Lower Maple Mt. Prospect-Central

Prospect in Aroostook county in Maine, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121458
MRDS ID W016567
MAS/MILS ID 0230030011
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Maple Mt. Prospect-Central

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -68.03932, 46.40074 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aroostook(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Number Nine Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Presque Isle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meduxnekeag 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -68.03932, 46.40074

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1948

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dudley And Higgins
    Home office Maine
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rodney W. Long (Mineral Rts Option)
    Home office Maine
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAINE BULL. NO. 4, P. 62 AND FIGURE NO. 2 ON PAGE 17.

  • Deposit

    EILERTSEN,N.A., REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4921

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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.