Beaver Lake Quarry, Calais, Washington County, Maine, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Beaver Lake Quarry | Quarry |
| Calais | City |
| Washington County | County |
| Maine | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
45° North , 67° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~9km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Diorite.
From "The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, by T. Nelson Dale, U.S. Geological Survey, 1923":
"This quarry was in the town of Calais, near the north end of Beaver Lake, 4 miles west of Red Beach village. The operator was the Maine Red Granite Co. of Red Beach. Rock from the quarry ("black granite") was reportedly "a mica-quartz diorite of general dark-gray shade (black mottled with white and gray) and of coarse to medium porphyritic texture."
The Beaver Lake Quarry opened in 1885. In 1905, the quarry measured 250 feet north-northeast to south-southwest by 75 feet across, with a working face on the east side 30 feet high. Transport of the stone was by cartage of 4 miles to the company's cutting mill at Red Beach, and then a further cartage of one-fourth mile to the wharf on the St. Croix River. At the time of the report, the quarry was idle.
The product from the quarry was used entirely for monuments, and the Soldiers' Monument at Calais is an example."
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2 valid minerals.
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| ⓘ 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
| O | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
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