Edgecomb Plant

Plant in Lincoln county in Maine, United States with commodity Clay
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 10121693
MAS/MILS ID 0230159901
Record type Site
Current site name Edgecomb Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -69.6077, 43.99575 (WGS84)
Elevation 10
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bath(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bath(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 Lincoln

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Devonian - Ordovician Bucksport Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Wash

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Water Shed Corp.
    ID 1700392
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11-23-79 USED TO DETERMINE CLOSED STATUS

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/01/1978
MSHA mine ID1700392
Mine name (MSHA)Edgecomb Plant
Current operatorWatershed Corp
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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