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Gelot Hill Manganese Deposit

Occurrence in Aroostook county in Maine, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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  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 10084657
MRDS ID W102078
Record type Site
Current site name Gelot Hill Manganese Deposit
Alternate or previous names Gelot Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.09503, 46.95979 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aroostook(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Sweden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Presque Isle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Presque Isle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aroostook River(hydrologic unit)

St. John(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. John(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Aroostook

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Miller, 1947. Larger Deposit Located At Crest and N, E and Se Slopes of Gelot Hill, .5 Mi N of New Sweden Village and Station Road, .25 Mi E of Madawaska Road. Smaller Deposit Located Just W of the Hill Crest. Accurate To 100 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Oxides-Hydrated Ore
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.09503, 46.95979
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Gray and Green Chloritic Slates With Interbeds of Red Slate, In the Form of A Plunging Syncline. Large But Low Grade Deposit. Could Be Continuous With Capitol Hill, To the Sw. (Miller, 1947)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Twenty-Six Prospecting Prospecting Trenches Dug By M. A. Hanna Co., Summer of 1943, Across the Larger Deposit. One Trench Dug Across the Smaller By the State of Maine, Summer 1941.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAND, 1958, MR INDEX

  • Deposit

    Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., Ii; Compiler), 1958, Maine Metal Mines And Prospects: Maine Geological Survey Minerals Resources Index 3, 53 P.Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., Ii; Compiler), 1958, Maine Metal Mines And Prospects: Maine Geological Survey Minerals Resources Index 3, 53 P.

  • Deposit

    Miller, R.L., 1947, Manganese Deposits Of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey Bulletin 2, 21 P.Miller, R.L., 1947, Manganese Deposits Of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey Bulletin 2, 21 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-OCT-98 Beck, F.M. Contractor Checked Location, Commodities, Geologic Comments, References;
Reporter 01-NOV-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

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