 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | clinozoisite, wollastonite, scapolite, vesuvianite, diopside, and tremolite (Anthony et al. 1995). It is now...examples come from the Jeffrey mine (also noted as quarry on some labels), Asbestos, Les Sources Municipalité...microcrystalline grossular on pale green crystals of diopside from the Orford nickel mine, St.-Denisde-Brompton...been collected at Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario. The crystals in the collection are associated...is also found in a skarn at Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, as brown-red dodecahedra to approximately |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2 (center): Grossular crystal from the Pitts-Tenney mine, Minot; crystal is 5 X 7 x 3 cm and is on a massive...SKARNS OF SOUTHWESTERN MAINE DUANE L . L E A V I T T Route 1, Box 140 Buckfield, Maine 04220 Photographs by...discusses some of the smaller, lesser-known skarns of Maine in terms of their paragenesis and mineral ogy....locations: the Goodall quarry of Sanford; the Pitts-Tenney mine, near Minot; the Basin quarry outcrop in Phippsburg;...Background Geology In spite of such names as mine and quarry, none of these deposits was ever worked on a commercial |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Garnet Locality of Minot, Maine By B. M . 3 H A U B 1 59 Elm Street, N o r t h a m p t o n , Massachusetts...locality of Minot, Maine are to be found in many museums and private collections. The quarry which produces...in the town of Minot, Maine which is within the belt, along the western boundary of Maine, that is famous...case of the Minot garnet deposit. The nresent owner of the property is Mr. Fra"hk A. Pitts, Fig. 2. Mr...Section from the Poland, Maine quadrangle showing the location of the Minot garnet quarry. ROCKS A N D MINERALS |  | | 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) | | Hicksville, N. Y . 1 1801 Recently Harold Tenney of Livermore Falls, Maine donated a specimen of essonite garnet...garnet in quartz from the Pitts Ten ney Mine in Minor, Maine. The specimen measures 9-%" x 1 0 " — the...is the best one that came from the mine". The Pitts Tenney Mine was only worked for its mineral specimens...garnet specimen—The Gregory scapolite, pyroxine, diopside, calcite, axinite, clinozoisite, titanite, actinolite...first worked in the late 1890's. Mr. Pitts and Mr. Harold Tenney started working the mine around 1935 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Connecticut, USA © 2008 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 263 • East Hampton, CT 06424 • USA Phone 1.860...Cover: Grossular on diopside; 7.1 cm tall Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada Paul...a/bite from the Little Three Mine in San Diego County, California; 6. 6 cm tall; Bryant Harris specimen...from the deposits around Emerald Creek in Latah County, Idaho, is brought about by inclusions of microscopic...specks) in the Entrada Sandstone, Laguna, Valencia County, New Mexico; field of view 8 mm Hans Jurgen Wilke |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...granite which was pushed up from great depths. Maine), New California The gem Jersey, show pegmatites...will help you prospect and explore any state and county. etc., for mineral deposits in Finding Suitable |  | | Book | | Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user...guide can determine the collecting sites in that county by range and distance from the major cities and...information to reach a specific spot within a particular county. Many old localities listed here have, literally |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi...an accessory mineral in serpentinite. Cedar Hill quarry, Lancaster Co., PA; Josephine Co., OR; White Creek...in meteorites and lunar rocks. Howard Montgomery quarry, Howard Co., MD; Mackinaw mine, Snohomish Co.,...localities for fine specimens can be cited. Thomasville quarry, York Co., PA; Franklin, NJ; Elmwood mine, Carthage...Sterling Hill mine, Sussex Co., NJ; Union Bridge quarry, Frederick, MD; Witmer(*), Allegheny Co., PA; Joplin |
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Pitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA