 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...(road cut, village bypass), epidote, garnet, muscovite. Gilford area: anorthite, augite, corundum, clinozoisite...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose Pocket...(microcrystals) (Bob Janules, pers. com., 2000). Albany, Government pit, 3 miles NW of junction of U.S |  | | 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...Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...several locations includ ing: Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sand had been kept. Gold bearing sand from Byron, Maine "I am sending you a little sand concentrates from...from crevice mining at the East Branch, Byron, Maine. Probably garnet, ilmenite and magnetite, staurolite...Buckfield, Maine. Maine has a gold mining area and it is located at Byron in Oxford County. From the stream...amounts are quartz (colorless, smoky), silvery muscovite, black magnetite, and black staurolite. No gold...dolomite rock, dolomite crystals, and Herkimer County "diamonds." "Your magazine is still tops. Best |  | | Report (issue) | | _______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________...characteristics of mica _________________ _ Properties of muscovite _____________________ _ Structural imperfections...__________________ _ Maine ________________________________________ _ Androscoggin County ______________________...______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County _______________________ _ LaChance...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect |  | | 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) | | on the Post territory which covers most of Yuma County, Arizona, and a small area in California."—letter...Liggett military reserjade deposits in (Monterey County) Cali- vation are some of the very few found on...found cent exploitation of the jade deposits on muscovite xls of the same habit as the the Hunter Liggett...necessitated certain restrictions on resame, only the muscovite xls are about moval of the semi-precious stone...Middlesex signed to conserve the stone for removal County, Conn., was sent in by Richard by legitimate collectors |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | are interesting specimens. Centreville is in Bibb County, in the central part of Alabama. Near Odenville...community of about 1,200 in southeastern Pinal County which probably will become a ghost town when the...out and report later." The Strickland feldspar quarry (or mine) on Collins Hill, near Portland, is one...Strickland Quarry, Conn." pp. 131-144). Long idle, the announcement that the Strickland quarry is being...M found, I understand, by a rockhound and the quarry is holding off operations in that part of the pit |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fl—fluoresces xled- ALABAMA—Nice loose silvery muscovite xl, 6x4 inches in size, is on display in the offices...'Arizona Gem Fields'. Near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif., and then deep in the Muggins Mountains...), no fl. (s.w.). Wesrville is in So. Vermilion County of Eastern Illinois. INDIANA—"From a little stream...brown by iron. Covington is in Western Fountain County in Western Indiana. I O W A — " W e enclose for...of a large rock found in a field in Des Moines County, Iowa, by Mr. Art Hueschen of Danville, Iowa. "This |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | community of Talucah near Vahlermoso Springs, in Morgan County, north Alabama. A large portion of this cave had...of Mines, I heard of an active uranium mine or quarry a couple of miles from town. Following the highway...pollucite which I discovered at the Strickland Quarry, in Portland, during 1954. "Several institutions...proved to be fairly abundant in one section of the quarry wall, intergrown with lepidolite, spodumene, pink...known from the Bolton Schist at the Strickland quarry, should also have appeared in the .list In my map |  | | Report (issue) | | increasing abundance) DEVONIAN DIKES DQ Biotite-muscovite granite DEVONIAN AND SILURIAN WAITS RIVER FORMATION...FORMATION DSwr Dark-gray garnet-muscovite phyllite UNNAMED AMPHIBOLITE AND QUARTZITE DScv Thin-bedded...chlorite-muscovite-quartz granofels ORDOVICIAN MORETOWN FORMATION n Oml Pinstriped muscovite-biotit...Greenish-gray to gray-garnetiferous, chlorite-muscovite-plagioclase-quartz granofels and schist Oma ... Fine-grained, carbonaceous+/-garnet-biotite-muscovite-quartz schist and phyllite at Whetstone Hill |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of vanadinite and wulfenite, is located in Pima County, Ariz., about 15 miles N . W . of Tucson. Although...Lithium-bearing pegmatites of the Pala district, San Diego County, California" has just been released by the Division...specimen comes from near Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado. "We find this pectolite high on a cliff...silver-gray sillimanite associated with microcline and muscovite, was sent R&M by Mr. Hayes. DELAWARE—Kyanite was...several houses, a general store, and a STONE QUARRY. This quarry is operated by the Morris Stone Company and |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Field Trip Notes | | Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford...the chlorite zone is the same as the chlorite-muscovite subfacies of the green schist facies| the biotite...the present trip lies mainly in this belt from Albany to Stop 9 lying on one or the other side of the...inplace theory for the southern part, as in Dutchess County, New York. Whether such a combination of theories...State Museum, Albany. Miller, W. J. (1914) Geology of the North Creek quadrangle, Warren County, New York |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Investigation of Gilley Fluorspar Deposits in Cherokee County, Alabama, by James F. O'Neill. It is interesting... 50 miles northeast of Birmingham, in Cherokee County, located in West 1/2, West V2 of Section 16, Township...pegmatite district lies across the Park-Fremont County line in south-central Co'crado, a few miles northwest...varying degree to pinite, consisting chiefly of muscovite, chlorite, and biotite, and traces of garnet,...to us. Will some Colorado reader tell us in what county is Hans Peak and, if possible, send us a few notes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fairly nice specimens in an old road bed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, Ala....near the old HaleWalker Quarry —perhaps a third of a mile from the Strickland Quarry. Chalcopyrite is disseminated...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...chlorite, biotite, and muscovite. The porphyroblasts are in biotite-muscovite-quartz schist. They range |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crosses the Middle Fork of Yuba River in Sierra County, Calif., we have a sand sample from the river that...black magnetite, and a tiny amount of silvery muscovite. "Sand is from a road near the Red Rocks Park...color476 less), flesh-colored feldspar, silvery muscovite, pinkish garnet, black tourmaline, and black magnetite...Sand from Byron, Maine From Maine's famous gold locality, Swift River at Bvron, Oxford Co., we have a...collected for us by Mrs. Ruth Wentworth, 135 Maine Ave., Portland, Maine. The sample is a coarse grained |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Please Send Them In. calcite from the West End quarry, Inyo Co., Calif., and the other is a bluishwhite...oligoclase, anorthite), quartz, mica (biotite, muscovite) obsidian and gold??? Who would suppose that Colorado...in Georgia at the fo'lowing localities: Cherokee County —2V2 miles northeast of Ball Ground, 1 mi'e northwest...of Cherry Grove School; Fayette County—near Fayetteville; Fulton County—near College Park. (Georgia Mineral...crystals in rock), microline (reddish in pegmatite), muscovite (white flakes in granite), opal (small, white |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pangea [6]. These fault systems continued into the USA in the southwest and into Europe in the east. Deformation...are notably absent, for example, east of the Wentworth pluton or between the Cape Chignecto and Hanna...Devonian to earliest for example, east of the Wentworth pluton or between the Cape Chignecto and Hanna...these rocks The include: quartz, K-feldspars, muscovite, and to apatite. the east,Bedding-parallel but...grained sandstones have laminae rich in detrital muscovite that is partially altered to chlorite (Figure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | garnet sand was received from Mrs. Ruth H. Wentworth, 135 Maine A v e , Portland, Me. It comes from Fortune...silvery muscovite, and a little colorless zircon that fluoresces orange. A letter from Mrs. Wentworth, dated...the beach about 7 or 8 miles S.E. from Biddeford, Maine. There was a space about 20 by 20 feet of this,...is a muscovite sand, brownish, silvery and medium grained. It consists chiefly of silvery muscovite with...brownish quartz with a few flakes of silvery muscovite (some are orange stained). 389 Downloaded by |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | C. with Bartlett meteorite, Bell Co., Texas. 'Wentworth, C. K, Ceramic (Bullard).. ...205,497 clayinHawaii...(Hey) [Book review] Ceramic clay in Hawaii. (Wentworth, W'ells, Allen). .. Cerite, radioactive, near...of Oriented staurolite, zircon and garnet in muscovite. Skating crystals 69 and their significance. ...Iceland spar in Lukesh, J. A. Optical evidenceof Taos County, New Mexico. 151 619 twinning in arsenopyrite....Microlite and stibiotantalite from (Palache, Topsham, Maine. .211,411 Gonyer). Millerite occurrence at Milwaukee |  | | Report (issue) | | 16 and 17, Con. XI, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario. ROM:M31141 This specimen was collected... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Muscovite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....localities under each species are broken down by county (or district), township, con cession, and lot,...would begin like this: ZIRCON ZrSiO 4 HASTINGS COUNTY FARADAY TOWNSHIP Concession XI, Lot 16, 17 Faraday...cases, what he thought was the nearest place. Some county and township names are misleading, as the actual |  | | Report (volume) | | Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman, Bangor. Maryland....New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland, State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |
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