minerals Dr. Fisher of St. Catherines has been a long-standing micromounter...The common minerals at Mt. St. Hilaire's DeMix quarry are among the most diverse in habit of any species...photo­ graph shows a fluorite from a part of the quarry called "catapleiite corner." The bright blue-green...kutnohorite. A sample of ankerite from the Jeffrey quarry at North Little Rock, on the other hand, proved...remarkable, as they resemble flat "patty-pan squash." Maine Callahan Mine Harborside, situated on the eastern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Iran. Oct., p. 526. Fisher, Henry L . Some Sulfate Minerals of Meigs County, Ohio. July-Aug., p. 416...Richard. Garnets. April, p. 271. Green, Richard. Brochantite. April, p. 236. Harding, Bruce L . Gemology for...April, p. 238. Morrill, Phillip. Prospecting in Maine. Part II. May, p. 309. May, p. 300. Arizona— You'11...Minerals of Ridge. Mary Beth Smith. July-Aug., Maine, Part I. Mar., p. I'M. Part II. p. 424. Georgia's...of Controls Miscellaneous Minerals. Marva Putnam County, New York. April, Gay. April, p. 269. p. 225. 650
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural Science...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and photo. NovemberDecember:...calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen, Harold and... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...manganoan, Argentine vein, Idarado mine, San Miguel County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Ed Raines photo...15 Albite. Maine, 4 12 Alexandrite, Hematitia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 23 Almandine, Maine, 412 Alunite...Arsenic, Madagascar, 256 Arsenopyrite, Colorado, 337; Maine, 412 Art, see Robinson, S., see Equit, E. Arupite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing...on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil...July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...Recent Mineral Finds at the Millington Quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey, 320-24 Beryl, California,
Catalog/List
fluorescent under lang vave UV light. 7. ANALCIKE,Croft Quarry,Croft,Leicestershire. several 10mm superb chocolate-brovn...display. KUS,LlO. matrix xtls -2ANATASB. Hendre Quarry,Glyn Ceiriog,NE Wales. Five MIN. specimens. Small...Greystones Galen• fragment vith ral vhite translucent Quarry,Launceston,Cornvall. Boxed MIN. upper Limonite...granular areas. MIN,LlO. 4. APATITBon ALBITE, ve Quarry,Lundy s ■oky-brovn xtls to 5mm intergrovn u. ...Displays vell. MUS,r.25. ARSBNOPYRITB.Hingston Dovn Quarry,Gunnislake,Cornva11. Tvo specimens. Specimen A-largely
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arem photo. March/April: Cacoxenite, Dravo quarry, Shelby ‘County, Alabama. Dan Behnke photo. MayIJune: Stibnite...beryl, Violet claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah. Private collection, Jeffrey Scovil photo...Pyrite Aggregates from Guernsey Limestone Quarry, Washington County, Ohio, 251-59 Bornite, Colorado, 329;...Nineteenth Rochester Mineralogical Symposium Brochantite, Utah, 41 1 Bromargyrite, Utah, 411 Brookite...Anatase, & Rutile from the Silver Link Mine, Ouray County, Ouray, Colorado, T. Rosemeyer, 327-30 Brookite
Book (volume)
series of pegmatite dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles
Journal (issue)
Sapphires Benito County, California; the group of sapGems Found in the U.S. State of Maine phires is from...Daniel Bronfen, Brazil Evan Caplan, USA Rocco Gay, Italy Sushil Goyal, USA Shahina Hatta, Hong Kong Dwarka...Thailand Immediate Past President Benjamin Hackman, USA Chief Executive Officer Gary Roskin ICA General Manager...31 W. 47th Street, Suite 1103 New York, NY 10036 USA ica@gemstone.org T: 1.212.620.0900 F: 1.212.352.9054...century with the discovery of the Mica Mine in Maine. While gold was its primary focus, miners found
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 (issue)
Smelter D.Green 3 The Munich 1986 Mineral Show A. Fisher 9 Conversation Piece Max Wirth CIRCULATION ...Knoydart, Scotland Roy Starkey 17 Coldstones Quarry Carol Ryde 19 Brussels Mineral Show Max D. Freier...uncommon. 4 ROCK BOTTOM, ISSUE No. 2. SPRING 1987 Brochantite is found on the surface of slag pieces as a dark...anglesite and serpierite frequently accompany brochantite. CALEDONITE Pb5Cu2(CO3) (SO 4 ) 3 (OH) 6 Occurs...several field trips. Tlie Munich 1986 Show Arnold Fisher For those visiting the 'Mineralientage Munchen·
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fairly nice specimens in an old road bed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, Ala....near the old HaleWalker Quarry —perhaps a third of a mile from the Strickland Quarry. Chalcopyrite is disseminated...green coating on pegmatite, at the Hale-Walker Quarry itself, was seen a few years ago. It was probably...of Milledgeville who discovered them in Baldwin County, Ga., between the State Sanitarium and Oconee River...picked these up near a gravel deposit in Grant County, Indiana, near the city of Marion."—on label. I
Journal (issue)
uncommon lithium-mica from Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California .....................................tour of the mineral facilities at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (where Tony is curator)...40502 he Hoosier Stone and Concrete Corporation quarry near Salem, Indiana, has yielded extremely well-formed...Hoosier Stone and Concrete Corporation, ran the quarry opera­ tion. Though minor production in the area...done in the Hoosier Stone and Concrete Corporation quarry, located 1 km west of Salem, in the northeast corner
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jesse Fisher specimen and photo May/June: Uvite, Powers farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York;...albite, Kestral Pocket, Smoky Hawk mine, Teller County, Colorado; Martin Zinn specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Gold and quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California; Scott Rudolph specimen, Jeff Scovil...York, 222–24 Alamandine, New York City, New York County, New York State, R. B. Cook, 244–52 Amethyst, South...Connoisseur’s Choice Brazil, spessartine, 42–45 Brochantite, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico, R. B. Cook
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
Journal (issue)
Three Articles The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, A rizona by G. B. Allen & W. Hunt 139 James...aerially extensive Osborn Ag-Au district of Maricopa County in west-central Arizona. The primary property in...Figure 3. Brochantite crystals to 2.6 mm. F igure 4. W illemite sprays, 1.3 mm , on brochantite. Figure...crystallized material associated with linarite, brochantite, caledonite and leadhillite. 1, 2, 3 Aurichalcite...microcrystals to 1.5 mm, with descloizite. Brochantite C u4(S 0 4)(OH)6 Bright green microcrystals
Catalog/List
hrdownie Quarry specimens. Also "Potato Stones" from the Hendips. 4. ANALCIME.Magheramorne Quarry,Larne...trapezohedral xtls to 3mm. t5 each. 5. ANALCIME.Croft Quarry,Croft,Leicestershire.7 specimens.Specimen A-white....tlO. 16. ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia...tl2. Attractive. 18. ARSENOPYRITE.Hingsten Down Quarry,Calstock,Cornwall. 2 specimens. Specimen A-matrix...SC,t.6. 19. ARSENOPYRITE(CHLORITOID), Penlee Quarry,Newlyn,Cornwall. Quartz fragment encrusted and
Report (issue)
Woodrow Thompson from Maine provided this nattering 1 ' • ., photo of Steve and I - taken by him on our...expe1.:t : wi!i give a few � � talks around the County - I gave one to the Newquay Old ::_: 5,i:J � _...Dick Belson, Michael Jackson, Michael Doel, John Fisher and Simon Taylor appeared on various days till...gramme and I think we did it all. I can remember Fisher feeding Snowball cooked razor shells that look...Trebarwith, anatase and brookite from Hingston Down Quarry. I took members of our South West Branch of the
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 (issue)
Proustite (1.0mm) with barite and tennantite. Dolyhir quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, October 2004. Collection:...Part 2, 2005 PAPERS The mineralogy of Newhurst quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire Frank Ince The occurrence...including koninckite and planerite from Grouse Lodge quarry, Shanagolden, Co. Limerick Stephen Moreton and...Neall and A ndy G. Tindle Columbite from Chywoon quarry in the Carnrnenellis Granite, Cornwall David Mou...comprehensive account of the mineralogy of Newhurst Quarry, extending the work of Bob King on Leicestershire
 
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