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Marshfield Granite Quarry

Occurrence in Washington county in Maine, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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 10008396
MRDS ID D000509
Record type Site
Current site name Marshfield Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.49138, 44.74212 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Machias(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Machias(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eastport(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 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Woody Thompson'S Database. Accurate To 100 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.49138, 44.74212
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granite Pegmatite

Comments on the geologic information

  • Miarolitic Cavities In Granite

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 Checked Location, Commodity Codes, References; Geologic Comments
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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