Palmer Quarry

Past Producer in Knox county in Maine, United States with commodity Granite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121176
MAS/MILS ID 0230130041
Record type Site
Current site name Palmer Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -68.87997, 44.08165 (WGS84)
Elevation 24
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Knox(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leadbetter Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bar Harbor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Knox

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -68.87997, 44.08165

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Wharff Quarry

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, MURIEL B & HUSSEY II, ARTHUR M, MAY 1, 1958, ME GEOL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY MIN RES INDEX SERIES MO 2, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, PHILIP & HINCKLEY, WM P, 1959, ME MINES & MINERALS,

  • Deposit

    VOL 2, P. 50.

  • Deposit

    DOYLE, ROBERT G, FEB 1, 19588 ME GS MIN RES REF MAP 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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