INDEX 
199 
Page. 
Pierce, Hayward, quarry of. See Mosquito 
Mountain quarry, 
Piscataquis County, quarries in 148 
Plagioclase, definition of , . 188 
description of 16 
occurrence of, in granite 16 
Pleasant River, quarry on 134 
Pleasant River Bay, quarry on 159 
Pleasant River black-granite quarry (Addi- 
son), description and product 
of 159-160 
granite of, classification of 75 
sheets in 159 
plate showing .- 60 
Pleasant River Granite Co., quarry of. See 
Pleasant River black-granite 
quarry. 
Polarized light, definition of 188 
Polish, susceptibility of granite to 64 
Porosity of granite, data on 22-23 
test for 65 
Porphyritic, definition of 188 
Pownal Granite Co.'s quarry (Pownal), de- 
scription and product of 79-80 
flow structure at 26, 79 
granite of, classification of 74 
Pownal Town, quarries in 79-80 
See also Pownal Granite Co.'s quarry. 
Pride, J. H., quarry of 80 
Pride's quarry (Westbrook), description 
and product of 80 
Production of granite, statistics of 12, 183-184 
Pyrite, occurrence of, in granite 17, 18 
Pyroxene, occurrence of, in black granite. . . 57 
Q. 
Quarries, accessibility of 12, 68 
description of 76-183 
distribution of 75-76 
drainage of 68-69 
equipment of , and investment in 183 
operation of 69-71 
figure showing 70 
value of, factors in 12, 68 
waste from 72 
Quartz, occurrence of, in granite . . 14, 16-17, 18, 56 
Quartz diorite, definition of 25 
quarries of 25, 114, 139-140, 143-144, 162-164 
plates showing 60, 62 
Quartz monzonite, definition of 24 
dikes of 61 
plate showing 60 
quarries of 25 
Queen City Granite Co., quarry of. See 
Queen City granite quarry. 
Queen City granite quarry (Guilford), de- 
scription and product of 148 
granite of, classification of 73 
Quincy, Mass., headings at 40 
rift at 27, 28 
sheeting at 36 
R. 
Random stone, definition of 188 
Redbeach, quarries at and near , 162-167 
quarries at and near, rift at 29 
Page. 
Redbeach Granite Co.'s quarry (Calais), de- 
scription and product of 167 
granite of, classification of 73 
Redcliff opening. See Black Island quarries. 
Redstone, N. H., rift at 27 
Richardson Brothers quarry (Mount Des- 
ert) , description and product of. 100 
Ricker, Charles, quarry of. See Ricker 
quarry. i 
Ricker quarry (Biddeford), description and 
product of 176-177 
granite of, classification of 73 
Rift, definition of 26, 188 
direction of 28 
discussion of 26-29 
Riiber, C. C, on rift 27 
Riprap, production of 184 
Roberts Harbor, quarry on 135 
Robertson & Havey quarry (Franklin), de- 
scription and product of 90-92 
dikes in 43, 48, 91 
effect of, on granite 43 
granite of, classification of 74 
structure at, figure showing 91 
Rock Chapel Hill, Ga., structure at, plate 
showing 42 
Rockland, quarries near 122, 124, 125 
Rockland region, granite contacts in 9 
Rockport Granite Co., quarry of. See Hard- 
wood Island quarry. 
Rodgers, J. C, quarry of. See Clark Island 
quarry; Settlement quarry. 
Rogers, E. T., analysis by 81 
Rosiwal, August, method of, for determin- 
ing minerals in granite 172-173 
on minerals in granite 64 
Ross quarry (Kennebunkport), description 
and product of 181-182 
granite of, classification of 73 
joints in 39,181 
figure showing 182 
structure at, figure showing 182 
Round Pond quarry (Bristol), contacts 
.in 61-62, 139 
description and product of 139-140 
dikes at 48, 61, 139 
plates showing 60,62 
granite of, classification of 75 
structure at, figure showing 140 
Rowe, B. E., quarry of. See Toothachers 
Cove quarry. 
Roy quarry (Oxford) , description and prod- 
uct of 146 
granite of, classification of 74 
Joint faces in. minerals on 52 
Rubble, production of 184 
R utile, occurrence of, in granite 17 
Ryan-Parker Construction Co., quarry of. 
See Ryan-Parker quarry. 
Ryan-Parker quarry (Stonington), descrip- 
tion and product of 101-103 
granite of, classification of 73 
rift at 28 
view of 32 
sheets at 34,101 
plate showing 34 
