 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 (continued from... is a rather rare mineral in the pegmatites of Maine. Always a secondary mineral, it has been noted as...as crystals on quartz crystals at the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield. Yellow, scalenohedral calcite crystals...pegma tite with the wall rock at the Tamminen Quarry in Greenwood. C A S S I T E R I T E , tin oxide...noted in small amounts in a number of pegmatites in Maine, chiefly in the lithium replacement zones. It is |  | | 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) | | in pegmatites. It has been found at the Andrews quarry, Portland, Connecticut; with monazite crystals...New York City, N.Y. ; at the Dake mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina; with tysonite in Cheyenne Canyon...Springs, Colorado; and with rutile in Alexander County, North Carolina. MONAZITE, is essentially a phosphate...half inches in size at the Dake mine in Mitchell County. It occurs also in crystals at the Ray mine near...Burnsville and the Ramsey mine near Toledo in Yancy County, North Carolina. Large masses of Monazite occurred |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Phosphate-rich Pegmatite Formation in Maine The phosphate minerals of Maine are found principally within granitic...granitic pegmatites in Oxford, Androscoggin, and Sagadahoc counties located in the south central portion...Newry complex of pegmatites, the Black Mountain quarries in Rumford, and from miscellaneous occurrences...source. The primary phosphates in Maine are few: fluorapatite, triphylite, lithiophilite, montebrasite, beryllonite...Monazite-(Ce) is also a primary pegmatitic phosphate in Maine, but unlike the others, it has not been altered |  | | 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...crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to four inches in diameter occur in the Palermo quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire and to an inch in...Dakota with quartz, albite, muscovite, black tourmaline and triphylite. DICKINSO^ITE, a complex hydrous manganese...Branchville and Portland, Connecticut; and at Poland, Maine in lithium pegmatite. F1LLOWITE, with the same composition...dickinsonite occurs sparingly at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut. FAIRFIELDITE, a hydrous phosphate...Fairfield county, Connecticut from which it was named; and also from Poland and Buckfield, Maine; and from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Parker a rusty streak it may be the intermediary Mountain, Center Strafford, New Hamp- alteration species...exciting. Mr. and Mrs. Jack dal group of nearly black crystals of Dyer of Boston, Mrs. Bjareby and I had...to remain an undescribed enigmatic and had our quarry tools along. Since problem to mineral collectors...way home we soon parked under the collector in Maine now living in Dover, big old pine at the entrance...tan-colored needles which he triphylite body I was looking for was had found at Newry, Maine. Since we completely |  | | 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...of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and Minerals...in the Rumford area. No descriptions are provided. Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union...Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description of its geology and mineralogy. Sketch map |  | | 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 |  | Brownfield, Michael E., Foord, Eugene E., Sutley, Stephen J., Botinelly, Theodore (1993) Kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3 a new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine. American Mineralogist, 78 (5-6) 653-656 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine Mrcnlnr- E. BnowNprnr,o M.S. 972...at Paris, and from the Black Mountain pegmatite, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine. Kosnarite from Mount Mica...O ' , r r F o o r ) r r rfor o m .Kosnarite Black Mountain is almost pure KZrr(POo), with only trace amounts...analogueofgainesite. The name is for Richard A. Kosnar of Black Hawk, Colorado. INrnooucrroN In 1991,Vandall T...pegmatite in 1989 by Gene T. Bearssof Sanford, Maine. At about the same time, King sent to E.E.F. a micromount |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GRANITIC PEGMATITES OF THE BRUNSWICK AND OXFORD FIELDS, MAINE: DIFFERENTIAL TRENDS IN F-POOR AND F-RICH...FRANCIS Mineralogical Museum, Harvard University, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, U.S.A....field and the Central Maine Synclinorium of the Oxford pegmatite field, in Maine, are intruded by numerous...(Nb,Ta)-bearing phases. Generally, the CGM from Maine are hosted by pegmatites characterized by a LCT...observed between the CGM from the Brunswick and Oxford pegmatite fields. Columbite-group minerals from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | caesium mineralization); followed by columbite; then black, green, or blue tourmaline; montebrasite; rubellite...inter-grown with c/eavelandite Irom the Walden Quarry, Poriland, Conn"ecticut. ROCKS AND MINERALS 595...accessory mineral. At the Lord's Hill, Stoneham, Maine locality; autunite occurs as excellent haloes surrounding...crystals in vugs in cleavelandite. At the Ruggles Quarry, Grafton Center, New Hampshire autunite is closely... autunite, uranophane, common beryl, cleavelandite, black tourmaline, and quartz; and also in the lithium |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals and cassiterite from the Black Mountain pegmatite, Maine MICHAEL A. WISE* and CATHLEEN D. BROWN...Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, USA *Corresponding author, e-mail: wisem@si.edu Abstract:...images of Nb-,Ta-,Sn-oxide minerals from the Black Mountain pegmatite has revealed the presence of discrete...cassiterite, columbite-group minerals, pegmatite, Black Mountain, Maine. 1. Introduction and partitioning of Nb...the rare-element granitic pegmatites of western Maine. A detailed study of these minerals currently in |  | | Book (edition) | | HANDBOOK for A WEEK WITH MAINE MINERALS by NEIL A. WINTRINGHAM 1_� Cv1,_1'--A� __, SECOND EDITION...a week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...field trial of the hambook during our ''Week with Maine Minerals" furnished additional information end resulted...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside...minerals. The geology of pegmatites, in general, and Maine pegmatites, in particular, is summarized briefly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountains and west of the old St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway on the south flank of the...line on the west to the coastal plain in Lawrence County on the east. The most valuable deposits are concentrated...District, in the south eastern part of Marion County, extends for several miles along Rush Creek. The...in 1857, erected a smeltery at Calamine, Sharp County, for the reduction of zinc carbonate ores. This...of zinc minerals. The Rush Creek mines of Marion County and throughout Law rence and Sharp Counties are |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | California; in the Petaca district of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; from the Harney Peak region of South...Reagan mining district, Kern range, White Pine County, Nevada. SULFUR, S, occurs very rarely in pegmatites...pegmatites. At Lewiston. Yarmouth, and Madrid, Maine. Also at Portland and Haddam Neck, Connecticut,...sulfide, has been found in the Ben Nevis ville, Union County, Georgia. It has been mine on San Augustin Peak...tains, New Mexico, with argentite in a Randolph County, Alabama; and from a sulfide zone near the center |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | -THE COLLECTOR'S— CORNER Pegmatites from Black Mountain, Maine by BRUCE W. B U C K L E Y 32 Bennett Road...Massachusetts 01945 Black Mountain is located in Oxford County, NW of Rumford, Maine (map #1). Over the...has been extensive commercial operation at Black Mountain for mica, feldspar, spod umene, and other...with tailings that spill down the NW face of the mountain (map # 2 ) . The road is often impassable for...half mile. The pegmatite body cuts across the mountain near the summit for over 2,400 meters, striking |  | | Report (issue) | | Powder Pattern: G.E. Smith mine, New Hampshire, USA. 3.67 (10), 3.03 (9), 2.78 (9), 2.21 (9), 3.50 (7)...09 100.00 (1) G.E. Smith mine, New Hampshire, USA; corresponds to Ca0.98 Be2.13 (PO4 )1.98 . (2) CaBe2...Association: Triphylite, siderite, muscovite, albite, quartz (G.E. Smith mine, New Hampshire, USA); montebrasite...montgomeryite (Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA). Distribution: In the USA, large crystals from the G.E. Smith...Co., New Hampshire; in the Black Mountain quarry, Rumford, Oxford Co., Maine; at the Tip Top mine, 8.5 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | July, 1965) THE MICA WORKINGS OF BLACK MOUNTAIN, RUMFORD, MAINE. One fine summer day in 1939 Mr. Bartsch...road which led straight up to the workings on Black Mountain. It was a continuous stretch of mud and only...sled hitched to the tractor. The Grand Old Man of Maine, Mr. Charlie Marble of Buckfield, told me long ago...Shavey. Noyes Mountain in Greenwood, Maine is named after him. The first impression of the quarry was tremendously...his neighbor Mr. Leggett had been up to the Black Mountain locality and had found some extraordinary specimens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By D A V I D M. S E A M A N 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 0 4 2 6 8 INTRODUCTION...of minerals have been found in the pegmatites of Maine since the discovery of Mt. Mica near Paris H i l...amblygonite crystals over a foot in size, large black (schorl) tourmaline crystals to four inches in diameter...Rare minerals found here are large masses of triphylite and associated sec ondary phosphates as botryoidal...phosphates. Loellingite is often noted near the triphylite masses or as veins and masses within them. Pollucite |  | | Report (issue) | | Powder Pattern: Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA. 3.05 (10), 2.73 (9), 3.22 (8), 3.48 (7), 2.23 (6)...0] 100.00 (1) Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA; corresponds to (Ca3.28 Mn0.47 Mg0.17 )Σ=3.92 Fe2...pegmatites. An uncommon alteration product of triphylite in complex zoned granite Association: Apatite...mitridatite, amblygonite, siderite. Distribution: In the USA, from the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton...the Dunton quarry, Newry, and on Black Mountain and Red Hill, Rumford, Oxford Co., Maine. From Hühnerkobel |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | three feet in length have been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds...pounds was found about 1925 at the Bennett quarry, Buckfield, Maine, together with others over three feet...been found at a number of places: Paris and Rumford, Maine; Alstead, Gilsum, and Springfield, New Hampshire;...cleavelandite at Newry, Maine. Rose quartz crystals have also been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New...Hill, Maine; near Statesville, North Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | California; 550 ppm-Maple Lode mine, Aguanga Mountain, California; and 400 ppm-Satao (viseu), Portugal]...crystals but changes to translucent dark blue or black in less well-crystallized specimens. The second...GRAPHITE FROM CRESTMORE AND JENSEN QUARRIES, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. J. A . Jmczak, 9 0 0 S. Cass Ave....at the Crestmore and Jensen quarries, Riverside County, California. While the typical tabular habit of...Pendleton County, West Virginia. The basalt exposure is located on the east limb of the Stone Mountain anticline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CRYSTALS FROM THE BALMAT DISTRICT, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. S . C. Chamberlain, Department of Bioengineering...shown in the center. Magnetite occurs as lustrous black crystals up to 2.5 cm on edge. Most crystals are...equant octahedra at the ends. Other species are jet-black baddeleyite, often bent in curves and rehealed;...FIBROUS MUSCOVITE FROM MOUNT MICA PEGMATITE, PARIS, MAINE. V. T. King, P.O. Box 90888, Rochester, NY 14609...small knoll near Paris Hill village, Paris, Oxford County, Maine. It intrudes the Silurian-age Sangerville |
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