Warren Nickel Deposit

Occurrence in Knox county in Maine, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt
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 10084420
MRDS ID W101740
Record type Site
Current site name Warren Nickel Deposit
Alternate or previous names Area 5 Prospect, Warren Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.25547, 44.17534 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Knox(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Union(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. George-Sheepscot(hydrologic unit)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Knox

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Woody Thompson'S Database. 500' E of Rte 131, Approx. .4 Mi S of Warren-Union Town Line. Accurate To 100 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore
Pentlandite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.25547, 44.17534

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHOW AS PROSPECT
  • Show As Prospect. Orebody Is Composed of Andesine-Labradorite, Horneblende, Cummingtonite and Biotite, With Pyrrhotite, Pentlandite and Chalcopyrite As Disseminations and Massive Segregation Bodies.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-OCT-98 Beck, F.M. Contractor Checked Location, Commodity Codes, References; Geologic Comments
Reporter 01-DEC-83 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-02 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey Updated Commodities, Ore Materials, Calculated Lat/Long

Beyond USGS

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