| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Uraninite |
| Formula: | UO2 |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Monazite-(Ce) | ⓘ3 photos of Uraninite associated with Monazite-(Ce) at this locality. |
| Microcline | ⓘ2 photos of Uraninite associated with Microcline at this locality. |
| Muscovite | ⓘ1 photo of Uraninite associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Annite | ⓘ1 photo of Uraninite associated with Annite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Uraninite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Swamp No. 1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (41 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 556987 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:556987:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 8669e76e-e10b-4296-86d8-7c3a84a8a529 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Uraninite |
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| 0.1km (0.0 miles) | ⓘSwamp #2 quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘConsolidated #2 Quarry (Purington Quarry), Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 0.4km (0.3 miles) | ⓘConsolidated #1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘFisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | ⓘStaples Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘStandpipe Hill Quarries, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 3.9km (2.5 miles) | ⓘRussell Brothers Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 24.5km (15.3 miles) | ⓘConsolidated Feldspar Quarries, Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 30.8km (19.1 miles) | ⓘBerry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry; Berry Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA |
| 31.1km (19.3 miles) | ⓘGreenlaw Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dale, N. C. 1924. The box-vein of Lyomdale, Lewk County, New York. New York State Museum Bulletin 251:134-48...Quebec. The sill is well exposed in the Varennes quarry, which has been operated continuously for crushed...indicated that it is a trachytic phonolite. Although no age dating has yet been performed, the sill’s alkaline...related to the Monteregian series of intrusions. No systematic mineralogical investigation of the sill...stereomicroscope, it is quite porous with numerous cavities 1-2 mm in diameter and some larger cavities to several |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu URANI NITE Strickland Quarry, Portland, Connecticut Topsham, Maine etals and metallurgy have clearly...collector mineral, uraninite, has been suggested for this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Uraninite is typically...brownish-black, grayish, or greenish, and in thin section uraninite is dark brown, yellowish, or greenish. It is brittle...at the addresses above. 328 ROCKS & MINERALS Uraninite is cubic (4/m 3 2/m). When well-crystallized,...aggregates, or scattered small grains. Ideally, uraninite is simple uranium oxide (UO,); however, it commonly |  | | 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) | | News Vol. 13 No. 10 October, 1997 Recent Mineral Discoveries and Other News From Maine Woodrow B.... Thompson Maine Geological Survey Natural Resources Information and Mapping Center 22 State House Station...Station Augusta, Maine 04333-0022 • In terms of quantity, the past year has been relatively uneventful...uneventful for mineral discoveries in Maine. However, diligent collectors have found a few remarkably large and...discoveries and also reports the earlier find of a Maine gold nugget that is one of the largest from the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jan/Feb 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems...Robert B. Cook Auburn University, Al Carl A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico...I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored |  | | Book | | Congress Control Number: 2007939782 All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or used in any... .. ............. ..... ..... ....... 6 Chapter 1: Introduction • Discovery and Exploitation of Uranium...generally meaningful to most mineral collectors: 1. Primary minerals; 2. Secondary minerals; 3. Other...their formation and general characteristics. Because no single book can do justice to the vast literature...scientific books. This is all her fault. Chapter 1 Introduction • Discovery and Exploitation of Uranium |  | | Journal (issue) | | Topeka-Kentucky Giant and Indiana veins, Ouray County, Colorado........................................only to appreciate it and, perhaps, to appraise it, no longer do I feel a desire to possess it. Some of...museums, some for private collectors, and some with no idea whatsoever of what their ultimate fate will...specin “handler.” I know that this is considered a no-no when view another’s collection and I strongly support...“handlens” physically attached to each side. Result: no-hands use, at a comfortable working distance, in |
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Swamp No. 1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA