Mine detail: Buckfield Pegmatite

Previously called 'Bennett Feldspar Quarry'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.29216, -70.42582

Resource(B)

Tertiary:	Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Quartz, Tantalum, Tin
Other material:	Apatite, Beryl, Biotite, Cassiterite, Columbite, Garnet, Lepidolite, Manganotantalite, Microcline, Muscovite, Pollucite, Quartz, Spodumene, Topaz, Tourmaline
Discovery year:	1920

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

References

MAS	230170005
DEP	10242489
Reference	{Deposit:: KILLEEN P.,NEWMAN W. TIN IN US- MINERAL RESOURCE MAP 44 PG.}{Deposit:: CAMERON E. &OTHERS PEGMATITE INVESTG. IN NEW ENGLAND,1942-45}{Deposit:: PP 255 ;1954. PGS. 58-60}{Deposit:: USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT NO. 91.279; 1943}
Reporter	Harrison