Blake Mine

Occurrence in Rockingham county in New Hampshire, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Feldspar
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009167
MRDS ID D001874
Record type Site
Current site name Blake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.21613, 42.99998 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sandown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lowell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piscataqua-Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Saco(hydrologic accounting unit)

Saco(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Hampshire Rockingham

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BOSTON 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Columbite Ore
Tantalite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.21613, 42.99998

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OLSON, J. C., 1950, FELDSPAR AND ASSOCIATED PEGMATITE MINERALS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMM. MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY, PT. 24

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Parker, Raymond L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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