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Rutile from
Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Rutile
Formula:TiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Goethite1 photo of Rutile associated with Goethite at this locality.
Albite1 photo of Rutile associated with Albite at this locality.
Muscovite1 photo of Rutile associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rutile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:533810
Long-form Identifier:1:3:533810:8
GUID (UUID V4):3f4eaee5-df8c-42ab-bc3e-8802ce85fc73
Nearest other occurrences of Rutile
4.3km (2.7 miles) Songo Pond Quarry (Kimball Ledge Quarry), Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
25.0km (15.5 miles) Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
40.9km (25.4 miles) Redstone "Red Granite" quarry, Redstone, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
42.4km (26.3 miles) Heath Quarry, Casco, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
62.8km (39.0 miles) Long Mountain, Stark, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
65.8km (40.9 miles) Oak Hill, Standish, York County, Maine, USA
68.8km (42.8 miles) Bald Mountain, Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
77.7km (48.3 miles) Consolidated #2 Quarry (Purington Quarry), Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
77.8km (48.3 miles) Consolidated #1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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
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)
small hand in forming a mineral club in Nassau County, New York now called the Nassau Mineralogists....very deformed quartz xls, from the wall of a small quarry above the main cut. I did not spend much time on...large phlogopite plates, pyrite, pyrrhotite, small rutile xls., and apatite xls. There were enough specimens...print. The rest of the day we spent at Gillette Quarry in Haddam Neck, Connecticut. Did not find anything...I returned to Gillette Quarry. I spent the morning looking through the quarry not finding anything. Then
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
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
Report (issue)
----5. Structure cross sections of the Gulf of Maine ------------------------------------------6. Maps...-13. Distribution of sand in the inner Gulf of Maine and Massachusetts Bay -----------14. Distribution...----15. Distribution of gravel in the inner Gulf of Maine and Massachusetts Bay ---------16. Offshore distribution...except for basins deeper than 200 m in the Gulf of Maine. Below the shelf break, finer and more carbonate-rich...promising in surficial deposits. In the Gulf of Maine the existence of ores beneath glacial deposits remains
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)
Contents for Novem ber - December, IQ50 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................undersigned, being all of the officers of rhc Clark County Gem Co!l~tors, Inc., most sincerely wish to convey... T48N-R29W N 5 6 ONE MILE VAN RIPER 0 j COUNTY dil otl id1 X X 7 X JS IO 29 4 X 3 qt...editorial advice. Thanks are also due to the Marquette County Road Commission who supplie.d a base map from which-...fifty-one years ; he has the largest collection in the county, sorted, labeled, and well studied. Leo Burraston
Report (issue)
Geologic map and sections, Burt mica mine, Custer County, S. Dak.: May 25, 1949. U. S. Geological Survey..., Geology of the Hall molybdenum property, Nye County, Ne~: 13 pp,; 4 maps. Oct. 19, 1949. U. S. Geological...Geologic maps of Crystal graphite mine, Beaverhead County, Mont,: 6 maps. July 31, 1950. U. S. Geologic Survey...at the New Almaden quicksilver mine, Santa Clara County, Cali(: 9pp" 2 ills. Nov. 21, 1950. U. S, Geological...• The New Almaden quicksilver mine, Santa Clara County, Cali(: 9 pp., 22 ills. Oct. 19, 1949. U. S. Geological
Journal (issue)
July 1943 PUBLISHED MONTH LY CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces...looked like slag from a furnace. This was in Grant County, Oregon, about 5 miles from Seneca. I was on a...of South Dakota ; the huge beryl crystals at Albany, Maine ; a black tourmaline crystal 3x3x8 feet in the...the Luella Mine near Avon, Latah County, Idaho ; and etc. Origin The crystals have reached their large
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell...mind. We have only one small rock outcrop in my county (Orange) at Rock Springs near Apopka. "The beaches...specimens in the world are found in the limestone quarry in Legrand, Marshall Co., Iowa. The most noted...well worth a visit to see and look at and marvel." MAINE — A letter, dated July 27, 1952, was sent by Wallace...are some of the specimens collected: "Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Maine—Rose quartz, beryl xls (and massive)
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
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
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
us ies eee. eae iahlee 73 Site 5 Graves Mountain—Rutile, Kyanite, Quartz Crystals .......:.cccccssssss...Natural HistOrys.c:0 eehacencec scence 97 97 MAINE OR tee 1 eS inset igs cose casera ae ene g Adame...s00-sscsccosssccesecceseseeeeeeces 103 Site-4. Bumpus Quarry—Beryl; Quartz and Tourmaline ic.scecc.dcccc...Museum Mineral & Lapidary Museum of Henderson County........cccccscceseecesseceseeeseeeseeeeens 172...NaturaliHistory«.....c.ccatsdc.set 182 Site isu (Delaware County Institutesef Sciences in tuanve cls ot eee ee 182
Book (edition)
Camping $1 *00/day, trailers $2*00/day. **Mariposite Quarry (Mariposa), CoulterM ZUie. CA 95311- Fee: 5f/Xb~...CONNECTICUT Cinque Quarry. Mrs* Cinque, Laurel St., East Haven, CT* $2*00 fee. ♦♦Gillette Quarry, Haddon Neck...Staurolite, gold, garnet, agate, jasper, geodes, rutile, calcite - 6 - **Donald Hackney, Blue Ridge...Lorenzo fid., Morris, IL 60450. Fossils MAINE Bennett Quarry. See Mrs. Bennett on Lincoln St., Buckfield»... quartz, muscovite, beryl, tourmaline, garnet Bumpus Mine, Bethel, ME. Mr. Albert Kimball, Box 6, West
Journal (issue)
MONTHLY Contents for September, 1939 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ...................................................................................... 270 LOST QUARRY ( a poem). 8 ) D . H opkins . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 THE MAINE PEGMATITE BELT. By Philip iWorri/l .............. 272 $500...tourists as jade by Indian boys and girls, who quarry and cut it to resemble relics. Another mineral...amazonstone are rather readily obtainable. LOST QUARRY Palermo crater hidden in the bills And almost lost
Journal (issue)
140 Years Steve Voynick 30 GEMS AND MINERALS OF MAINE (PART II) An Annual Conference and a New Museum......6 Bench Tips ........................16 36 Maine Mineral Attraction Earth Science In News............47 Rock Science .....................48 37 Maine Mineral Attraction What to Cut ....................70 On the Rocks......................78 Dig Maine Gems 38 Antoinette Rahn SUBSCRIPTION QUESTIONS...BD10 Power Feed Trim Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: • All cast aluminum tank, table
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)
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........................................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...vol. 8, no. 6, p. 475.]* The best of San Diego County (by W. Larson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 507-515
Book
Geology of Maine. Conte11ts Preface vii Geology of Maine 7 Coastal Maine 25 Interstate 95 (Maine-furnpike)...tli S / Down East Maine: Bangor ;:incl Elli;worll1 to ( ,.i l:tic.; 1/S Maine 3, Maine 102, ancl rh(.;... Bangor (,a ln,s JOI Central Maine 707 M aine 5: Saco-Bethel / 14 Maine 26: Pegmatite Alley, Portland...ton / 49 Maine 7: Belfast-Dover-Foxcrofl I 57 Maine 15: Bangor-Abhot Village.: / 6 / Maine 11: Milo-Millinocket...ountains of Maine 17 3 U.S. 2: Skowhegan-Bcthc: I 179 M aine 4 : Farmington-Rangcley / 91 Maine 27: Farmington-C~oburn
Journal (issue)
Measurements: %V2 xlVi x 5%" Page JEWEL BOX OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA by Mary Frances HOW TO GO ROCKHOUNDING...J. Edward Warwict NEWS .._ THE GEM MINERALS OF MAINE by F. E. Schiller HIGH IN THE OCHOCOS by Quinten..."Jewel Box" in the northeast corner of Imperial County, Calif. The Wiley Well area (the name by which...Jade WA, 4-2130 CHICAGO 9, ILUNOIS COUNTY MPERIAL COUNTY Rl V " I E RS IDE l/£M£/VT6' "^^^ \^/j;t-4...towards Bellingham. Logs are also found Whatcom county but the material seems to be a slate-like formation
 
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