 | | 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) | | Georgia Beginning in the northwest, where the Lookout and Sand mountains loom over rich agricultural...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: |  | | 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 (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson. The...contacted the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to ask whether the Museum and its Gem and Mineral...informally known as “The L.A. Show,” “The L.A. County Museum Show,” or something else. Calling it “The |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Co1mecticut Delawar District of Columbia IUinois Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New...only in America. Others, like the tourrnaunes of Maine and California, rival specimens found in better-known...exclusively i.n the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...ME); Perhams (West Paris, ME); and Gem Mountain Quarry Trips (Spruce Pine, NC). Knowing What You 're...hats-may be mandatory if you are visiting an active quarry or mine; suggested near cliffs. lntmduction 29 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101 by...Three property in the Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed...now obliterated by fill (Sinkankas, 1959). The Lookout mine, further up the hill from the Hercules mine...for the other pegmatite gem mines in San Diego County, the collapse o f the Chinese tourmaline market...Hatfield Creek-Sinkankas-Spaulding dikes, 7 = Lookout prospect, 8 = New A .B .C . pros pect, 9 = Sonny |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................207 Maine .................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map .......................................... |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | for Sept:e m ber - October, 1950 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ...... .. .. ............. ......................'-' ,._ - .., - - - - - - '-' CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY --- - ....... ..,...,.,.._ .... ....... .......Boulder Bec!ch on Lake Mead. Nevad~ The Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc. (Paul 0 . Drury, Publicity...afternoon with Arthur Wright, a fire ranger in the lookout tower. There we enjoyed a magnificent view of the...northern outskirts of Asheboro, the county seat of Randolph County, N . C. It may be reached by goi ng |  | | Book | | open and collecting. garnet diggings of Latah County and the Spencer Opal Mine, charge a digging fee...floating opal produces satisfactory results. In Clark County near Spencer, opal with a beautiful play and of...found while digging a well near Whelan in Latah County, northwest of Moscow almost on the IdahoWashington...dark gray, opalized wood have been found in Latah County near Kendrick in the canyon of the Potlatch River...the Pahsimeroi Valley, near mon May in Lemhi County, com- opal of various colors, mostly yellow, |  | | Journal (issue) | | THL Y Contents for April, 1941 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................OPAL MINE ........................ KIBBLEHOUSE QUARRY, PERKIOMENVILLE, PA. By William F. Haeberle .....specimens whose localities are given simply as a county or province, or what is worse yet, state or country...regarding the source of the specimens-name of mine or quarry if possible but at least the town, village, settlement...project. The Lincoln Tun• ways, Park Ave. and Hudson County nel embraces a complicated system of via- Boulevard | | | Book | | 100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...easier for you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...be discovered by locating the porous layers In a quarry or other exposure and following them along the...been washed into the stream ,tselt. Southwestern Maine around the town of Pans. and the rugged area north |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................177 Maine...................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................177 Maine...................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Report (volume) | | the eastern border of the area find in AVorcester County. TRIASSIC. The Suf/ar Loaf arko*e, or feldspathitf...Albite. Northampton. Iu veins in the granite lit si quarry south of W. N. Moore's east of Florence, as hollow...hornblende-schist, adjoining granite, east of the soapstoue quarry in North Blandford; (3) in fissures in crushed...the granular anorthite at the Pelhain asbestos quarry. The crystals are here one-twelfth to one-half...cited as the asbestos quarry, is included) at the agricultural college quarry, in the north part of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...the different collecting locations in San Benito County. After graduating from high school, Steve went...field collecting and a specific love for San Benito County and the minerals of the Clear Creek Management...mined commercially for pegmatite minerals in the Oxford Hills area while also working as a drilling and |  | | Book (volume) | | fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana, and the...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Mt. Mica Largest crystal from Mt. Mica Eh Towne Quarry 180 Tourmaline Queen Mountain IgI Tourmaline crystal...Stibiotantalite crystal Apatite crystal . Greenlaw Quarry 272 279 281 282 289 296 297 298 299 300 301 |  | | Journal (issue) | | by a new author. Huge Beryl Crystals at Albany, Maine: by E. K. Gedney and Harry Berman. We are very glad...MINERALSRegular subscription . . . . . . . $1.00 The QUARRY MANAGERS JOURNAL- Regular s ubscription . . . ...1NERALS. The Quarry Afa11agcrs Jo11nwl is the only magazine in the world which is devoted to quarry management...management. written by quarry 1nanagers, edited by a quarry manager, and controlled by an Institute o f Quarrying...everything directly and indirectly relating to quarry management, and its readers are consequently kept |  | | Report (issue) | | Hydraulic Mine,” in 41 County Amador at Volcano, Flat, Cherokee County 41 Butte 9. showing ...Mountain. Pala surface, showing Weathered Diego County. San Diorite, Dehesa, Orbicular (natural size)...Ramona, Albite, crystallized on 46 County Diego County ---- 47 11. 12. 13. Town of Belfry ...Gem dump line, San Diego County ---- 73 - --- - 78 Angeles County 85 to the X ray for ten...minutes, 89 101 view Diego County-near San Mateo (general view), 67 72 County exposed San 63 65 |  | | 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...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from...to Hot Springco., Arkansas, in the Point of Rock quarry, pearly. Clea,·age {001} perfect. {100} and {010} |  | | Book | | Dinosaur-Hypsibema missouriensis 83 83 84 85 * Maine Mineral-Tourmaline Fossil-Pertica quadrifaria...Canada contain large iron ore deposits, the Red and Lookout Mountains of Alabama are especially concentrated...made the “Magic City” of Birmingham, Jefferson County “The Pittsburgh of the South” during the turn of...feet thick, occurs near Sylacauga, in Talladega County, being fine-grained and mostly white, ofexceptional...white Sylacauga marble from Sylacauga, Talladega County, is considered among the finest white marble in |  | | Book | | appreciation is also extended to the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, especially to Miss...pocket of gem tourmaline, a trout fisherman in Maine discovered a valuable deposit of stream gold, and...gold in some eastern streams, all the way from Maine to Georgia. The New England states, New York State...quality. Lawrence, Kansas 66044. Note: Maine Write to: Maine Geological Survey, Department of Economic...Augusta, Maine 04330. Ask for: Maine Mineral Collecting. This is a pamphlet which describes Maine minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | directly from a cleavage of muscovite. Mitchell County, North Carolina. R. A. Bideaux col lection. Guest...locality, and the particular part of the mine or quarry from which the spec imens came, the date of collection...these was a visit, last fall, to the Dunton Quarry at Newry, Maine, under the sponsorship of John Marshall...“taxi” service from the base of the hill to the quarry, some nine-tenths of a mile at about a 30 degree...........150.00 TO URM ALINE, Plum bago, Newry, Maine. W ell term, green xl. 2 x 1 x 1 - 1 / 2 ...... |
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