Crocker Hill Mine, South Pit

Past Producer in Oxford county in Maine, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Graphite
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 10090576
MRDS ID D000501
Record type Site
Current site name Crocker Hill Mine, South Pit
Alternate or previous names Crocker Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.46801, 44.27301 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oxford(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Sumner(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

Comments on the location information

  • Coordinates Given Are From Woody Thompson'S Database, For South Pit. Accurate To 100 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.46801, 44.27301

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • South Pit Was A Molybdenite and Graphite Mine; North Pit Shown As Gold Mine In Morrill, But Wrong Location.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL & HINCKLEY, 1959, MAINE MINES & MINERALS V. 2 EAST MAINE

  • Deposit

    Morrill, P., And Hinckley, W.P., 1959, Eastern Maine: Maine Mines And Minerals, V. 2, Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, 80 P.Morrill, P., And Hinckley, W.P., 1959, Eastern Maine: Maine Mines And Minerals, V. 2, Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, 80 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-JUL-98 Beck, F.M. Contractor Checked Location, Commodity Codes, References; Geologic Comments
Reporter 01-AUG-74 King, Robert U. 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.