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Pyrolusite from
Bell pit, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Pyrolusite
Formula:Mn4+O2
Comments:The old reference was written before it was discovered that pyrolusite did not occur in dendrite form.
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrolusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bell pit, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:756891
Long-form Identifier:1:3:756891:6
GUID (UUID V4):26b8378d-f772-4393-bb5c-a5fc2472bedc
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrolusite
29.8km (18.5 miles) Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
69.6km (43.2 miles) Lovejoy Gravel pits, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
100.0km (62.1 miles) Ham and Weeks Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently...Photo by John B. Poisson. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crusade against pyrolusite dendrites. I received the specimen many years ago marked "pyrolusite." However,...alike claiming there isn't any such thing as pyrolusite in dendrite form! I n their article, "Mineralogy...cryptomelane, nsutite, romanechite, etc., but no pyrolusite. I n a phone interview, D r . Rossman indicated...indicated that he had still not found a trace of pyrolusite in subsequently studied dendrites. F o r the last...specimen material was found in abundance at the County Gravel Pit at Mauldin Mountain. Mauldin Moun­ tain is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at the boundary between quartz and calcite, pyrolusite (?) forms a triangular networklike pattern. This...Dale, N. C. 1924. The box-vein of Lyomdale, Lewk County, New York. New York State Museum Bulletin 251:134-48...section of a 1.6cm graphite sphere from Sussex County, New Jersey, showing a radial texture and smooth... Saphorin, Switzerland. URANIUM MINERALS OF MAINE, USA, GRANITE PEG MATITES. K T King, P.O. Box 90888...nmeersscheite, and w6kendorfite are known from Maine pegmatites. The localities are listed by King (1993)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE B y D A V I D M. SEAMAN 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 04268 (Continued from...frequently in the gem pockets in the pegmatites of Maine, formed by the weathering or hydrothermal alteration...secondary phosphates found at the Dun­ ton Gem Mine at Newry. LA UEITE, another hydrous, manga­ nese, and iron...Buckfield, the Dun­ ton Gem Mine at Newry, and at Black Mt. at Rumford in Maine. Its crystals are honey-brown...mineral in Maine, but has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine, and also the Scotty Mine at Newry in small
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...photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
Journal (issue)
Profession...................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thor­ oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...both the county (pro­ vince) and its capital; there are thirty-one separate mines in the county. The mines...another new borate mineral at Borax Lake, Lake County, California, and in 1939 was co-author with W.
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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
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 (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)
HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy...pluton and quartz mine (modified from Overstreet and Bell, 1965a and 1965b). SC ~ QUARTZ MINE ~GRANITE-FINE...encompasses south central Lancaster County as well as northeastern Kershaw County {Fig. I). These areas are sparingly...v. 82, p. 2845-2862. Overstreet, \Villiam C. and Bell, Harry III. I 965. The crystalline rocks of South... Bull. 1183, 126 p. Overstreet, William C., and Bell, Harry Ill. 1965b. Map 41 3: U.S. Geo/. Surv. Misc
Journal (issue)
HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy...pluton and quartz mine (modified from Overstreet and Bell, 1965a and 1965b). SC ~ QUARTZ MINE ~GRANITE-FINE...encompasses south central Lancaster County as well as northeastern Kershaw County {Fig. I). These areas are sparingly...v. 82, p. 2845-2862. Overstreet, \Villiam C. and Bell, Harry III. I 965. The crystalline rocks of South... Bull. 1183, 126 p. Overstreet, William C., and Bell, Harry Ill. 1965b. Map 41 3: U.S. Geo/. Surv. Misc
Book (edition)
abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Plat., Malawi, G 10 17 River Formation in Uintah County, Utah. Deer et al., v. 2A,483, 1997. Aenigmatite...phonolites, rhyolites, and their lavas in Sonoma County, California, in the Picture Gorge basalt, Wheeler
Book
be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...typical crystal shape. Goethite, Tintic, Utah, USA * 16.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 om Drusy These minerals have...linarite, Bingham, New Mexico, USA * 9x 75 x 2.cm Arborescent copper, Michigan, USA * 35 x 8 x 1 cm Radiating
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
onemay calprofilesthroughMn oxideores(largesquares pit, suggest thatchemical weathering in Australia duringthe...WoodieWoodiedeposit(Macpit, Old Greensnake and Bell pit quarries), the Mount Sydney deposit, and the tiaryoccurred...hollandire, nsutite, romane- chite,todorokite, pyrolusite, kaolinire, andquartz(bothdetriMineragraphy and...contents in braumanganese deposits asdominated by pyrolusite, cryptome-braunire byEPMA(between 0.7and1.64%...5A-C) to massive temporaneous with cryptomelane, pyrolusite,and other or lessoverprinted andcolloform types(Fig
Journal (issue)
occurrence. Open pit mining is a prime example: a few years ago at Inspiration’s Live Oak pit near Globe an...Record, M a y —June, 1976 hundred feet above the pit floor. Even in the previous century examples can...Murfreesboro, Arkansas 101 (4) Dunton Quarry, Newry, M aine covered occasionally, but by the early...Chester, Massachusetts (8) Sunstone Locality, Lake County, Oregon he leased the mineral rights to the United...The Palermo #1 Pegmatite North Groton, G rafton County, pink, red, green, and blue tourm aline. In A
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...all challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia
Journal (volume)
the premier specimen locality in Derbyshire, a county which is not lacking in mineralogical superlatives...that they are the only calcite specimens from the county noted specifically in Sinkankas (1964). Ladywash...and Pacey, A. (2016). Segnitite from Weardale, County Durham. Journal of the Russell Society, 19, 39...relatively common in the Aberdeen area. Manganite, pyrolusite and romanèchite were found as rich crystalline...clear that some were more effective than others. Pyrolusite was particularly good as an additive in glass
Journal (volume)
Plimer, Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...volborthite and tangeite. Strontianite is described from County Mayo in Ireland, and postmining stalactitic rancieite...Rigg in higher Roughton Gill. A few grassed-over bell pits and some small trials lie within the study...Collection. Private collections belonging to Richard Bell (also comprising material from the late Mike Rothwell...closely resemble classic material from Tintic, Utah, USA. They comprise mimetite, beudantite and carminite
Book (edition)
Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Names, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University Press, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite;...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous
Book (edition)
Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...nes, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University P ress, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite;
Report (issue)
other mines in the Greenwood Mining Division (R. Bell , 1902-3: Geo l. Surv. Can ., Ann . Rept ., XV,...as masses and crysta l s in vugs at the Highland Bell Mine , Wallace Mountain , n ear Beaverdell , 23...llage ofActinolite in Elzevir Township, Hastings County . 31 F /1 5 Chemi cal analysis of a light greenish...actino l ite from Westmeath Township , Renfrew County: Si0 2 56 . 70 , Al 0 3 1. 62 , Fe o 3 . 06 , FeO...Township of St . Francis (Beauceville ) , Beauce County : Si0 52 . 30 , Al 2 o 1 . 30 , FeO 6 . 75, 2 3
Journal (issue)
It is co be held on Sarurday the 18th ~larch ac Oxford 'niver icy. The aim i co bring rogether peakers...Friday and Saturday nights. As an added bonus, the Oxford mineral show will take place on Sunday l 9th March...874101; ~lonica Price, niversicy Museum, Parks Road, Oxford OXl 3P\\. Telephone (0 65 272950. SOUTH CROFTYSHARE...request Hampshireffli1ra The Microscope Shop, Oxford Road, Sutton Scotney, HANTS,S021 3JG Tel: 0962...world for many years, visiting, among others the USA, Canada, Russia, Australia, Norway, Sweden, Iceland
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...these can be California, in in Southwestern Maine, around the town of Paris, and the rugged area north...facilitate the operation. Both underground and open pit methods have been used in the copper mines at largest
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topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...been washed into the stream ,tselt. Southwestern Maine around the town of Pans. and the rugged area north...facilitate the operation . Both underground and open pit methods have been used in the copper mines at Globe...minerals may often be won by patient search. an open pit, yo u may be work ing near unstable rock wall s,...the old almost abandoned Dunton mine near Rumford Maine Following the maxim that the most promising place
 
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