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Zircon from
Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:520400
Long-form Identifier:1:3:520400:7
GUID (UUID V4):c8b48a2b-3c7f-468f-9474-369a92f80655
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
0.1km (0.1 miles) Waisanen Quarry (Tamminen-Waisanen Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Morgan Quarry (Upper Noyes Mountain Quarry; Upper Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Witt Hill Chrysoberyl locality, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Nubble Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Heikkinen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.9km (3.7 miles) A.C. Perham Quarry, West Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) Cobble Hill Quarry (George Howe prospect), West Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) Stearns Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, 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)
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 (issue)
Newsletter Minerals near Tateville, Pulaski County, l(entucky Alan Goldstein 1607 Washington Blvd...interesting roadcul on US 27 near Tatevillc, Pulaski County, Kentucky. II lies about three hours southeast...Valley Quarry closed The following lelter was received from the owner of the Gopher Valley Quarry near...near Sheridan, OR. This quarry has been a producer of a few very fine calcite specimens during the last couple...Ream: I am the owner of the Gopher Valley rock quarry which is located near Sheridan, Oregon. During
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 (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 (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...platy variety of albite, cleavelandite. Microscopic zircon crystals of the va­ riety cyrtolite have also been...tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green, elbaite tourmaline, has...further description here. The Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, Maine, was also worked by Mr. Robert Eastman
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Natural History, 1957. PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE phosphate, has been located as a rare, secondary...mine at Newry. Quarry at Poland; also at the Bennett RUTILE, one of the trimorphs of Quarry at Buckfield...RHODOCHROSITE, manganese car­ ago at the Consolidated No. 1 Quarry bonate, has been noted as a rare mineral at Topsham...has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry Maine. SCHEELITE, calcium tungstate, has together with...Norway. Maine 04268 366 ROCKS AND MINERALS occurred at a number of pegmatite local­ ities in Maine. It
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...Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...several locations includ­ ing: Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield
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
Book
Ed & Bert Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE...S'toRE INC. JUNCTION RTE8. '1LJ &_ 219 WEST PARIS, MAINE 04289 Copyright 0 1976 by Edward Sloan. All rights...Talc Mine Saxtons River, Vermont Davis Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE... Massachusetts Pfitzer Quarry Ashland, Massachusetts Bayer - Mingolla Quarry Blandford, Massachusetts...Brook Site Bolton, Massachusetts Bolton Lime Quarry Granby, Massachusetts Granby Dinosaur Museum Hardwick
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu URANI NITE Strickland Quarry, Portland, Connecticut Topsham, Maine etals and metallurgy have clearly...An 8-mm uraninite on matrix from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Connecticut;Bruce Jarnot specimen, Jeff...(upper right). A 2.3-cm-long uraninite from Topsham, Maine; Canadian Museum of Nature specimen, Jeff Scovil...2-cm group of uraninite crystals from Topsham, Maine; CanadianMuseum of Nature specimen, Jeff Scovil...from the Number 20 mine near Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Author’s specimen and photo.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatite in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite, noted for its...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
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)
morerecently, phase CaBeF4, a structural analogue of zircon in Chukhrov(1972). Minorphenakiteiscommonly (Countset... U.S.A. Mr. Apatite, Auburn, AndroscogginCo., Maine Gem tourmaline, beryl, albite, lepidolite, amblygonite...Barrell, 1934 Ingraham, 1964 Berry Quarry, Poland, AndroscogginCo., Maine Gem tourmaline, beryl, albite...Berman and Gonyer, 1930 Paul Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine Beryl, lepidolite, albite, amblygonite...1911, 72 Rand, 1957, 12 Tamminen-WaisanenMine, Greenwood,Oxford, Co., Maine Beryl, albite, bertrandire
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...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Extracts from the logs of mineral col leering in Maine and New Hampshire. (Several trips are omitted for...tremolite crystals. May 23-24 Went to Augusta (Maine) to prepare tiie family lots for Memorial Day. I...morning. We went to the Tamrninen Quarry where we met Nestor 4 Tamminen. Later, Charlie Marble showed up...very coarse. We crossed the dip to the old Tamminen Quarry. Found a nice vesuvianite crystal in the woods...woods apparently blown out of one or the other quarry. Drove back that night. May 30 Ernie and I drove
Journal (issue)
After receiving comments that the Goodall Farm Quarry, also known as the Sanford vesuvianite locality...following encouraging information on the locality from Maine collector Duane Leavitt (Skarnrx@megalink.net)....News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea... Y.T., and Foord, E.E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine: Maine Geological Survey, p. 292. Rutherford, R.L....V anadiun1 l\'line, l\fagnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas is Reclaimed and Collecting Ceases
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)
Articles History and minerals of The Geysers, Sonoma County, California .....................................1852 to the 1920’s, is located in northern Sonoma County about 145 km north of San Fran­ cisco, California...(1970). The Mayacmas Mountains of northern Sonoma County are underlain by rocks of the Jurassic-Cretaceous...deposits of the western Mayacmas district, Sonoma County, California. California Journal o f Mines and Geology...geologic map of western Son­ oma County and northernmost Marin County, California. U.S. Geo­ logical Survey
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada...intersect at right angles. The crystals, such as zircon, commonly have a square cross-section. The hexagonal... (^h /&> ^& \b^ ^ VESUVIANITE WILLEMITE ZIRCON CRYSTALS How 10 / gem to identify minerals...crystalline. Some, such as the diamond and zircon, are outstand- depends on refractive index, the
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...on the gem resources of our land. "Do you, Mr. Maine," he continued, "know that some of the finest tourmalines...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are found in Canada and...strike gem tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big...intersect at right angles. The crystals, such as zircon, commonly have a square cross-section. The hexagonal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
58501, USA z Department of Geology and Geophysics,University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA ReceivedNovember...includes: (1) planar elements in quartz (Fig. 2; Tamminen and Wickman 1980); (2) shatter cones (Svensson...orientations to have been 120-160 kbar (Svensson 1973; Tamminen and Wickman 1980). Profound fracturing from the...o r hornblende, and accessory sphene, apatite, zircon, rutile, ilmenite, and magnetite. M i n o r a m...% ) o f hornblende, sphene, sericite, apatite, zircon are n o t listed. Sample GRI-5415 contains ~ 5%
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...knapsack you can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic
 
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