 | Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B., Webber, Karen L., Dallaire, Donald A., Nizamoff, James W., Sprague, Raymond A. (2019) The Emmons Pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 94 (6) 498-519 doi:10.1080/00357529.2019.1641021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Emmons pegmatite in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite...WEBBER MP2 Research Group Maine Mineral & Gem Museum 99 Main Street Bethel, Maine 04217 alexander.falster@gmail...Hebron, Maine 04238 phosphate@gmail.com RAYMOND A. SPRAGUE* 33 Roger Street Lewiston, Maine 04240 *...Deceased 16 April 2019. HE MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF MAINE PEGMATITES have been a principal focus of our research...Louisiana, to Bethel, Maine, greatly facilitated resumption of our study of the Emmons pegmatite. For the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3749/canmin.AB00008 THE CORE MARGIN ZONE OF THE EMMONS PEGMATITE: THE DIRECTIONAL ASPECTS OF BALL MUSCOVITE...Laboratory, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, 99 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217, USA Keywords: Emmons pegmatite...margin. INTRODUCTION The Emmons pegmatite (Falster et al. 2006) on Uncle Tom Mountain (Fig. 1) is one of the...most evolved pegmatites in the Oxford pegmatite field in western Maine. Compared to other pegmatites in...columbite–tantalite and wodginite (Falster et al. 2015) group species are typical for the Emmons pegmatite. On |  | Hanson, Sarah L., Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B “Skip”, Sprague, Raymond, Vignola, Pietro, Rotiroti, Nicola, Andó, Sergio, Hatert, Frédéric (2018) Tantalowodginite, (Mn0.5□0.5)TaTa2O8, a New Mineral Species from the Emmons Pegmatite, Uncle Tom Mountain, Maine, U.S.A. The Canadian Mineralogist, 56 (4) 543-553 doi:10.3749/canmin.1800009 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NEW MINERAL SPECIES FROM THE EMMONS PEGMATITE, UNCLE TOM MOUNTAIN, MAINE, U.S.A. SARAH L. HANSON§ Geology...Research Group, Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main St., Bethel, 04217 Maine, U.S.A. RAYMOND...SPRAGUE 10 Yates Street, Mechanic Falls, 04256 Maine, U.S.A. PIETRO VIGNOLA CNR-Istituto per la dinamica...new mineral found in the Emmons granite pegmatite dike in Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A. It occurs as anhedral...Tantalowodginite is rimmed with either black wodginite or columbite-(Mn). It is orange-red to deep red |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chamberlain, New York State Museum; Dr. Carl Francis, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum; Dr. Sarah Hanson, Adrian College;...STETTIN COMPLEX, WAUSAU SYENITE COMPLEX, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster2, and...Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494; 2MP2 Research Group, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main St., Bethel...SPESSARTINE FROM THE FINCH MINE, HAYDEN AREA, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA. D. Dallaire1, A. U Falster2, and W. B...Candia Rd., Chester, NH 03036; 2MP2 Research Group, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, 99 Main St., Bethel, ME 04217 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Simpson quarry on the south, the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on the north...summer of 1996, the author mapped the trails and quarry locations using an altimeter, a Global Positioning...included: the Simpson quarry, known for gem beryl (aquamarine); and the Hollister quarry, known for lithium...famous nearby localities as the Andrews quarry, the Strickland quarry, and the Walden Gem mine. There is every...CRYSTALS FROM THE DOLOMITE PRODUCTS QUARRY, WALWORTH, MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK. V. H. Collins and J. S. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Discoveries and Other News From Maine Woodrow B. Thompson Maine Geological Survey Natural Resources...Mapping Center 22 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333-0022 • In terms of quantity, the past year...relatively uneventful for mineral discoveries in Maine. However, diligent collectors have found a few remarkably...discoveries and also reports the earlier find of a Maine gold nugget that is one of the largest from the...working on a chapter to update the Mineralogy of Maine with new information from the last few years. He |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALOGY OF THE HASKE QUARRY, CARY MOUND GRANITE/GRANOPHYRE COMPLEX, WOOD COUNTY, WISCONSIN T. W. Buchholz1...rhyolite outcrop on Cary Mound in western Wood County, Wisconsin, and are exploited in a number of quarries...January 2015 MINERALOGY OF THE EMMONS PEGMATITE, OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE: AN EXAMPLE OF A HIGHLY EVOLVED...Andover, MA 01810. The Emmons pegmatite on Uncle Tom Mountain, Oxford County, Maine, is an example of a...columbite-tantalite, cassiterite in masses to 60 cm across, wodginite, hydroxylherderite, superb crystals of perhamite |  | | | | White Canyon mining district, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37°340 37.1000 N, 0 00 110°17 52.80 W); Markey mine...White Canyon mining district, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37°320 5700 N, 110°180 0800 W) Anthony R. Kampf*...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 67264...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 66691...□)TaTa2O8 Emmons pegmatite dike, exposed on Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA (44°190 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | White Canyon mining district, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37° 34’37.10”N, 110°17’52.80”W); Markey mine, White...White Canyon mining district, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37°32’57”N, 110°18’08”W) Anthony R. Kampf*, Jakub...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 67264...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 66691...□)TaTa2O8 Emmons pegmatite dyke, exposed on Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA (44°19’24”N |  | | 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) | | the Sebago granite–pegmatite system, southern Maine, USA Michael A. Wise*, Cathleen D. Brown Department...two-mica granite situated in the Oxford pegmatite field, southwestern Maine. Surrounding the pluton is an...+ Fe) ≈ 0.60], manganotantalite and ixiolite/wodginite [Mn/Mn + Fe) ≈ 0.98, Ta/(Ta + Nb) ≈ 0.80–0.93]...chemistry, petrology, geochemistry, Sebago, southern Maine Received: 1 October 2009; accepted: 30 March 2010;...Introduction The granitic pegmatites of southern Maine represent one of several major pegmatite regions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | new member of the welinite group from Granite Mountain, Arkansas. Canadian Mineralogist, 56(5), 799–809...Big Rock quarry (also known as the 3M quarry), Granite Mountain, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas...collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A. F.C. Bodieite* A.R. Kampf...District, Utah, and the Masonic District, California, USA. Canadian Mineralogist, 56 (5), 763–772. 4+ Bodieite...deposited in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Yu.U. Ciriottiite* |  | | Journal (issue) | | at Hastie's Quarry. A Page from-a Collecto,r's Notebook: More Finds at the Midstate Quarry Magnet Cove...received in trade from the Midstate Quarry, also known as the 51 Quarry, on the outer southeast edge of Magnet...Mineral News vol. 14, no. 4, ~998). Although this quarry has been active for several years it ~as only been...Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. 2 Mineral News The 9th Maine Mineral Symposium...Symposium Senator Inn, Augusta, Maine May 15-17, 1998 Mark Jacobson 112 N. Lemans St. Lafayette, LA 70503 |  | | Journal (issue) | | News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...feldspar. The locality, I believe, is a granite quarry. I have been told that, at the site, the large...category that, if passed up, one rues it forever. ... Tom Wolfe was one of the dealers who had the entire front...Fifties, i.e. chiastolite crystals from Madera County, CA. They used to be very common, almost ubiquitous...attention to them. They they disappeared completely. Tom told me that hey are still there, but the owner doesn't |  | | 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) | | 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) | | March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing...on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil...July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...Recent Mineral Finds at the Millington Quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey, 320-24 Beryl, California, |  | | 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 (issue) | | Complex, Wausau Syenite Compley, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA……………………………………………..21 DOLGOPOLOVA, A.,...uartz assemblage in the Emmons pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA: implication for the origin...the internal evolution of the Emmons rare-element pegmatite (Maine, USA)…………………………………………37 GUASTONI,...characterization of an unknown metamict phase from Tuften quarry, Larvik area, S Norway…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...evolution of the Berry-Havey rare-element pegmatite (Maine, USA): preliminary results…………………………………………………………… |  | | Journal (issue) | | Robert B. Cook Auburn University, Al Carl A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico...I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk)...Southwood Melbourne, Australia Woodrow B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, ME John S. White, Stewartstown |  | | Journal (issue) | | After receiving comments that the Goodall Farm Quarry, also known as the Sanford vesuvianite locality...following encouraging information on the locality from Maine collector Duane Leavitt (Skarnrx@megalink.net)....News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea... Y.T., and Foord, E.E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine: Maine Geological Survey, p. 292. Rutherford, R.L....V anadiun1 l\'line, l\fagnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas is Reclaimed and Collecting Ceases |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...ALABAMA Iron phosphate mineral locality at Indian Mountain, Alabama (by H. Harwood) 5:241-244 Iron-manganese...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...18:65-74 Phosphate microminerals of the Indian Mountain area [Georgia and Alabama] (by J.B. Gordon, Jr...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles History and minerals of The Geysers, Sonoma County, California .....................................1852 to the 1920’s, is located in northern Sonoma County about 145 km north of San Fran cisco, California...rode on horseback for many miles up the narrow mountain trails to visit this natural wonderland, which...Cloverdale and Calistoga railroads over excellent mountain roads to The Geysers. It is a good plan to go...are situated in a leafy dell on the side of the mountain opposite Geyser Canon. Having indulged in one |  | | 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) | | . Ley The Sm okey Bear quartz claim s, Lincoln County, N ew M exico ...................................be used to establish a precise location within a quarry or general field collecting area. The collector...the points chosen are too often ephemeral (the quarry wall which changes tomorrow or next week), or subject...the county zoning offices. The accurate property boundaries provide good starting points. Quarry or property...but it’s probably unwise in this instance. Small quarry owners and mine operators are, for the most part |
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Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA