French Mica Mine

Past Producer in Cheshire county in New Hampshire, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica
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 10159944
MAS/MILS ID 0330050012
Record type Site
Current site name French Mica Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.2753, 43.07247 (WGS84)
Elevation 387

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cheshire(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilsum(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ashuelot River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Hampshire Cheshire

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.2753, 43.07247

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Otto Lassman
    Year 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, E.N., LARRABEE, D.M., MCNAIR, A.H. AND OTHERS, 1954

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 255.

  • Deposit

    SMALL AMOUNTS OF GARNET, BLACK TOURMALINE, APATITE, GREEN BE

  • Deposit

    MUCH GRAPHIC GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-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.