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Sphalerite from
Staples Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Colour:black
Abundance at site:Extremely Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Muscovite1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Staples Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:927040
Long-form Identifier:1:3:927040:4
GUID (UUID V4):3bc5baa8-7eea-4c7c-a712-a65feaeaca8d
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
30.6km (19.0 miles) Maine Feldspar Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
31.5km (19.5 miles) Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
42.1km (26.2 miles) Heath Quarry, Casco, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
44.6km (27.7 miles) Mount Rubellite Quarries, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
47.5km (29.5 miles) Mount Marie Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
53.8km (33.5 miles) Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
54.4km (33.8 miles) Bessey Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
55.4km (34.4 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
56.4km (35.1 miles) Starrett Quarries, Warren, Knox County, Maine, USA
References
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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 (article/letter/editorial)
(Tolman, Koch) 208 Adamite from Gold Hill, Tooele (Staples) .200, 37r Co., Utal. Ahlfeldite. (Ramdohr). 678...and symbolism.. . 211,292 Fluid inclusions in sphalerite and galena from Joplin. ( S m i t h ) . .. ....volcanics. (Rouse). .. 206 Genetic relations of sphalerite i n p e g m a t i t e(.R o s s ) . . . . . ....pegmatite a.rrdreplacement veins in the Sheahan quarry, Graniteville, Mo. ( T o l m a nG , o l d i c h...syenites of phism in Virginia mining PleasantMountain, Maine, district,N.M. (Lasky).... 552 discussionof. (Marsden)
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)
Crystals of herderite-CaBe (OH,F)POn-from Topsham, Maine, a new locality, exhibit several novelties:...y(121).Herderite from a new find at Greenwood, Maine, shows the normal columnar development of the clinodome... A mass of mica peridotite is exposed in Union County, Tennessee. Excellent octahedra of magnetite have...Ansrxe:ro Mrwrnnr FRoM GoLD Hrr.r, by Lloyd W. Staples. This mineral occrirs in the oxidized zone closely...University. Aonurra FRoM Gor.D Hrrr,, by Lloyd Staples. The adamite is found in the oxidized zone coating
Journal (issue)
prominent constituent of the pegrnatite veins of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania...Carolina. Muscovite (twinned) from the Nello Teer Quarry near Raleigh, N. C. in pegmatite veins where pneumatolytic...Hebron, Auburn, and Rumford, Maine; Chesterfield, Massachusetts; San Diego County, California; Colorado and...muscovite crystals from Brooks Fann, Cleveland County, North Carolina. ~ TABLE 1.-MICA-GROUP MINERALS...in a dolomite from near Bonneterre, St. Francis County, Missouri ; in the Mesabi district of Minnesota;
Journal (issue)
from Collecting at the Kezar Falls Mine, York County, Maine In The Summer of 2001 Art Smith 9118 Concho...minerals in the summer with Gene Bearss and others in Maine and New Hampshire, we always try to add at lea t...collected at the Mascot lead mine in Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire and the Madison lead-zinc mine in...and at Mineral Hill in Wakefield, both in Carroll County, New Hampshire. One of our sources of information...and western Maine. One of these, the Kezar 91ls Mine, is just across the border in Maine. The usual guide
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along...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
Report (volume)
.............................................. Maine...................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Journal (issue)
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON 9:30 am to 6:30 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200 }'ort Vancouver Way Vanc-ouver...informally by a pay-your-own dinner at the Old County Buffet by those who wish to attend. Any one wanting...Oak Gron· Fork of the Clackamas River. Clackamas County, Oregon Bill Tompkins There are several old cinnabar...just belo\\ the dam at Lake Harriet. Clackamas County, Oregon. This study is being made because the mines...Clackamas River, Oregon, have been a part of Clackamas County history since 1923. They are very scenic and contain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nor even under an argon lamp. "Fluorite. Teller County, Colorado." —on label. CONNECTICUT—"Perhaps you...ago I found a greenish golden beryl at Slocum's quarry in East Hampton (Middlesex Co.), Conn., weighing...in the U. S. have come from this quarry. Also found in this quarry was a y2 inch crystal of gem, pink...found in Dodge County near Empire, Plainfield and Jay Bird Springs, and in Irwin County near Osierfield...GOLDEN BERYL FOUND AT SLOCUM'S Beryl from Slocum's Quarry, East Hampton, Conn. A combined weight of 320 Carats
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Aquia (Mi.ddle Eocene), Anne Arun629 383 del County, Maryland Basaluminite, hydrobasaluminite. (Hollingworth...magnetoplumVitaliano). 320 bite... 512 Beryl at Mount Mica, Maine. Ca-Mg-Fe carbonate minerals, ( H u r l b u t ,W...Uranium minerals from Mine, YavaPai the Hillside County, Arizona. .. . Grogan, R. M. Detection of fluorite...Ifietanen, A. Chloritoid from Rawlinsville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.. Higginsite. (Berry) High temperature...montroseite,two vanadium minerals from Montrose County, Colorado. (Weeks,Cisney,Sherwood).. . Humphrey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arid environments when deposits containing both sphalerite and arsenic minerals, such as arsenopyrite and...Tintic district in the Iron Blossom mine, Juab County, and in locally abundant masses of colorless or...Toole County, Utah (Staples 1935). Adamite has been reported from occurrences in Mineral County, Nevada...Hill mine near Darwin, Inyo County, and the Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz County. Arizona adamite localities...Grandview mine, Coconino County, and a prospect in the Mayer area of Yavapai County. It is reported from
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 (article/letter/editorial)
gastropods and pelecypods, Oligocene, Eugene, Oregon (Staples, 1965). Andesine, agglutinated foraminifera shells...coniferous wood, Miocene, McKittrick Formation, Kern County, California (Adams, 1920) Epidote, echinoderm,... gastropod shells, Oligocene, Eugene, Oregon (Staples, 1965). Hopeite and parahopeite, mammal bones,...1958). Onyx (quartz), arachnids, Cenozoic, Bonner Quarry, Ashfork, Arizona (Petrunkevitch, 1945). Limonite-Geothite...Schiefer, Nufen Pass, Germany (Bucher, 1953). Sphalerite, wood, age not stated, Tynagh, Eire (Buurman
Journal (issue)
Minerals-Hardness Vandall T. King Thumbnails-Francon Quarry Norman D. Biggarl and John Reiner Chips and Bits...should be free of wrinkles, gathers or pleats. Staples and thumb tacks should be unobtrusive. Covering...publication of the Tuscarora Lapidary Society, Delaware County, Penn­ sylvania 446 ROCKS AND MINERALS Can be...pyrite, flourite, galena, heulandite, chabazite, sphalerite or even some of the more common, such as quartz...is ample for seeing most of the micros from this quarry. Ms. Sabina’s paper notes that Dresscrite has its
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...Iridescent purple coatings on chalcopyrite and sphalerite. 1 ,2 Creaseyite Pb2Cu2Fe2Si50 ,7*6H20 Pale...acicular crystals to 4 mm; blue to green. 1, 2, 3 Sphalerite ZnS Only as remnants in weathered ore, sometimes...of the major phases, from early to late, is: sphalerite-pyrite-chalcopyrite-galena as primary sulfides
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Tctradymitc Argcntite Chalcocite Bornitc Galena Sphalerite (Christophitc) Chalcopyritc Wurtzite Greenockite...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
Book
MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described
Journal (issue)
ev a d a .............469 by J. C. Rota P int's quarry, Black H a w k C ou n ty, Iow a .................36. FOUNTAIN, A. J. (1882) Report o f Doha Ana County: Bureau o f Immigration o f the Territory o f New...(1881) (ca.) Map of Sierra Mines, Daly, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. James D. Hague Papers, Huntington... v.8/#6 California Issue Benitoite, Gold, L.A. County Museum, Himalaya mine $7 v .9 /# 3 Kalahari rhodochrosite...Most of the district mines are in western Merced County, although some may be found to the north in Santa
Journal (issue)
y, CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER, 1946 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ...................:.............................FRANKLIN QUARRY, FRANKLIN, N. J. By Peter Zodac ................................ 760 HERKIM ER COUNTY ''DIAMONDS''...the southwest face of the Cedar Mountains, Tooele County, Utah. Its geo- graphic position, as indicated...Lower Manhattan Island old stamping grounds-Oxford County, (New York City ) After many Saturday afternoon...members of the tions of the many new buildings being Maine Mineralogical Club, with whom erected on the island
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
500 E). The Kurar quarry was also denoted as the Kurad, Khandivali, or Malad quarry. Due to heavy urbanization...MC-TIMS (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA). Sr was run from Re double filaments, whereas Rb...in the Quarries of Salsette Island The Dahisar quarry complex was operated at an altitude between 30...pillowed basalt and hyaloclastite in the Kurar quarry. The textures are not uniform, but rather show...on the left side) of pillow basalt in the Kurar quarry, displaying a sequence of the irregular distribution
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
traskite, verplanckite and muirite from Fresno County, California Stinson, NI. C. and Matthews, R. A... Seven new barium miuerals from eastern Fresno County, Californier (abs.) 1.2+ 2r0+ 278 273 Stinson... Seven new barium minerals from eastern Fresno County, California AJlan, D. with Brown, V. (Book 314...seven new, Barium (Hubbard) from eastern Fresno County, 2040 (Alfors, Aplite-pegmatites, composite, of...to calcite,preparaliorr Basalt, alkali, from Nye County, of (Rao, Yoganarasimhan) Nevada (Vitaliano, Harvey)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Glascock (1989) found that the Mo in the Mecca Quarry Shale of Indiana was associated with the surface...a variety of black shales, including the Mecca Quarry Shale, using EXAFS spectra. They showed that Mo...amorphous and for which the Mo:S ratio is 1:2. Staples (1951) subsequently obtained the first chemical...chlorite coexisting with authigenic apatite, sphalerite, and pyrite. Organic material occurs as domains...Vrich illite has been described from the Mecca Quarry Formation at Velpen, Indiana (Peacor et al. 2000)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ElementContentof the Wood River Lead-SilverDeposits,Blaine County,Idaho WAYNE E. HALL AND G. K. CZAMANSKE Abstract...T•IE Wood River lead-silverdepositsare in Blaine County in the Mineral Hill district, south-central Idaho...geologicalmap of the Wood River district, Blaine County, are thicker and more extensive than the veins...andcrystals usedforeach separates of galenaand sphalerite. Mineral separates element are as follows: Pb...in, or doselyassociated with,galenaand percent. Staples and Warren (1946) describe as the previouslydiscussed
 
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