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Carpenter Manganese Prospect

Occurrence in Aroostook county in Maine, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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  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 10084514
MRDS ID W101899
Record type Site
Current site name Carpenter Manganese Prospect
Alternate or previous names Carpenter

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.92586, 46.20048 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aroostook(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Brook(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Houlton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Woodstock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meduxnekeag River(hydrologic unit)

St. John(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. John(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Aroostook

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Eilertsen, 1955, and Mri3. Accurate To 100 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.92586, 46.20048
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECTED BY USBMFILE
  • Prospected By Usbm File. Trenched and Samples With Poor Results, USBM; Proved Not To Be Source of Hi Grade Boulders At "Burnham Prospect".

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • None

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANDM, 1958, MR INDEX

  • 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

    Eilertsen, N. A., And Earl, K.M., 1957, Bulk Sampling By Diamond Drilling, Dudley Manganese Deposit, Northern District, Aroostook County, Maine: U. S. Bureau Of Mines, Report Of Investigations 5303, 26 P.Eilertsen, N. A., And Earl, K.M., 1957, Bulk Sampling By Diamond Drilling, Dudley Manganese Deposit, Northern District, Aroostook County, Maine: U. S. Bureau Of Mines, Report Of Investigations 5303, 26 P.

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

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