Stoneham

Occurrence in Oxford county in Maine, United States with commodities Semiprecious Gemstone, Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121118
MAS/MILS ID 0230170003
Record type Site
Current site name Stoneham
Alternate or previous names Sugar Hill, Harndon Hill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.83724, 44.25666 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oxford(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Stoneham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Presumpscot(hydrologic unit)

Saco(hydrologic accounting unit)

Saco(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Oxford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -70.83724, 44.25666

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Paris-Rumford

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KILLEEN,P.,NEWMAN W. TIN IN US-USGS MR MAP 44,1965 PG. 4.

  • Deposit

    BASTIN E. PEGMATITES OF MAINE.-USGS BUL. 445. 1911 PGS. 98-1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC/010 CASSITERITE IS FOUND IN PEGMATITE AND AS "FLOAT". NO IS AVAILABLE. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 Harrison U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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