Brown-Thurston Beryl Prospect

Occurrence in Oxford county in Maine, United States with commodities Beryllium, Tin, Sodium, Tantalum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10306861
Record type	Site
Current site name	Brown-Thurston Beryl Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-70.62937, 44.57998 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oxford(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Andover(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 Cameron Et Al, 1954. Accurate To 300 M.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Beryllium Critical	Primary
Tin Critical	Secondary
Sodium	Secondary
Tantalum Critical	Secondary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Beryl	Ore
Columbite	Ore
Tantalite	Ore
Cassiterite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-70.62937, 44.57998	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Granite Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Both
Significant	No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., Ii; Compiler), 1958, Maine Metal Mines And Prospects: Maine Geological Survey Minerals Resources Index 3, 53 P.Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., Ii; Compiler), 1958, Maine Metal Mines And Prospects: Maine Geological Survey Minerals Resources Index 3, 53 P.
Deposit

Cameron, E. N., Larrabee, D. M., Mcnair, A. H., Page, J. J., Shainin, V. E., And Stewart, G. W., 1954, Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45, New England: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 255, 352 P.Cameron, E. N., Larrabee, D. M., Mcnair, A. H., Page, J. J., Shainin, V. E., And Stewart, G. W., 1954, Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45, New England: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 255, 352 P.

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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