Foster Prospect

Prospect in Providence county in Rhode Island, United States with commodities Arsenic, REE, Thorium, Uranium
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153671
MAS/MILS ID 0440070036
Record type Site
Current site name Foster Prospect
Alternate or previous names Foster Uranium Prospect, Foster

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -71.42588, 42.00418 (WGS84)
Elevation 98
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Providence(county)

Rhode Island(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Franklin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackstone River(hydrologic unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Rhode Island Providence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -71.42588, 42.00418

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTON,W.,1962,USBM MINERALS EXAM. REPORT, FILES 91.3223

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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.