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Long Island Molybdenite Occurrence, East Shore

Occurrence in Hancock county in Maine, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008388
MRDS ID D000497
Record type Site
Current site name Long Island Molybdenite Occurrence, East Shore
Alternate or previous names Long Island, Blue Hill Bay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.48861, 44.34477 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartlett Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bar Harbor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Hancock

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Woody Thompson'S Database. Near Middle of East Shore of Long Island (Blue Hill)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Beryl Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Unknown

Comments on the geologic information

  • Molybdenite Occurrence

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL & HINCKLEY, 1959, MAINE MINES & MINERALS V. 2 EAST MAINE

  • Deposit

    Morrill, P., And Hinckley, W.P., 1959, Eastern Maine: Maine Mines And Minerals, V. 2, Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, 80 P.Morrill, P., And Hinckley, W.P., 1959, Eastern Maine: Maine Mines And Minerals, V. 2, Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, 80 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-JUL-98 Beck, F.M. Contractor Updated Location; Commodities
Reporter 01-AUG-74 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-02 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey Updated Commodities, Ore Materials, Calculated Lat/Long

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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