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Androscoggin County

Unknown in Androscoggin county in Maine, United States with commodities Garnet, Beryllium, Feldspar, Gemstone, Lithium, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10194643
MAS/MILS ID 0230010057
Record type Site
Current site name Androscoggin County

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -70.16612, 44.11666 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Androscoggin(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lewiston(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 Androscoggin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary
Gemstone Tertiary
Lithium Critical Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -70.16612, 44.11666
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TELEPHONE INQUIRY TO MAINE STATE GEOLOGIST REVEALED NO PUBLISHED BERYLLIUM RESERVE FIGURES FOR ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY. BARTON (SEE BIBLIO., P. 119.) ESTIMATED POTENTIAL BERYL RESOURCES OF NEW ENGLAND TO EXCEED 100,000 TONS. IN HIS REPORT, HE ALSO STATED THAT HE FOUND NO SITE WHICH COULD BE MINED PROFITABLY FOR BERYL ALONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BARTON, W.R. AND C.E. GOLDSMITH. NEW ENGLAND BERYLLIUM

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    INVESTIGATIONS. U.S. BUMINES RI 7070, 1968, 177 PP.

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    GRIFFITTS, W.R. BEARYLLIUM. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER

  • Reserve-Resource

    820, 1973, PP. 85-93.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GRIFFITTS, W.R., D.M. LARRABEE, AND J.J. NORTON. BERYLLIUM

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    IN THE UNITED STATES. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINER. RES.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MAP MR-35, 1962.

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    MAINE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MAINE PEGMATITE MINES AND

  • Reserve-Resource

    PROSPECTS AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS. MAINE DEPT. ECON.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEVEL., MINER. RES. INDEX 1, MARCH 1, 1957, 43 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SMITH, W.L. MANUAL FOR BERYLLIUM PROSPECTORS. BATTELLE

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    MEMORIAL INST. DMIC REPT. 146, JAN. 18, 1961, 29 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WERNER, A.B.T. THE NEW WNGLAND BERYL MINING INDUSTRY.

  • Reserve-Resource

    FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON, RES. REPT. 5, 1959,

  • Reserve-Resource

    398 PP.

  • Deposit

    RAND, JOHN R. MAINE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MIN. RES. INDEX SERIES NO.

  • Deposit

    1, MARCH 1, 1957, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, PHILIP & OTHERS. MAINE MINES & MINERALS, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    1958, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    RAND, JOHN R. MAINE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MIN. RES. REF. MAP 1,

  • Deposit

    JUNE 30, 1957.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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