Hedgehog Hill Quarry and Lobikis Quarry
Town: Peru, Oxford County
Base map: Worthley Pond 7.5’ quadrangle
Contour interval: 20 feet
Hedgehog Hill Quarry
Type of deposit: Granite pegmatite.
Collecting status: Open for collecting; permission not required. Mineral rights owned by Oxford County Mineral and
Gem Association.
Minerals observed: albite, almandine (garnet), beryl, biotite, chrysoberyl, fluorapatite, microcline, muscovite, quartz
(milky, smoky), schorl (tourmaline).
Comments: Many superb almandine garnet crystals to over 1
inch in diameter have been found here. Some of the best ones are
surrounded by quartz. Less perfect crystals occur in a granular
muscovite matrix, and are marred by intergrowths of the mica.
Directions: Driving: From four-way intersection on Rte. 108
in West Peru (east of Rumford), drive 3.05 miles south on
Dickvale Road. Turn left onto Mineral Springs Road and continue 0.95 mile to intersection. Turn right onto Paradis Road
(gravel) and drive 1.05 miles to abandoned cabin on left. Park
here.
Walking: Continue on main road about 150 feet (50 paces) to
quarry road on right. Follow this woods road 270 feet (90 paces)
to fork; keep left at fork. Continue 675 feet (225 paces) to next
fork; keep right. Walk 390 feet (130 paces) to stone wall. Follow road through opening in wall, and go another 150 feet (50
paces) to end of obvious road. Continue straight ahead on steep
downgrade, following trail for 360 feet (120 paces) to quarry.
Lobikis Quarry (Lobikis Mica Mine)
aquamarine. Well-formed garnet crystals also occur at this locality.
Type of deposit: Granite pegmatite.
Collecting status: Check with the owner: Philip Bretz,
Dickvale Road, West Peru, Maine 04290 (home: 207-562-7785;
office: 207-364-4355). Call ahead or ask at house (directions
given below).
Minerals observed: albite, almandine, beryl, biotite,
fluorapatite, heterosite, microcline, muscovite, pyrrhotite,
q u a r tz ( mi lk y , smo k y ) , sc h o r l ( t o u r ma l in e ) ,
torbernite-metatorbernite, triphylite, vivianite.
Comments: Beryl crystals up to 10 inches long have been
found here (Cameron and others, 1954). Some of the beryl is
Directions: Driving: From four-way intersection on Rte. 108
in West Peru (east of Rumford), drive 3.00 miles south on
Dickvale Road. Turn right (west) at Dickvale and drive uphill
(keeping to left, on main road) 0.50 mile to owner’s house at end
of paved road. Continue west on dirt road 0.10 mile to where
mine road branches to left. Park at entrance to mine road. Do not
block main road.
Walking: Walk about 1650 feet (550 paces) to where old house
ruins are seen in bushes on right side of road. Continue about
900 feet (300 paces) west to dumps and quarry pit, which are located on hillside to right of road.