 | | 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) | | 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...Marble of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and...Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...locations includ ing: Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | electron microprobe, only one was found to be epidote, the rest giving compositions ranging from actinolite...Elytron microprobe analyses of the associated epidote give Fe3+contents ranging from 0.78 to 0.91 atoms...DISCOVERIES AT THE BENNEll QUARRY, BUCKFIELD, MAINE. W B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey, State House... The Bennett quarry is located in a complex granite pegmatite in the town of Buckfield, Oxford County...County, Maine. This locality received much publicity in 1989, when it produced a 3 k m crystal of gemmy morganite |  | | 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...quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers |  | | 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) | | Largest Reddingite Crystals Found at Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine Van King PO Box 90888, Rochester,...(newryqs@rochester.rr.com) Jim Mann 57 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217 (m tm ann@megamlink.net) Reddingitc is a late-stage...locality for reddingite is the Abidja N. Fillow Quarry, Branchville village, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut...1925) reported the first rcddingite from the Bennett Quarry and provided a bulk, wet-chemical analysis:...Leaseman, an optometrist formerly of Portland, Maine. In the collection was a specimen which at first |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona Leicht specimen, Harold...Mineralization at Pedreira Atalaia (the Sentinel Quarry) near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil...310-13 Amethyst Discovery on Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, W. B. Thompson, 44-51 Anatase, Colorado...the Walker Vein, Caldwell Stone Company Quarry, Boyle County, Kentucky, 254-58 Andorite, 27 Andradite...Mineralization at Pedreira Atalaia (the Sentinel Quarry) near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil |  | | 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... just off Route 109, there is an old pegmatite quarry known locally chiefly for its occasional production...documented, if at all. Most of the material from the quarry was evidently used in the construction of an adjacent...section of a 1.6cm graphite sphere from Sussex County, New Jersey, showing a radial texture and smooth |  | | 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...Mica quarry, Paris; and the find of what might be the world's largest morganite at the Bennett quarry...quarry, Buckfield, in the late 1980s convinced the regional collectors that good minerals come out during |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS FROM THE HYATT MINE, TALCVILLE, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. S. C. Chamberlain, Department of Bioengineering...Talcville in the Town of Edwards, St. Lawrence County, New York. The orebody consists of massive iron-rich...FROM THE BROWN DERBY NO. 1 PEGMATITE, GUNNlSON COUNTY, COLORADO. R. A. Elder; W B. Simmons, and A . U...crystals in the Brown Derby No. 1 pegmatite, Gunnison County, Colorado. The crystals are found up to several...ACCESSORY MINERALS FROM THE HAVEY #2 QUARRY, TOPSHAM, SAGADAHOC COUNTY, MAINE. A. U. Falster’, E. E. Foord2 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals in Keweenawan Basalt, South Range Quarry, Douglas County, Wisconsin, W. S. Cordua, 412-415 Anatase...wulfenite, 58-61 Columbite: New Hampshire, 346; Maine, 503 Coming Events, 79, 169, 363, 466, 549 Cook...Minerals in Ke weenawan Basalt, South Range Quarry, Douglas County, Wisconsin, 412-415 Covellite, Colorado...California, J. A. Bartsch, 42-48 Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, T. Rosemeyer, 114-149 Cares, J . W....the Prospector and Collector, 258 Chips from the Quarry, 5, 109, 197, 397, 493 Classified Advertisements |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | beryllium phosphates from the Collins Quarry, Georgetown, Maine - J. W. Nizamoff, A. U. Falster, D. Leavitt...largest reddingite crystal from the Bennett Quarry, Oxford Co., Maine? - M. Felch, A. U. Falster. & W. B...historic Spinelli Prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut - A. J. Albini & H. Moritz. 2:30...warwickite, and dissakisite-(Ce) from New York State, USA - M. V. Luoulescu. R. Rowe, D. G. Bailey, & M. Hawkins...crystals in the Lockport Dolostone, Cicero, Onondaga County, NY - S. C. Chamberlain. D. G. Bailey, & R. Lyons |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cerussite and fluorite, Blanchard mine, Socorro County, New Mexico. Peter J. Modreski photo. MarchlApril:...chalcopyrite, and quartz, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen, Jeffrey Scovil...NovemberDecember: Silver, Bulldog mine, Mineral County, Colorado. F. John Barlow specimen, Malcomb Hjerstedt...Catherine No. 1 Mine, Casper Mountain, Natrona County, Wyoming, N. Tilander, M. I. Jacobson, 3 3 9 4...Early Vermont Mining, 267-74 Carlton Quarry, Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, R. Clements, D. Robinson |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contents for March - April, 1950 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ...................................................................... 135 POUND OF TEA ISLAND, MAINE. By Peter Zodac ·······················-·············...····················· 155 SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE. By N eil Jorgensen ............ 158 NEWARK............ 1 78 }ADE AND CHRYSOPRASE IN T ULARE COUNTY, CALIF . ........................................Aueciatien i14 ROCKS AND MINEMU CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY COMING EVENTS NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONVENTION |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | area."—item sent in by Kenneth C. Brown, 3515 Bennett Ave., Santa Clara, Calif. Two massive black chromite...the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo., there is marmatite. It is a high-iron sphalerite...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail...fluorite have been found in Meshberger Stone Company quarry, 2 miles northeast of Elizabethtown, Bartholomew...Nov. 27, 1959, and had a most enjoyable evening. MAINE—"We are sending you specimens of our fluorescent |  | | Journal (issue) | | J. N. Alves Mineralogy of the Bennett pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine ................................./# 6 C alifornia Issue B enitoite, G old, L .A . County M useum , H im alaya m ine $7 Circulation Manager...specimens were collected in the northern margin j f the quarry, inside the entrance to the main adit, on the left...Boyle $7 Jacupiranga m ine (B ra zil), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Baixa m ine, Paulkerrite $7 v ,1 5...ills type locali ties, U rucum (B razil), Kalkar quarry (CA), K rem sm iinster $8 v. 1 7 /# 6 v. 1 8 |  | | Book (edition) | | from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...GUIDE (Cross-seaion at right) CHRYSOBERYL EPIDOTE PERIDOT SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR ^ PHENACITE...beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are...between The mountain regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee...summer; neither is it wise to prospect in Montana or Maine in the as the winter. An scope, and automobile |  | | Book (edition) | | Camping $1 *00/day, trailers $2*00/day. **Mariposite Quarry (Mariposa), CoulterM ZUie. CA 95311- Fee: 5f/Xb~...50^/lb. Jasp-agate, petrified palm wood, opal Epidote, antigorite, serpen¬ tine, diopside, garnet, jade...CONNECTICUT Cinque Quarry. Mrs* Cinque, Laurel St., East Haven, CT* $2*00 fee. ♦♦Gillette Quarry, Haddon Neck...IL 60450. Fossils MAINE Bennett Quarry. See Mrs. Bennett on Lincoln St., Buckfield» ME (down the road...gar¬ net, rose quartz, smoky quartz Perham's Maine Mineral Store, June. fits. 26 and 219. West Paris |  | | Book (volume) | | 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:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway |  | | 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...Albany, Maine ; a black tourmaline crystal 3x3x8 feet in the Luella Mine near Avon, Latah County, Idaho...have been obtained at Black Mountain, Rumford, Maine. However the cassiterite found in the United States |  | | Catalog/List | | 1.5x1.25x1 ”, £8.50 i", A/7. ADULARIA/SPHENE/EPIDOTE/CHLORITE/ALBITE. St Gothard. Ticino, Switzerland...golden-yellow nodule, A/20. ANALCIME. Enderby Quarry. Leicestershire. This specimen is more interesting...2.5x2x1.25", £4.00 1. ANALCIME/NATROLITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white to...75x1", £7.50. 2. ANALCIME/NATROLITE/CALCITE. Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white, large...25x1", £10.00. 32^) APATITE/GILBERTITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, 19th.C. Cornwall. A thin, coarse ‘Granitic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Limonite and hematite are stripped mined in Crenshaw County, Alabama, and specimens collected are very interesting..."Limonite and hematite are to be found on most any county road south of Montgomery (Montgomery Co.), Ala...Crenshaw County—Davenport, Highland Home, Bradenton and Petrey are all small towns in Crenshaw County near...consists of drusy, green epidote xls lining a 2 inch pocket in massive green epidote. The pocket is filled...with a whitish earthy crust. "From the McDonald Quarry, Brooksville, Hernando Co., Fla."—on label.. GEORGIA—"A |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fairly nice specimens in an old road bed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, Ala....stains on cleavage surfaces of epidote at a vein near the old HaleWalker Quarry —perhaps a third of a mile...mile from the Strickland Quarry. Chalcopyrite is disseminated through such epidote at several other places...green coating on pegmatite, at the Hale-Walker Quarry itself, was seen a few years ago. It was probably...of Milledgeville who discovered them in Baldwin County, Ga., between the State Sanitarium and Oconee River |  | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Journal (issue) | | acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineralnews.com...grow to around J t/4 inches (3 cm). The Chavan Quarry (W agho li. 12 miles (20 km) east of Pune (Poona)...and less green than s pecime ns from the Dhoot Quarry, producing the first Indi a n specimens. The crystal |
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