African Mica Mine

Prospect in Grafton 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247375
MAS/MILS ID 0330090018
Record type Site
Current site name African Mica Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -71.95058, 43.65527 (WGS84)
Elevation 463

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grafton(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Cardigan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Winnipesaukee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Portland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Waits River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Hampshire Grafton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Tertiary
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -71.95058, 43.65527

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 255.

  • Deposit

    ACCESSORY MINERALS-TOURMALINE & SMALL BERYL CRYSTALS.

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.