Mt. Desert At Bass Habor

Past Producer in Hancock county in Maine, United States with commodity Iron
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084425
MRDS ID W101747
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Desert At Bass Habor

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.34655, 44.24025 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bass Harbor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bar Harbor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Hancock

Comments on the location information

  • Coordinates Given Are For Bass Harbor Village. Location From Literature

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.34655, 44.24025

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JACKSON, 1837, 1ST REPORT

  • Deposit

    Jackson, C.T., 1837, First Report On The Geology Of The Public Lands In The State Of Maine: Massachusetts Legislature, Senate Document No. 89, Dutton And Wentworth, Boston, Massachusetts, 47 P.Jackson, C.T., 1837, First Report On The Geology Of The Public Lands In The State Of Maine: Massachusetts Legislature, Senate Document No. 89, Dutton And Wentworth, Boston, Massachusetts, 47 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-OCT-98 Beck, F.M. Contractor Checked Location, Commodity Codes, References;
Reporter 01-DEC-83 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-02 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey Updated Commodities, Ore Materials, Calculated Lat/Long

Beyond USGS

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