Catheart Mtn.

Occurrence in Somerset county in Maine, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Rhenium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10008392
MRDS ID D000504
Record type Site
Current site name Catheart Mtn.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.21607, 45.53328 (WGS84)
Relative position SE FLANK OF BOUNDARY MTN. ANTICLINORIUM AND NW FLANK OF MOOSE RIVER SYNCLINORIUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somerset(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Catheart Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Megantic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sherbrooke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kennebec River(hydrologic unit)

Kennebec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kennebec(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Somerset

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Rhenium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Attean Quartz Monzonite;
    Rock description Attean Quartz Monzonite;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.21607, 45.53328

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1963

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHMIDT, R.G., 1974, PRELIMINARY STUDY OF ROCK ALTERATION IN THE CATHEART MTN. MOLYBDENUM-COPPER DEPOSIT, MAINE: UNPUB REPT

  • Deposit

    USGS JOURNAL OF RESEARCH V. 2, NO. 2

  • Deposit

    AUGUST, 1968: E/MJ

  • Deposit

    1970 DIREXPL

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL NORANDA EXPLORATION CO.

  • Reserve-Resource

    E/MJ 8,68

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-74 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey ADDED MODEL NAME
Updater 24-JUL-92 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey AND NUMBER
Editor 09-JUN-95 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD

Beyond USGS

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