Orchard Mine

Past Producer in Oxford county in Maine, United States with commodities Feldspar, Gemstone, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Tantalum, Tin
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 10194399
MAS/MILS ID 0230170100
Record type Site
Current site name Orchard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.42632, 44.29466 (WGS84)
Elevation 222
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oxford(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Sumner(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Androscoggin River(hydrologic unit)

Androscoggin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Androscoggin(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Oxford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Secondary
Gemstone Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -70.42632, 44.29466

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF ME GEOL SURV ME PEGMATITE MINES & PROSPECTS & ASSOCIATED

  • Deposit

    MINERALS MIN RES INDEX NO. 1 1957.

  • Deposit

    ADDITIONAL COMMODITY-LITHEUM.

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.