Tamminen-Waisanen Mine

Past Producer in Oxford county in Maine, United States with commodities Feldspar, Gemstone, Lithium, Mica, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10291568
MAS/MILS ID 0230170056
Record type Site
Current site name Tamminen-Waisanen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.63773, 44.28246 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oxford(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood(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 Oxford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Gemstone Tertiary
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Mica Secondary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -70.63773, 44.28246

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Matti Waisanen
    Year 1978
  • Type Operator
    Owner Douglass Mining Co.
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAND, JOHN R, MARCH, 1957, ME GEOL SURVEY MIN RES INDEX

  • Deposit

    SERIES NO 1, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, EUGENE N & OTHERS, 1954, USGS PROF PAPER 255,

  • Deposit

    PP. 93-95.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, PHILIP & OTHERS, 1958, ME MINES & MINERALS, VOL 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 22.

  • Deposit

    RAND, JOHN R, JUNE 30, 19578 ME GS MIN RES REF MAP 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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.