 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Massachusetts 02138 MAINE Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District Topsham • Topsham, Maine's underappreciated...the Andros coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs...Androscoggin River, north-northeast through the town of Topsham. The belt extends southward into Brunswick and...but only the pegmatites actually in the town of Topsham are covered in this review. There are thirty or...named quarries and numerous unnamed prospects in Topsham. The quarries, all inactive, are usually named |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MT. APATITE, AUBURN, MAINE By M. Jean Ingraham Smith College, Northampton, Mass. INTRODUCTION the Auburn...no visible sharp lines of demarcation books of muscovite as large as 10 cm in between schist and pegmatite...circular distribution of the pits around According to Ordway (1950, p. 100), the hill (Fig. 1) suggests a lenticular...and lithia-rich zones are ated rocks of western Maine. With regard less likely to do so. Heinrich also...random In the late nineteenth century western Maine was one of the world's foremost gem mining localities |  | | 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 (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline........................................Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite phosphate...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77...vol. 8, no. 6, p. 475.]* The best of San Diego County (by W. Larson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 507-515 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LOCALITIES:MT. MICA' MT. APATITE AND OTHER LOCA.LITIESIN MAINE JAMES G. MANCHESTER AND WIIJLIAM T. BATHER Neu...minerals to visit the famous mineral localities in Maine. This desire on the part of the writers has been...Geology of the Pegmatites and AssociatedRocks of Maine," by E. S. Bastin, which we found to be very useful...Portland, including a visit to the Maine State Fair, which openedthat day. Maine being well known as a sourceof...days and found goodaccommodations presidentof the Maine is the Howe, the residents,Mr. George on is Academyof |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | laminae of muscovite. Clear areas are very small, the largest being only several m m in diameter, and..."Geology of the Pegmatites and' Associated Rocks in Maine," USCS Bull. 445, 1911. 152 pages. Clarke, F. W...W. and Diller, J. S., "Topaz from Stoneham, Maine," Am. Jour Set., 3rd series, vol. 29, 1885, pp. 378-384...Mineralogy, New York, 1959. Ordway, Richard J., "Radioactivity of Some Maine Pegmatites," Report of the...the State Geologist, Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine, 1949-1950, pp. 91-106. Penfield, S. |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University... Menezes and J. M. Martins The Jensen quarry, Riverside County, California ........................................... 273 by F. DeVito and A. Ordway Jr. Secondary uranium minerals of the Cunha Baixa m in...noticed by Bill on a specimen from the San Venanzo quarry, Terni, Umbria, Italy, and was later recognized...Norwich Avenue Thousand Oaks, California 91360 and A1 Ordway Jr. 9385 Church Street Bloomington, California |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | area around Glass Mountain near the ModocSiskiyou county line. Also of minor importance is the extension...deposits of southeastern Oregon into northern Modoc County. Ultramafic rocks, largely altered to serpentine... Trinity River, Trinity County at the High Plateau mine in Del Norte County, and kammererite (clinochlore)...(clinochlore), as at the Veta Grande mine in Siskiyou County. The ultramafics also host occurrences of the massive...such as that at Happy Camp in western Siskiyou County. More importantly, the ultramafics are the source |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Houlevard Los Angeles, California...at the Natirral History Mitseuni of Los Angeles County. He was the sirbject of the Who’s Who in Mineral...little-known pegmatite in north-central San Diego County, California, had their dreams come true. The remarkable...of Chihuahua Valley in north-central San Diego County, California (NU2 sec. 14, T. 10 S., R. 3 E.,San...Chihuahua Valley, just over the county line into Riverside County (A1 Ordway. pers. com., 2002). The claim |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm tall, Fano mine, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County. Bryant Harris specimen. Figure 4 (top right)....claim, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County. Al and Betty Ordway specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 5...tall, on albite and muscovite, Audrey Lynn claim, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County. Recovered by Phil...Mountains in central Riverside County southward through San Diego County and into the Baja Peninsula of...area around Mount San Jacinto in central Riverside County to the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, though |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | show highly variable compositions from lithian muscovite to lepidolite with a substantial amount of the...proportion of micas and total absence of quartz-muscovite aggregates. The most abundant mica is usually...it is restricted to the outer granitic units. Muscovite is absent or extremely rare, whereas accessory...pegmatites quartz K-feldspar albite biotite muscovite lepidolite masutomilite schorl dravite elbaite...rare occurrence of lepidolite and particularly muscovite, (ii) predominance of K-feldspar over albite, |  | | Report (issue) | | from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient...crystal has been recorded from the Alger quarry in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 kilograms...4m: The largest beryl crystal at the Bumpus quarry in Maine was 8.4 meters long, 1.9 meters in diameter...is associated with quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, biotite, ferrocolumbite, and phosphates (such...number of Brazilian states (page 84); San Diego County, California (page 32) in the United States; Canada |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | dikes, in schists, in the Ohio City area, Gunnison County, Colo. The microlite, associated with lepidolite...the pegmatite-schist contact in the Strickland quarry, Portland, Conn., have an average uranium content...samples of uraninite from pegmatite from the Hale quarry, also in Portland, Conn., have an average uranium...found in several pegmatites in Georgia. In Lamar County, yellow and green secondary uranium minerals occur...beta-uranophane in close association occur as inclusions in muscovite. A sample of the pegmatite contained 0.22 percent |  | | Report (volume) | | Greenville Quadrangle Piscataquis and Somerset Counties, Maine By G. H. ESPENSHADE and E. L. BOUDETTE CONTRIBUTIONS...Greenville quadrangle, Maine.___In pocket FIGURE 1. Index map of central Maine.--.-----------------------F3...QUADRANGLE, PISCATAQUIS AND SOMERSET COUNTIES, MAINE By G. H. ESPENSHADE and E. L. BOUDETTE ABSTRACT...ABSTRACT In the Greenville quadrangle, west-central Maine, slate, siltstone, and sandstone (calcareous and noncalcareous)...important industry in the region, but in 1965 only one quarry was active at Monson just east of the report area |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu 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 |  | | 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 (issue) | | acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineralnews.com...grow to around J t/4 inches (3 cm). The Chavan Quarry (W agho li. 12 miles (20 km) east of Pune (Poona)...and less green than s pecime ns from the Dhoot Quarry, producing the first Indi a n specimens. The crystal |  | | Journal (issue) | | PAGE FROM A COLLECTOR'S NOTEBOOK: 3M BIG ROCK QUARRY, ARKANSAS COLLECTING TRIP - FALL 1998, Part 1 Art...Slam) breakfasts we proceeded to the 3M Big Rock Quarry in the nephelinc sycnite of Granite Mountain located...pyrophanite crystals in small cavities at the Big Rock Quarry, and even more abundant hculanditc at Continued...a filiform arrangement, 1 mm tall, 3M Big Rock Quarry, Sweet Home, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, photo by the...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny@mineralnews.com |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Obituary—Al Ordway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Lynn Michela, at minrec@aol.com. Died Al Ordway Albert C. Ordway, consummate California field collector...August 28, 1935, the son of Marie and Albert J. Ordway. He lived in Bloomington, California for 25 years...worked at it really hard and smart. 84 Albert C Ordway Al first got interested in minerals during a school |  | | Journal (issue) | | not been molested terribly by cleaning and the muscovite crystals were fairly well preserved. Regrettably...excellent , illiaumite crystals from the Aris Phonolite Quarry (Windhoek District. Khomas Region. Namibia). In...Kvanefjeld, Point of Rocks (Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA) and a few from Aris. 5-15 mm free-standing crystals...from near Hiddenite (Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA) in the collection of Houston Museum of Natural History...included just under the surface of a quartz crystal Al Ordway • THE portal to all things rock & mineral on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | traskite, verplanckite and muirite from Fresno County, California Stinson, NI. C. and Matthews, R. A... Seven new barium miuerals from eastern Fresno County, Californier (abs.) 1.2+ 2r0+ 278 273 Stinson... Seven new barium minerals from eastern Fresno County, California AJlan, D. with Brown, V. (Book 314...seven new, Barium (Hubbard) from eastern Fresno County, 2040 (Alfors, Aplite-pegmatites, composite, of...to calcite,preparaliorr Basalt, alkali, from Nye County, of (Rao, Yoganarasimhan) Nevada (Vitaliano, Harvey) |
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