 | | 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...specimens. The General Electric Pollucite Quarries Buckfield The General Electric pollucite quarries are "very...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 |  | Webber, Karen L., Simmons, William B., Falster, Alexander U., Hanson, Sarah L. (2019) Anatectic pegmatites of the Oxford County pegmatite field, Maine, USA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 57 (5) 811-815 doi:10.3749/canmin.ab00028 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ANATECTIC PEGMATITES OF THE OXFORD COUNTY PEGMATITE FIELD, MAINE, USA KAREN L. WEBBER§, WILLIAM B. SIMMONS...FALSTER 2 Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, MP Research Group, 99 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217, USA SARAH...Michigan 49221, USA Keywords: rare-element-pegmatite, anatexis, Oxford County pegmatite field, Maine. INTRODUCTION...of the Oxford County Pegmatite Field (OCPF) in the Central Maine Belt (CMB) of western Maine, are renowned...1992) or pegmatitic leucogranites (e.g., Streaked Mountain, Wise & Brown, 2010) we have long believed |  | | Report (volume) | | GEOLOGY OF THE PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS...lithium phases................................... Muscovite phase........................................................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County............................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Sebago granite–pegmatite system, southern Maine, USA Michael A. Wise*, Cathleen D. Brown Department...two-mica granite situated in the Oxford pegmatite field, southwestern Maine. Surrounding the pluton is an...K-feldspar (K/Rb ≈ 17, K/Cs ≈ 90, Rb/Tl ≈ 75), muscovite (K/Rb ≈ 6.6, K/Cs ≈ 14.8, Rb/Tl ≈ 127), beryl...chemistry, petrology, geochemistry, Sebago, southern Maine Received: 1 October 2009; accepted: 30 March 2010;...Introduction The granitic pegmatites of southern Maine represent one of several major pegmatite regions |  | | 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 (issue) | | QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR. FELDSPAR AND QUARTZ DEPOSITS OF MAINE, By EDSON S. BASTIN. INTRODUCTION. The commercially...commercially important feldspar and quartz deposits, of Maine all belong to a single type of rocks known to the...subordinate amounts of other minerals. The pegmatites of Maine were studied by the writer during part of the summer... Cumberland, Androscoggin, and Oxford counties, in southwestern Maine, though occurring to some extent...for its gem minerals at Mount Mica, in Paris, Oxford County, is another example of the flatlying, sill-like |  | | 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) | | MA Y-JUNE, ORIGIN 1910 OF THE PEGMATITES OF MAINE' EDSON S. BASTIN U.S. Geological Survey During...study in some detail the pegmatite deposits of Maine, and at intervals during succeeding years have been...this work. The pegmatite deposits in the state of Maine all belong to the type commonly known as granite... the dominant ORIGIN OF THE PEGMATITES OF MAINE 299 pegmatite minerals are those characteristic...orthoclase and microcline, albite or oligoclase, muscovite, biotite, and black tourmaline. Accessory constituents |  | Bradley, Dwight, Shea, Erin, Buchwaldt, Robert, Bowring, Sam, Benowitz, Jeff, O'Sullivan, Paul, McCauley, Andrew (2016) Geochronology and Tectonic Context of Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum Pegmatites In the Appalachians. The Canadian Mineralogist, 54 (4) 945-969 doi:10.3749/canmin.1600035 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | We report new U-Pb zircon (CA-TIMS), 40Ar/39Ar muscovite, U-Pb apatite (LA-ICP-MS), and apatite fission...Hampshire, at ca. 326– 294 Ma; and (4) Mount Mica, Maine, at ca. 264–260 Ma. The NYF pegmatites in the Appalachians...Appalachians must be of at least three ages: Topsham, Maine, dated at ca. 273 Ma (U-Pb monazite) by Tomascak...Morefield, Virginia, at ca. 253 Ma; and Hurricane Mountain, New Hampshire, which cross-cutting relations...latter stages of the assembly of Pangea. 40Ar/39Ar muscovite ages from 11 LCT and one NYF pegmatites range |  | | Journal (issue) | | Alves Mineralogy of the Bennett pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine ..........................................located 12 km north, on the other side of the mountain, from the famous Muzo mine (see the article on.../# 6 C alifornia Issue B enitoite, G old, L .A . County M useum , H im alaya m ine $7 Circulation Manager...“cleavelandite” albite crystals, pale gray-green muscovite and the rarer accessory minerals. A replacement...specimens of adularia, albite, hematite rosettes, muscovite, quartz and milarite. Thinner, fine-grained granitic |  | | Report (issue) | | _______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________...characteristics of mica _________________ _ Properties of muscovite _____________________ _ Structural imperfections...__________________ _ Maine ________________________________________ _ Androscoggin County ______________________...Cumberland County _______________________ _ LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ______...Black Mountain area ___________________ _ Black Mountain ___________________ _ South Twin Mountain ______________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | C A Q U A R R Y , which is located near Paris, Maine, has been in operation intermittently since its...tourmaline crystal ever found at Mount Mica, Paris, Maine. N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 1987 447 The...interest in the minerals of Maine. After stating that Mount Mica (in Paris, Maine) is "the most remarkable...mineralogists Mt. Mica, from the abundance of the muscovite which occurs there. The hill is one oT the spurs...spurs of a more considerable elevation called Streaked Mountain, from the rugged and denuded appearance of |  | | 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...in his work, that he may know first of all what mountain or hill, what valley or plain, can be prospected...examples of all rock types. Most so-called rocks are mountain-building materials; they are massive, colored |  | | Journal (issue) | | Iville, Kansas, to Den- west side of North Table Mountain sp ver, Colorado, a distance of 410 miles, a road...little of geological interest other the top of the mountain. When we w than the scenery. Stayed in a tourist...of Loo the interesting mtneral-ltned cav1t1es. Mountain at Golden to see Buffalo Bilrs However we obtained...about half-way up the south side of North Table Mountain. This may be reached from the highway going from...Many basalt boulders are scattered all over the mountain side and make climbing over and around them quite |  | | Book (edition) | | near Clear Lake, in California; Inferno, Humboldt County, and Rabbit Hole Mines, Nevada; near Evanston,...been found. Lionite is an impure variety from Mountain Lion Mine. Tellurium is also a constituent of...Esmeralda Co., Nev. ; also 12 miles south of Battle Mountain, Nev.; in Utah, in Iron Co., on Coyote creek,...the west dy, in Ellore. The side of the Ratoos Mountain, with gold and platina. Brazilian mines were first...Y.; Greenville, N. C.; near Attleboro, in Bucks County, Pa.; Wake, N. C. ; on Tyger River, and at Spartanburg |  | | Book (edition) | | that is employed in making the observations. In muscovite (common mica) the angle between the axes is 50^...near Borax Lake, in Califoinia ; Inferno, Humboldt County, Nevada, , abundant. The sulphur of commerce is...Cornish mines. In the United States it occurs in Maine at Blue Hill Bay, Camdage Farm, Brunswick, and Bowdoinham...region, and in the mines of Aurora, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Tins ore affords much of the antimony...they are obtained on the west side, of the Ratoos Mountain, with gold and platina. The Brazilian mines were |  | | Book (edition) | | described a similar occurrence from " Specimen Mountain," in the Yellowstone Park ; the form is shown...Sky-blue: pale blue with a little green; it is called mountain blue by painters. E. G-REEN. 1. Verdigris-green...(Chelities of talc and beryl. doninm rnajus). 3. Mountain-green : green with much blue ; beryl. 4. Leek-green...and other parts of North Wales in Scotland in the county of Wicklow, Ireland ; in Sweden, at Edelfors. In...for gold has been found at Albion and Madrid in Maine Canaan and Lisbon, N. H. Bridgewater, Vermont Dedham |  | | Book (edition) | | acid. Monoclinate, 33. Monometric, 32. salt Mountain limestone. containing A limestone of the lower...no such nourishing fluid. is as perfect as the mountain mass. only by additions to the surface from some...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large quantities...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...Blue Ridge at Warm and Hot Springs in Buncombe county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. At Bath |  | | Book (edition) | | ] a lye, by allowing water earthy or alkaline Mountain limestone. limestone stand upon to material, and...no such nourishing fluid. is as perfect as the mountain mass. only by additions to the surface from some...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large quantities...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...at Warm and Hot Springs in Buncombe At Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. England |  | | Book (edition) | | acid. Monoclinate, 33. Monometric, 32. salt Mountain limestone. containing A limestone of the lower...no such nourishing fluid. is as perfect as the mountain mass. only by additions to the surface from The...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford There is...at large quantities of this gas. Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebulthe earth, ...at Warm and Hot Springs in Buncombe At Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. lition |  | | Book (edition) | | described a similar occurrence from "Specimen Mountain," in the Yellowstone Park ; the form is shown...: pale blue with a little green ; it is called mountain line. blue by painters. E. GREEN. 1. Verdigris-green...(Chelities of talc and beryl. doniiun rnajus). 3. Mountain-green : green with much blue ; beryl. 4. Leek-green:...papers giving results of etching experiments on muscovite, garnet, linnssitc, biotite, epidote, apatite...Bauer has made use of this method in the case of muscovite (Ber. Ak. Berlin, 1877, 704). He has also developed |  | | Book (edition) | | described a similar occurrence from '' Specimen Mountain," iu (Am. J. Sci., III., the Yellowstone Park;...Skrj-blae : pale bine with a little green it is called mountain blue by painters. E. (jrREEN. 1. Verdigris-green...(Chelities of talc and beryl. donium majus). 3. Mountain-green : green with much blue ; beryl. 4. Leek-green...papers giving results of etching experiments on muscovite, garnet, linnaeitc, biotite, epidote, apatite...Bauer has made use of this method in the case of muscovite (Ber. Ak. Berlin, 1877, 704). He has also developed |  | | Book (edition) | | molybdic acid. Monoclinate, 33. Monometric, 32. Mountain limestone. A limestone of the lower part of the...fluid. The smallest particle is as perfect as the mountain mass. They increase in size only by additions...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the to,vn of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the ,vater is in violent ebullition from...Blue Ridge at Warm and Hot Springs; in Buncombe county, N. C.; and on the Washita in Arkansas. At Bath |  | | Book (edition) | | molybdie acid. Monoclinate, 33. Monometric, 32. Mountain limestone. containing A limestone of the lower...no such nourishing fluid. is as perfect as the mountain mass. only by additions to the surface from The...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford There is...at large quantities of this gas. Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...at Warm and Hot Springs ; in BuncombeAt Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. England |  | | Book (edition) | | part of the coal secalled also carboniferous Mountain limestone. ries ; limestone. Muffle, 317. Nacreous...no such nourishing fluid. is as perfect as the mountain mass. only by additions to the surface from some...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large quantities...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...Warm and Hot Springs ; in Buncombe At Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. England |
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