Chandler Mountain Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Aroostook county in Maine, United States with commodities Arsenic, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10306769
Record type Site
Current site name Chandler Mountain Gold Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.73062, 46.44932 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aroostook(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chandler Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Presque Isle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aroostook River(hydrologic unit)

St. John(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. John(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Aroostook

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Fred Beck. Located On Southern Slope of Chandler Mountain. Accurate To 500 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.73062, 46.44932

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gabbro

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Several Core Holes Drilled.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cummings, J.S., 1988, Geochemical Detection Of Volcanogenic Massive Sulphides In Humid-Temperate Terrain (Using Surficial Methods): Bangor, Maine, United States. 298 P.Cummings, J.S., 1988, Geochemical Detection Of Volcanogenic Massive Sulphides In Humid-Temperate Terrain (Using Surficial Methods): Bangor, Maine, United States. 298 P.

  • Deposit

    Fred Beck, Personal Communication, 1998.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-98 Beck, F.M. Contractor
Editor 01-DEC-02 Woodruff, L. G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.