Swift River Gold Panning Location

Unknown in Oxford county in Maine, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10306860
Record type Site
Current site name Swift River Gold Panning Location

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.61577, 44.7353 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oxford(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roxbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rumford(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

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Woody Thompson'S Database. Accurate To 300 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.61577, 44.7353

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Thompson, W.B., Joyner, D. L., Woodman, R. G., And King, V.T., 1998, A Collector'S Guide To Maine Mineral Localities: Maine Geological Survey Bulletin 41, 106 P.Thompson, W.B., Joyner, D. L., Woodman, R. G., And King, V.T., 1998, A Collector'S Guide To Maine Mineral Localities: Maine Geological Survey Bulletin 41, 106 P.

  • Deposit

    Pratt, E.S And Condon, H., 1947, Reconnaissance Of Portions Of The Swift River Valley, Maine: In Trefethen, J.M., Report Of The State Geologist, 1945 - 1946, Maine Development Commission, P. 57 - 65.Pratt, E.S And Condon, H., 1947, Reconnaissance Of Portions Of The Swift River Valley, Maine: In Trefethen, J.M., Report Of The State Geologist, 1945 - 1946, Maine Development Commission, P. 57 - 65.

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

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