Unnamed Chromium Occurrence

Occurrence in Franklin county in Maine, United States with commodity Chromium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10084510
MRDS ID	W101894
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed Chromium Occurrence
Alternate or previous names	Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-70.79382, 45.39166 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Louise Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Flagstaff Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sherbrooke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dead River(hydrologic unit)

Kennebec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kennebec(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Maine	Franklin

Comments on the location information

Location From Harwood, 1973. Located At Hilltop (Approx. 1800' Elev.) Approx. .4 Mi N of Arnold Pond. Accurate To 300 M.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-70.79382, 45.39166	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

SHOW AS PROSPECT
Show As Prospect. Disseminated Grains of Chromite Associated With Magnetite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W101894

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS BULL. 1346, PL.1
Deposit

Harwood, D. S., 1973, Bedrock Geology Of The Cupsuptic And Arnold Pond Quads, West-Central Maine: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1346, 90p.Harwood, D. S., 1973, Bedrock Geology Of The Cupsuptic And Arnold Pond Quads, West-Central Maine: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1346, 90p.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Updater	01-OCT-98	Beck, F.M.	Contractor	Checked Location, Commodity Codes, References; Geologic Comments
Reporter	01-NOV-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.