Mt. Waldo; Mosquito Mtn.

Occurrence in Waldo county in Maine, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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 10090578
MRDS ID D000506
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Waldo; Mosquito Mtn.
Alternate or previous names Mt. Waldo, Mosquito Mtn.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.86607, 44.58325 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Waldo(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bucksport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Penobscot River(hydrologic unit)

Penobscot(hydrologic accounting unit)

Penobscot(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Waldo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.86607, 44.58325

Economic information

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;
Reporter 01-AUG-74 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey
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.