Bowdoinham

Occurrence in Sagadahoc county in Maine, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008774
MRDS ID D001147
Record type Site
Current site name Bowdoinham
Related records 10218558

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.89941, 44.01666 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sagadahoc(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bowdoinham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Androscoggin River(hydrologic unit)

Androscoggin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Androscoggin(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Sagadahoc

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.89941, 44.01666

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, C.H., 1861, MAINE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 6TH ANN. REPT., P.146-328.

  • Deposit

    Lemmon, D.M. And Tweto, O.L., Tungsten In The United States, Exclusive Of Alaska And Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map Mr-25, Scale 1:3,168,000.Lemmon, D.M. And Tweto, O.L., Tungsten In The United States, Exclusive Of Alaska And Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map Mr-25, Scale 1:3,168,000.

  • Deposit

    Hitchcock, C.H., 1861, General Report Upon The Geology Of Maine: In Preliminary Report On Natural History And Geology, Maine Board Of Agriculture 6th Annual Report, P. 146-328.Hitchcock, C.H., 1861, General Report Upon The Geology Of Maine: In Preliminary Report On Natural History And Geology, Maine Board Of Agriculture 6th Annual Report, P. 146-328.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-73 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-98 Beck, F.M. Contractor Checked Location, Commodity Codes, References;
Editor 01-DEC-02 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey Entered Ore Material Codes; Expanded References;

Beyond USGS

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