 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pegmatite Mineral Localities in Oxford County, Maine Oxford County The four pegmatites described in...peg matites in the Maine pegmatite belt. The famous pegmatite quarries of western Maine—Mt. Mica, Mt. Apatite...Apatite, Har vard quarry, and Bennett quarry, to name a few—have been heavily picked over for desirable...Realty of Norway, Maine, and was under lease to T . C . Mining Company of West Paris, Maine. There has been...intermediate zone the accessory minerals are muscovite, N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 1987 401 |  | | 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) | | on ConneParis-Rumford district, Maine Topsham district, Maine Grafton district, New Hampshire...in diameter, albite, green beryl, columbite, muscovite, and black tourmaline (Seybert, 1824; Webster...orthoclase(?), black tourmaline, garnet (almandine?), muscovite, biotite, and columbite (Navias and Ostrom, 1951)...here as individual twinned Chrysoberyl, Topsham, Maine. The crystal similarity to the chrysoberyl from...1884. .i • Chrysoberyl, Porcupine Hill, Topsham, Maine. Specimen is an untwinned crystal 3 inches long |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contents for March - April, 1950 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ...................................................................... 135 POUND OF TEA ISLAND, MAINE. By Peter Zodac ·······················-·············...····················· 155 SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE. By N eil Jorgensen ............ 158 NEWARK............ 1 78 }ADE AND CHRYSOPRASE IN T ULARE COUNTY, CALIF . ........................................Aueciatien i14 ROCKS AND MINEMU CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY COMING EVENTS NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONVENTION |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | 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 (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) | | Egyptiangold mines. Twitchell (1932) described and production. Accordingto Twitchell (1932), the Gebeitmine...y. (potassiumargon whole analysisfor biotite-muscovite granite and porphyriticmicrogranite,respectively)...Red Sea Hills: Geol. Mag., v. 93, p. 314-330 Twitchell, K. S., 1932, Gold mining in the Sudan: Unwith...290 p. 1971, The geology of the Sudan Republic: Oxford, |  | | Report (issue) | | began Figure 1 near here. 7 in 1935 by K. S. Twitchell, an American mining engineer, whose evaluation...ounces of silver (Goldsmith and Kouther, 1971). A quarry level, and 4 underground levels to a aepth of 200...the mining area. In his book on Saudi Arabia, Twitchell (1958) noted two distinct layers of ancient tailings;...Figure 2 near here. CA" L tAI 4 ) the SAMS quarry in the northeast corner. Data mapped on plane table...quartz; C, carbonate; W, water; Chl, chlorite; M, muscovite. A Q-C =180 quartz- of 450°C (Bottinga and Javoy |  | | Report (issue) | | investigation of the mine began in 1935 by K.S. Twitchell, an American mining engineer, whose evaluation...ounces of silver (Goldsmith and Kouther, 1971). A quarry level and four underground levels to a depth of...the mining area. In his book on Saudi Arabia, Twitchell (1958) noted two distinct layers of ancient tailings;...of the 3 km 2 area, which includes the SAMS quarry in the northeast corner. Data mapped on plane table...quartz; C, carbonate; W, water; Chl, chlorite; M, muscovite. AQ-C = 080 quartz - 080 calcite. 27 at 200°C |  | | Book (volume) | | series of pegmatite dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ +./8 ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....and barite, 6 cm high, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 5 (above right).... Barite, 12.9 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 6 (right). Fluorite...Fluorite, 1.9 cm on edge, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing photo. Arthur |  | | Report (issue) | | Mar. 3, 1917)...... . (B) The N e~ngton moraine, Maine, ' New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, by F Katz and...MapofNewEnglandcoastalregio~fromPlum Island, Mass., to Casco Bay, Maine, showing distribution of moraine and outwash deposits.... ·.... . 12 v. A, B, Gravel pit in Biddeford, Maine~ ..... ~ .........................................Moraine front and outwash, Merriland Ridge,. Wells, Maine .......... ~ ·. ; .......... . VII. South side of...of railroad cut across Merriland Ridge, Wells, Maine ........................... . 16· VIII. A, West |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | Pa. Annales de Pale"ontologie, t. 9, fas. 3-4. Paris, France. Annals and Magazine of Natural History...Bulletin, nos. 23-25. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, no....Chicago, 111. West Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Logan and Mingo; Boone; Wyoming and McDowell...14. Ancient auriferous gravel channels of Sierra County, California: Am. Inst. Min. Eng., Trans., vol....Preliminary concentration tests on Mesabi ores [Itasca County, Minnesota]: Minnesota Univ., School of Mines, |  | | Report (issue) | | Gold deposits of the West Springs area, Union County, South Carolina Dennis J. LaPoint................onto Quarry Road. Go 1.0 miles (8.7) and turn left into STOP 1 (Vulcan Materials Pacolet Quarry). Turn...Turn right out of quarry and go 1.0 (9.7) miles to US 176. Turn left onto US 176. Go 8.1 (17.8) miles and...walk west about 100 m into old quarry STOP 2 (Hyder Bald Rock Quarry). Drive 0.4 (28.5) back out and...emplacement of the Pacolet granite. David Cosh the quarry foreman suggested that the frequency of veining |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | New York. Annales des mines, 6° se"r., t. 15, 16. Paris, France. Annals and Magazine of Natural History...vol. 12, pp. 95-222. Davenport, Iowa. . Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 4, nos...D. C. West Virginia Geological Survey, vol. 4; County Reports, Marshall, Wetzel, and Tyler Counties....for oil. 26. Two areas of oil prospecting in Lyon County., western Nevada. U. S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 381-D...engineer on the occurrence of diamonds in Pike County, Arkansas. Little Rock, 1908. 38 pp. Includes reports |  | | Journal (volume) | | plutons. Early cooling produced primary biotite and muscovite with well-formed plagioclase and quartz. Late...calcite and (mostly in the plagioclase) secondary muscovite. Normal zonation of plagioclase shows late-stage...Science. He had studied geology at the Sorbonne In Paris, was Maine's first State Geologist from 1836-1839...REFERENCES CITED Beers, F.W., 1869, Atlas of Rutland County; Beers, Ellis and Soule, New York. Burlington Free...Societyof Maine has published Bulletin No. 3, Field Trips of the Geological Society of Maine, 1977-1983 |  | | Report (issue) | | Alkali-feldspar granite...................... 54 Muscovite-bearing alkali-feldspar granite.... 54 Soda-pyribole-bearing...granite suite, alia i.i-f eldsoar granite (afg), muscovite-bearing alkali-f eldsnar [ granite (af gm) 3 sodapribol...zircon grains include traces of zircon, allanito muscovite, and opaque oxides. The granite is weakly peraluminous...peraluminous and plots in or near the field of S-type, muscovite-beating granites (White and Chappell, 1977). It...alkali-feldspar granite: D Salma pfuton; OGusaf pluton; Muscovite-bearing alkali-feldspar granite; -X- Hudub pfuton; |  | | Report (issue) | | Regional Geology of the St. Lawrence County Magnetite District Northwest Adirondacks, New York GEOLOGICAL...PAPER 376 Regional Geology of the St. Lawrence County Magnetite District Northwest Adirondacks, New York...Francis, 1891Regional geology of the St. Lawrence County magnetite district, northwest Adirondacks, New...Francis, 1891Eegional geology of the St. Lawrence County magnetite district, northwest Adirondacks, New...1921joint author. II. Title. III. Title: St. Lawrence County magnetite district, northwest Adirondacks, New |  | | Report (issue) | | plagioclase, and potassium feldspar. Mica includes muscovite and biotite. Ku, Upper Cretaceous rocks; Kl, Lower...Jr., 1950, Geology of southwestern Santa Barbara County, California: California Divison of Mines Bulletin...and Port San Luis quadrangles, San Luis Obispo County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous...of Twitchell Dam and parts of Santa Maria and Tepusquet Canyon quadrangles, Santa Barbara County, California:...and Figueroa Mountain quadrangles, Santa Barbara County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous |
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