| | 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 | | | 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) | 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 | | | 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 | | | Report (volume) | GEOLOGY OF THE PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County.................................................................................... Maine Feldspar Company quarry and mill................... Turner feldspar | | | 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) | 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) | minerals were found in a quarry on the east side of Highway 101 in Mendocino County, 5.4 miles south of Laytonville...recognize. It occurs in radiating clusters of bladed, black crystals that range up to about half an inch in...yields a dark greenish-brown powder. "Deerite is a black mineral that characteristically occurs in somewhat...of an inch long. This mineral yields a brownish-black streak, which helps to distinguish it from howieite...disseminated in quartz and stilpnomelane. At the quarry all three of these minerals occur in quartz-rich | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE: THE PLACE TO GO By F R A N K W A R D 2 Mildred A v e n u e , Rye, N . Y . 1 0 5...bring to light numerous specimens labeled Oxford County, Maine. M y own collection boasts quite a few that...collected from the numerous mines and quarries of Oxford County over the past five summers. A scattering of...come to Oxford County. T h e pegmatites that comprise the min eralized zone of Oxford County are in many...however, some minerals that are unique to O x f o r d County alone and these aren't as rare as the collector | | | Report (issue) | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Maine ............... 16 Table 5 Uranium occurrences in...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of eastern Maine................^..............i.29 Figure 6. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of western Maine.................................30 Figure 7. Uranium...Mountains, Vermont. During the Jurassic, the1 White Mountain plutonic series of New England apparently was...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...that contain iron-rich minerals, such as black tourmaline, biotite, pyrite, magnetite, triplite, and triphyllite...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Figure 5. Aquamarine (8.8 cm long), Black Panther mine, Riverside County, California. Bill Larsen specimen;...8 cm long), Blue Lady mine, Aquanga, San Diego County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | AND CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN GRANITIC PEGMATITE, MAINE CATHLEEN D. BROWN§ AND MICHAEL...crystallization history of the Black Mountain granitic pegmatite, near Rumford, western Maine, is evaluated using...granitic pegmatite, internal zonation, Black Mountain, Maine, tourmaline, spodumene, lepidolite, columbite...pegmatite granitique de Black Mountain, près de Rumford, dans l’ouest du Maine, fait l’objet d’une évaluation...pegmatite granitique, zonation interne, Black Mountain, Maine, tourmaline, spodumène, lépidolite, columbite | | | 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 (issue) | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline........................................Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite phosphate...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77...vol. 8, no. 6, p. 475.]* The best of San Diego County (by W. Larson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 507-515 | | | 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 | | | Report (issue) | _______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________...__________________ _ Maine ________________________________________ _ Androscoggin County ______________________...______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County _______________________ _ LaChance...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect...feldspar quarry ________________ _ Black Mountain area ___________________ _ Black Mountain ___________________ | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | pohwatp@si.edu Muscovite Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California R ocks are made up of minerals. Some...the littleknown locality of Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California. The specimen is 3 × 4 cm and was collected...crystals. Dark muscovite is sometimes mistaken for biotite and phlogopite. The streak is white (Anthony et...Muscovite is the second most common mica after biotite. Muscovite has many uses, one of the earliest of...kaolinite (Fleet 2003). Detrital muscovite and biotite have been mistaken for gold, a fact I found hard | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Washington, Connecticut 06793. The area of Litchfield County immediately north of the Litchfield town center...masses of garnet, staurolite, plagioclase, and biotite. T o the south, it contains spectacular staurolite...length. At the dump of the most northerly quartz quarry, large ilmenite crystals over two inches in diameter...chalcopyrite in feldspar. A second large quartz quarry just to the north of the staurolite area proved...series. Hematite occurs as lenticular splendent black crystals up to 2 cm in diameter in cavities of granular | | | 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...tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green, elbaite tourmaline, has...further description here. The Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, Maine, was also worked by Mr. Robert Eastman | | Moench, R.H., Pankiwskyj, K.A., Boone, G.M., Boudette, E.L., Ludman, Allan, Newell, W.R., Vehrs, T.I. (1982) Geologic map of western interior Maine. Open-File Report Vol. 1982 (82-656) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr82656 | Report (issue) | cooperation with the Maine Geological Survey GEOLOGIC MAP OF WESTERN INTERIOR MAINE • - Chen-f0e. wit...Augusta, Maine, and University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii --Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine, and...University, Syracuse, New York 4/ --Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine, and Queens College, Flushing,...Dgb MESOZOIC--Rocks probably related to White Mountain PlutonicVolcanic Suite of Cretaceous to Triassic...basaltic breccia in plug at west edge of Old Speck Mountain quadrangle Alkali gabbro and syenite at Androscoggin | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | MA Y-JUNE, ORIGIN 1910 OF THE PEGMATITES OF MAINE' EDSON S. BASTIN U.S. Geological Survey During...study in some detail the pegmatite deposits of Maine, and at intervals during succeeding years have been...this work. The pegmatite deposits in the state of Maine all belong to the type commonly known as granite... the dominant ORIGIN OF THE PEGMATITES OF MAINE 299 pegmatite minerals are those characteristic...microcline, albite or oligoclase, muscovite, biotite, and black tourmaline. Accessory constituents nearly | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | you will find the mine (quarry). Please close all gates after you. This quarry is the newest of the lithium...minerals only present in this type of pegmatite. The quarry was opened up early in 1962 by two young miners...generally considered to be of Paleozoic age. The Walden quarry is located in a lenticular body of pegmatite. It...cleavelandite, quartz, muscovite, biotite, black tourmaline, a few small black columbite crystals, pale yellow...at the Brown Derby Mine near Ohio City, Gunnison County, Colorado; the pegmatites are quite similar in | | | 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) | cookrob@auburn.edu URANI NITE Strickland Quarry, Portland, Connecticut Topsham, Maine etals and metallurgy have clearly...Uraninite is typically seen as an opaque, steel-black to velvet-black mineral with a submetallic to greasy luster...luster. Some specimens are brownish-black, grayish, or greenish, and in thin section uraninite is dark...An 8-mm uraninite on matrix from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Connecticut;Bruce Jarnot specimen, Jeff...(upper right). A 2.3-cm-long uraninite from Topsham, Maine; Canadian Museum of Nature specimen, Jeff Scovil | | | Book | •• ROADSIDE EOLOGY INE D. W. Caldwell • • Mountain Press Publishing Company M issoula, Montana 1998...Geology of Maine. Conte11ts Preface vii Geology of Maine 7 Coastal Maine 25 Interstate 95 (Maine-furnpike)...tli S / Down East Maine: Bangor ;:incl Elli;worll1 to ( ,.i l:tic.; 1/S Maine 3, Maine 102, ancl rh(.;... Bangor (,a ln,s JOI Central Maine 707 M aine 5: Saco-Bethel / 14 Maine 26: Pegmatite Alley, Portland...ton / 49 Maine 7: Belfast-Dover-Foxcrofl I 57 Maine 15: Bangor-Abhot Village.: / 6 / Maine 11: Milo-Millinocket |
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