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Phillips Graphite Mine

Past Producer in Franklin county in Maine, United States with commodity Graphite
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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 10100528
MRDS ID W102039
Record type Site
Current site name Phillips Graphite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.46068, 44.85815 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Madrid(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rumford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kennebec 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

  • Rte 4 Thru Phillips To Madrid Village. Turn L (South) Between Buildings Just Before Bridge (On R). Go Past Several Old Buildings, Cars, Machinery To Dirt Road That Goes Up Steep Hill; Past Small Camp On R, Rectangular Pond On L. Gps Location, +/-50m.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.46068, 44.85815
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Porphyroblastic Graphitic Schist With Some Pegmatites and Quartz Veins Crosscutting.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Open Cut, Shaft (Filled Or Caved and Water-Filled), Waste Rock Dump.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAND, 1959, ME MRRM 2; MORRILL, 195

  • Deposit

    Doyle R.G. (Compiler), 1959, Mineral Resources Of Maine - Lewiston Sheet: Maine Geological Survey Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, Mrrm 2, Scale 1:250,000.Doyle R.G. (Compiler), 1959, Mineral Resources Of Maine - Lewiston Sheet: Maine Geological Survey Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, Mrrm 2, Scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Morrill, P., And Others, 1958, Maine Mines And Minerals: Volume 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, 80 P.Morrill, P., And Others, 1958, Maine Mines And Minerals: Volume 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, 80 P.

Reporter information

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