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Mining In Maine : Past, Present, And Future, Carolyn A. Lepage Jan 1990

Mining In Maine : Past, Present, And Future, Carolyn A. Lepage

Maine Collection

Mining in Maine : Past, Present, and Future

by Carolyn A. Lepage, Michael E. Foley, and Woodrow B. Thompson

Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation, Augusta, Me., 1990.

Contents: Introduction / The Early Years: Pre-Civil War / The Civil War to World War II / The War Years of the 1940's / The Postwar Years: 1940's to 1960 / The 1960's / The 1970's / Maine Mineral Resources Association / The 1980's / Current Mining and Exploration / Future Potential / Acknowledgments / References


Tourmaline - A Prospecting Guide For Massive Base-Metal Sulfide Deposits In The Penobscot Bay Area, Maine, John F. Slack Jun 1980

Tourmaline - A Prospecting Guide For Massive Base-Metal Sulfide Deposits In The Penobscot Bay Area, Maine, John F. Slack

Maine Collection

Tourmaline - A Prospecting Guide for Massive Base-Metal Sulfide Deposits in the Penobscot Bay Area, Maine


by John F. Slack, U.S. Geological Survey

Special Economic Studies Series No.8

Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation, Augusta, Maine (June, 1980).

Contents: Abstract / Introduction / Geologic Setting / Massive Sulfide Deposits / Tourmaline Occurrences / Tourmaline: A Guide to Ore / Acknowledgements / References Cited




Maine Gems And Gem Minerals, Maine State Museum Jan 1973

Maine Gems And Gem Minerals, Maine State Museum

Maine Collection

Maine Gems and Gem Minerals

The Maine State Museum - Printed under Appropriation No. 1741.1

Sections Include : "An Introduction to the Gemstones of Maine", "Tourmaline", "Beryl", "Quartz Family Gems", "Topaz", "Gold", "Miscellaneous Gem Varieties", "Maine's 'Lost' Gem Mines", "Hamlin Necklace", etc


A Detailed Economic Investigation Of Geochemical And Aeromagnetic Anomalies North Central Maine, W. F. Stickney, R. S. Young, L. A. Wing Mar 1965

A Detailed Economic Investigation Of Geochemical And Aeromagnetic Anomalies North Central Maine, W. F. Stickney, R. S. Young, L. A. Wing

Maine Collection

A Detailed Economic Investigation of Geochemical and Aeromagnetic Anomalies North Central Maine

W.F.Stickney, R.S.Young and L.A.Wing

Special Economic Series No.4, Maine Geological Survey, Department of Economic Development, Augusta, Maine (March 1965).

Contents: Foreword / Part I - Geology (W.F. Stickney) / Part II - Geophysics (R.S. Young) / Part III - Geochemistry (L.A. Wing) / References


An Aeromagnetic And Geologic Reconnaissance Survey Of The Sidney - Augusta And Gardiner Areas : Kennebec County, Maine, Lawrence A. Wing Aug 1959

An Aeromagnetic And Geologic Reconnaissance Survey Of The Sidney - Augusta And Gardiner Areas : Kennebec County, Maine, Lawrence A. Wing

Maine Collection

An Aeromagnetic and Geologic Reconnaissance Survey of the Sidney - Augusta and Gardiner Areas : Kennebec County, Maine

(GP & G Survey #5)

by Lawrence A. Wing, Chief Geologist, James W. Sewall Company, Old Town, Maine.

Maine Geological Survey, Department of Economic Development, Augusta, Maine - August 12, 1959.



Maine Granite Quarries And Prospects, John R. Rand May 1958

Maine Granite Quarries And Prospects, John R. Rand

Maine Collection

Maine Granite Quarries and Prospects : Minerals Resources Index No.2

John R. Rand, State Geologist - Maine Geological Survey

Department of Economic Development, Augusta, Maine : May 1, 1958.

Contents: Introduction / Acknowledgements / Explanatory Considerations / Selected Bibliography / Granite Quarries and Prospects -- Alphabetical Index / Granite Quarries and Prospects -- Country-Township Index / Buildings and Structures Built of Maine Granites / Granite Quarries and Prospects-Map Index (missing).


Maine Pegmatite Mines And Prospects And Associated Minerals, Maine Geological Survey Mar 1957

Maine Pegmatite Mines And Prospects And Associated Minerals, Maine Geological Survey

Maine Collection

Maine Pegmatite Mines and Prospects and Associated Minerals

Minerals Resources Index No.1 - Maine Geological Survey

Department of Development of Industry and Commerce, Augusta, Maine (March 1, 1957).

Contents: Introduction / Acknowledgments / Explanatory Considerations / Selected Bibliography / Pegmatite Mines and Prospects - Alphabetical Index / Pegmatite Mines and Prospects - County-Township Index / Pegmatite Mines and Prospects - Map Index.

Also Includes: Southwestern Maine - Pegmatite Localities and Access Highways / Index Map Showing Mining Districts and Detailed Plate Locations


Genetic Study Of Some Pyrrhotite Deposits Of Maine And New Brunswick, Dept. Of Development Of Industry And Commerce Jan 1956

Genetic Study Of Some Pyrrhotite Deposits Of Maine And New Brunswick, Dept. Of Development Of Industry And Commerce

Maine Collection

Genetic Study of Some Pyrrhotite Deposits of Maine and New Brunswick

by Robert S. Houston

Maine Geological Survey - Bulletin 7

Department of Development of Industry and Commerce, Augusta, Maine (January, 1956).

Contents: Abstract / Introduction / Field and Laboratory Studies / Regional Geography / Regional Geology / Pyrrhotite Deposits / Description of Individual Deposits / Literature Cited



Report Of The State Geologist 1953-1954, Maine Geological Survey Jul 1955

Report Of The State Geologist 1953-1954, Maine Geological Survey

Maine Collection

Report of the State Geologist 1953-1954.

Maine Geological Survey - Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine - July 1955.

Contents: Joseph M. Trefethen -- Review of Maine Mineral Outlook / Henry W. Allen -- Limestone Investigations, 1953-54 / Wm.T. Forsyth -- Airbourne Magnetometer Survey in Eastern Maine / Gary M. Boone -- Petrology of the Farmington, Maine Area / Joseph M. Trefethen, Henry Allen, and Wm. T. Forsyth -- Scheelite Occurrences in Maine / Wm.T. Forsyth -- Beneficiation Tests on the Warren Sillimanite Gneiss / Wm. T. Forsyth -- Pyrrhotite Mineralization at Iron Hill, Gardiner, Maine / Joseph M. Trefethen -- …


Maine Geological Survey - Bulletin 6 : Pegmatites And Associated Rocks In The Newry Hill Area, Oxford County, Maine., Vincent E. Shainin, Louis F. Dellwig Jan 1955

Maine Geological Survey - Bulletin 6 : Pegmatites And Associated Rocks In The Newry Hill Area, Oxford County, Maine., Vincent E. Shainin, Louis F. Dellwig

Maine Collection

Maine Geological Survey - Bulletin 6 : Pegmatites and Associated Rocks in the Newry Hill Area, Oxford County, Maine.

Joseph M. Trefethen, State Geologist.

by Vincent E. Shainin, University of Maine and Louis F. Dellwig, U.S. Geological Survey.

Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine, 1955



Report Of The State Geologist 1951-1952, Maine Geological Survey Dec 1953

Report Of The State Geologist 1951-1952, Maine Geological Survey

Maine Collection

Report of the State Geologist 1951-1952.

Maine Geological Survey - Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine - December, 1953.

Contents: Joseph M. Trefethen -- New England Mineral Resources / Henry Allen -- Progress Report of Limestone Survey, Knox County / Wm. Forsyth -- Mineralogical Variations of the Ellsworth Schist in Blue Hill, Maine / Lawrence A. Wing -- Preliminary Report on Eastern Maine Granites / Kern Jackson -- A Preliminary Report on the Geology of a Portion of the Rumford Quadrangle, Maine / Robert M. Zink -- Certain Aspects of the Ecology of Venus and Mya at Bunganuc and at Morgan …


Report Of The State Geologist 1947-1948, Maine Geological Survey Mar 1949

Report Of The State Geologist 1947-1948, Maine Geological Survey

Maine Collection

Report of the State Geologist 1947-1948.

Maine Geological Survey - Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine - March 1949.

Contents: Activity of the Maine Geological Survey, 1947-48 / Joseph M. Trefethen -- Review of the Aroostook County Manganese Deposits / Joseph M. Trefethen -- Notes on Ground Water Conditions in Maine / Joseph M. Trefethen -- The Desert of Maine / Henry Allen and Elbert Pratt -- Reconnaissance Surveys of Limestones in Franklin County, Maine / Lawrence Wing and Arthur Dawson -- Preliminary Report on Asbestos and Associated Rocks of Northwestern Maine / Lawrence Goldthwait -- Clay Survey 1948 / Earl …


Maine Geological Survey - Bulletin 4 : Manganese Deposits Of Aroostook County, Maine., Ralph L. Miller Apr 1947

Maine Geological Survey - Bulletin 4 : Manganese Deposits Of Aroostook County, Maine., Ralph L. Miller

Maine Collection

Maine Geological Survey - Bulletin 4 : Manganese Deposits of Aroostook County, Maine.

Joseph M. Trefethen, State Geologist

by Ralph L. Miller

Prepared in cooperation with the Geological Survey of the United States Department of the Interior. State Geologist and Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine, April 1, 1947.

Contents: Abstract / Introduction / General Geology / Economic Geology / Descriptions of Deposits /


State Geologist's Report On The Geology Of Maine 1930-1932, Joseph Conrad Twinem, Edward H. Perkins Jan 1932

State Geologist's Report On The Geology Of Maine 1930-1932, Joseph Conrad Twinem, Edward H. Perkins

Maine Collection

State Geologist's Report on the Geology of Maine 1930-1932


Joseph Conrad Twinem , State Geologist and Edward H. Perkins , Assistant Geologist

Second Series - Augusta 1932

Sections: Bibliography, Economic Geology, General Geology, Paleontology, Structural Geology



First Annual Report On The Geology Of The State Of Maine, Lucius H. Merrill, Edward H. Perkins Jan 1930

First Annual Report On The Geology Of The State Of Maine, Lucius H. Merrill, Edward H. Perkins

Maine Collection

First Annual Report on the Geology of the State of Maine by Lucius H. Merrill, State Geologist and Edward H. Perkins, Assistant Geologist, Augusta, 1930.

Articles: Maine Granites / Report on Feldspar Quarries Visited Aug. 21-24, 1929 / Coal / Petroleum and Natural Gas in Maine / The Minerals of Maine / Minerals of Maine Index, By Mineral Names / Minerals of Maine, Index by Towns / Minerals Found at Bennett's Quarry Buckfield, Maine / List of Minerals Found at Newry, Maine / List of Minerals Found in Rumford, Maine / The Natural History of Maine Minerals (Perkins) / …


Some Ore Deposits In Maine And The Milan Mine, New Hampshire, William H. Emmons Jan 1910

Some Ore Deposits In Maine And The Milan Mine, New Hampshire, William H. Emmons

Maine Collection

Some Ore Deposits in Maine and The Milan Mine, New Hampshire

by William H. Emmons

Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey - Bulletin 432

Washington, D.C. (1910).

Contents: Introduction / Geology / Ore Deposits / Descriptions of Mines / Mines of Hancock County / Mines of Washington County / Mines in Somerset and Oxford Counties / Milan Mine, New Hampshire / Index