Mine detail: Bennet Feldspar Quarry

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Location: Oxford County, Maine, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.29121, -70.42706
dep_id: 10107756
mrds_id: D001853
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar, Gemstone
Minor mineral: Tantalum, Lithium, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Pegmatite
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Lepidolite, Beryl, Tantalite, Columbite, Feldspar, Quartz, Tourmaline
Reporter: Woodruff, Laurel G., Parker, Raymond L., Beck, F.
References:
  • Deposit:: CAMERON, E. N., AND OTHERS, 1954, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942 - 1945, NEW ENGLAND, U. S. G. S. PROF. PAPER 25
  • Deposit:: Cameron, E. N., Larrabee, D. M., Mcnair, A. H., Page, J. J., Shainin, V. E., And Stewart, G. W., 1954, Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45, New England: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 255, 352 P.Cameron, E. N., Larrabee, D. M., Mcnair, A. H., Page, J. J., Shainin, V. E., And Stewart, G. W., 1954, Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45, New England: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 255, 352 P.
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