Otterville I 89 Roadcut Uraninite Occurrence

Occurrence in Merrimack county in New Hampshire, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093850
MRDS ID W033804
Record type Site
Current site name Otterville I 89 Roadcut Uraninite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.03031, 43.41414 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Merrimack(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunapee Lake North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Claremont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Waits River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Hampshire Merrimack

Comments on the location information

  • IN MEDIAN STRIP ROADCUT, NE FACE,SEEN FROM NORTHBOUND LANE SE OF EXIT 12.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.03031, 43.41414

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ART SCHULTZ, PERS. COMM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HAVE VESICULAR BASALT DIKE 4 FT WIDE, EW 80N,PARALLEL TO A 40 FOOT THICK JOINTED ZONE IN GRANITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 Calkins, James A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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