 | | 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...photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical Museum...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...tourmaline (elbaite) on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by...Photo by John B. Poisson. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Profession...................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thor oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...both the county (pro vince) and its capital; there are thirty-one separate mines in the county. The mines...another new borate mineral at Borax Lake, Lake County, California, and in 1939 was co-author with W. |  | | 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...Virtually all of the phosphate species come from the Newry complex of pegmatites, the Black Mountain quarries...known primary source. The primary phosphates in Maine are few: fluorapatite, triphylite, lithiophilite...Monazite-(Ce) is also a primary pegmatitic phosphate in Maine, but unlike the others, it has not been altered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | unusual boxlike cavities lined with comb-structured quartz. Although Dale (1924) named the vein after the...the outer walls of the quartz-lined cavities, at the boundary between quartz and calcite, pyrolusite...along the cleavage directions of calcite. Euhedral quartz characterized the interior of the cavities, Volume69...University Library] at 17:06 10 August 2015 Calcite and quartz mineralization typical of the box-vein of Lyonsdale...with Herkimer quartz) locally occurs on the surfaces and within the outer margins of quartz. Textural evidence |  | | 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...D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...15:414-15. Short but informative description of Mt. Newry and Black Mt., the specimens found as well as description |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | (Lavra da Ilha pegmatite, Brazil). Association: Quartz, albite, muscovite, wardite, eosphorite, whiteite...Brazil); fluorapatite, albite (Martin prospect, Newry, Maine, USA). Distribution: From the Lavra da Ilha pegmatite... Brazil. In the Bell pit and from the Martin prospect, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA. Name: To honor...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, R17847, References: (1) Leavens, P.B., J.S. White |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Corporation and the Mt. Mica Land Corporation in Maine. The major tourmaline deposits here may be de veloped...Although Charles Key is now located in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, he has lived, and has had businesses in, New Jersey...orginally found at Bell Pit and the Dunton Gem mine (Nevell mine), Newry Hill, Newry, Maine. 7 Figure 1:...Perham, geologist and pegmatite miner of West Paris, Maine, in honour of his dedicated labours in the recovery...Perham was born March 5, 1934, in West Paris, Oxford County, Maine, to Stanley Irving and Gwendolen Louise |  | | Report (issue) | | = 14.114(6) X-ray Powder Pattern: Stoneham, Maine, USA. 2.84 (10), 3.65 (9), 2.28 (7), 3.92 (6), 2.37...70 24.41 Total 99.42 100.00 (1) Stoneham, Maine, USA; composite average of six partial analyses. (2)...lepidolite, albite, orthoclase, quartz. Distribution: In the USA, in Maine, found on Sugarloaf Mountain...Stoneham, at the Dunton quarry and the Bell Pit, Newry, Oxford Co., and other minor occurrences. In Canada...Material: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 3.1946. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS OF MAINE phosphate, has been located as a rare, secondary phosphate with beryllonite at Newry; also...secondary phosphate at the Berry at the gem mine at Newry. Quarry at Poland; also at the Bennett RUTILE, one...phosphate, has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry Maine. SCHEELITE, calcium tungstate, has together with...Norway. Maine 04268 366 ROCKS AND MINERALS occurred at a number of pegmatite local ities in Maine. It...been noted at the gem mine, and also at the Bell Pit at Newry, as well as at Black Mt. at Rumford. SILLIMANITE |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ridge and Pluntbago-Puzzle Mountain Newry, Oxford Count , Maine Van King PO Box 90888 Rochester, NY 14609...14609 newryqs@ rochester .rr .corn Halls Ridge, Newry, Maine was named for Henry C. Hall who first found...named until 1910). The number of minerals at the Newry quarries is about 116 and an additional 7 species...names have been proposed for minerals discovered at Newry, but they have been found to be misidentified or...(Continues on page 4) Mineral News ----2 Newry, Oxford County, Maine (Continued from page 1) For example. |  | | Report (issue) | | Powder Pattern: Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA. 5.04 (10), 2.98 (8), 2.73 (8), 2.68 (8), 2.87 (7)...Brazil); whitlockite, apatite, quartz (Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA); amblygonite, lazulite-scorzalite...Parelhas and Alto do Giz, Rio Grande do Norte. In the USA, at the Palermo #1 and Fletcher mines, near North...Sullivan Co., New Hampshire; at the Bell Pit, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine; from the White Picacho district...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 105048. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman |  | | Report (issue) | | X-ray Powder Pattern: North Groton, New Hampshire, USA. 2.88 (10), 3.21 (9), 2.60 (9), 5.24 (8), 3.47 (7)...Total 99.80 99.1 (1) Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA; corresponds to Ca8.97 (Mg0.67 Fe0.52 )Σ=1.19 (PO4...Ludlamite, fairfieldite, triphylite, siderite, apatite, quartz (pegmatites); hydroxylapatite (caves and islands);...farringtonite, brianite (meteorites). Distribution: In the USA, from the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton...as large crystals; in the Bell pit and Dunton quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine; at the Tip Top and Bull |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FROM T H E THIRTEENTH L A K E QUADRANGLE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . V. H. Collins and J. S. Collins...Schaller, W. T . 1932. Serendibite from War ren County, New York and its paragenesis. Amer. Min. 17:457-465...R I T E IN T H E LOCKPORT FORMATION I N MADISON COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . W. P. Dossert and S. C. Chamberlain...rhombohedra of dolomite, and transparent, pris matic quartz crystallized concurrently. Phase 3 included Volume...composite alkalic intrusive ex posed in Marathon County, Wisconsin. The complex con sists of four intrusive |  | | Book | | Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of samples from his recent ventures. The Highland Bell mine in Beaverdell is a still operating silver mine...examine rust stained quartz for gold. Most people end up with just rusty quartz, but one "float" boulder...an excellent match was found with antlerite. The quartz-clay gangue was not tested. The specimen was donated...that similar gold has been found in E l Dorado county. Also in Colorado Bernard Dubeski of Philadelphia...accompanying photograph of a m/m specimen of gold on quartz illustrates ribbon gold with trigons. The piece |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE B y D A V I D M. SEAMAN 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 04268 (Continued from...frequently in the gem pockets in the pegmatites of Maine, formed by the weathering or hydrothermal alteration...secondary phosphates found at the Dun ton Gem Mine at Newry. LA UEITE, another hydrous, manga nese, and iron...Buckfield, the Dun ton Gem Mine at Newry, and at Black Mt. at Rumford in Maine. Its crystals are honey-brown...mineral in Maine, but has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine, and also the Scotty Mine at Newry in small |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | globular, radially fibrous masses. Inclusions of quartz, tourmaline, apatite, and muscovite crystals have...wylleite, eosphorite, siderite, albite, muscovite, quartz, and microcline. It also occurs as a sparse component...from the Bell pit on Halls Ridge at Newry and is reported from the nearby Dunton quarry,Maine. Other unconfirmed...unconfirmed Maine occurrences include the Harvard quarry at Greenwood, the Nevel quarry, the rose quartz crystal...Grafton County; the Charles Davis (Morrill 1956) and Nancy No. 1 mines, also in Grafton County; and the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Figure 2. Postcard image of the Lavender Open Pit in Bisbee, Arizona as it appeared in the 1960.s....Dodge office that took me right past the Lavender Pit which I marveled at. I arrived at the office just...from page I) History Born in Waterville, Oneida County, New York, on January 16, 1863, William Phelps...mines were in operation along with the Lavender open pit. The ne:>..'1 morning I arrived at the appointed...tourmaline crystals from the Himalaya mine in San Diego County, California. He also had one small flat of slightly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department of Geolo Blackbird Mine, Cobalt, Lemhi County, Idaho Downloaded by [University of New Mexico]...small green-to-gray aggregates, from a number of Maine occur- Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor...Emmons quarry at Greenwood, the Bell pit and Dunton and Scotty quarries at Newry Mount, Mica at Pans, the Black...Here, it occurred in the Bull Moose mine, Custer County, as beautiful apple-green to pale green crystals...plentiful in mines of the Keystone district, Pennington County, including the Big Chief, Dan Patch, Ferguson Lode |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen material was found in abundance at the County Gravel Pit at Mauldin Mountain. Mauldin Moun tain is...Formation which is of Ordovician age. The gravel pit (actually a quarry) is 3 miles north of Mount Ida...flank. The wavellite is typical of other Montgomery County Locations which differs from the more common Dug...Dug Hill material from near Avant in Garland County. Here it occurs in various shades of light green with...sandstone, and may be associated with white milky quartz veins and bands. Much of the shale is too soft |  | | 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...a few water melon tourmalines, clear and smoky quartz crystals, oookeite, spodumene, lepi dolite, muscovite...gem tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green, elbaite tourmaline...description here. The Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, Maine, was also worked by Mr. Robert Eastman of Center |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of well-known Maine pegmatites (King and Foord 1994), including the Bell pit at Newry, the Mount Mica...Hampshire; and at the Bedford quarries, Westchester County, New York. “Torbernite” has been reported from...Mountain mines in the Spruce Pine district, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Here, individual dark green crystals...surfaces in granitic rock and in small vugs in smoky quartz. Torbemite and metatorbernite are widespread in...Yavapai County, Arizona, and in similarly sized crystals at the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | m a l a c h i t ea t t h e N c h a n g a o p e n pit, Zambia, and at the M'sesa mine, Kambowe' Katanga...blygonite-richpegmatitezoneat the Bell Pit, Newry Hill, Newry, Maine. Microprobe analyses lead to the... 2.882(N7,114,100) 3.547 on material from the Bell Pit. In a secondoccurrencein the The flakesaverage0...lusterdull, streakbrownish Dunton Gem mine, atop Newry Hill, perhamiteis in a very soft blackto dark brown...Tixtural relations matite miner of West Paris, Maine, in honor of his dedicated indicate that it was |
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Bell pit, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA