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Main Feldspar Mine

Past Producer in Androscoggin county in Maine, United States with commodities Garnet, Beryllium, Feldspar, Gemstone, Lithium, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145469
MAS/MILS ID 0230010027
Record type Site
Current site name Main Feldspar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.29112, 44.08856 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Androscoggin(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minot(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 Androscoggin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Feldspar Primary
Gemstone Tertiary
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -70.29112, 44.08856
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Consolidated Feldspar Div-Internat'L Minerals And Chem Co.
    Year 1957
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Androscoggin Tourmaline Co.
    Year 1957

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TELEPHONE INQUIRY TO MAINE STATE GEOLOGIST REVEALED NO PUBLISHED BERYLLIUM RESERVE FIGURES FOR ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY. BARTON (SEE BIBLIO., P. 119.) ESTIMATED POTENTIAL BERYL RESOURCES OF NEW ENGLAND TO EXCEED 100,000 TONS. IN HIS REPORT, HE ALSO STATED THAT HE FOUND NO SITE WHICH COULD BE MINED PROFITABLY FOR BERYL ALONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BARTON, W.R. AND C.E. GOLDSMITH. NEW ENGLAND BERYLLIUM

  • Reserve-Resource

    INVESTIGATIONS. U.S. BUMINES RI 7070, 1968, 177 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GRIFFITTS, W.R. BERYLLIUM. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER

  • Reserve-Resource

    820, 1973, PP. 85-93.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GRIFFITTS, W.R., D.M. LARRABEE, AND J.J. NORTON. BERYLLIUM

  • Reserve-Resource

    IN THE UNITED STATES. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINER. RES.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MAP MR-35, 1962.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MAINE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MAINE PEGMATITE MINES AND

  • Reserve-Resource

    PROSPECTS AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS. MAINE DEPT. ECON.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEVEL., MINER. RES. INDEX 1, MARCH 1, 1957, 43 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SMITH, W.L. MANUAL FOR BERYLLIUM PROSPECTORS. BATTELLE

  • Reserve-Resource

    MEMORIAL INST. DMIC REPT. 146, JAN. 18, 1961, 29 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WERNER, A.B.T. THE NEW ENGLAND BERYL MINING INDUSTRY.

  • Reserve-Resource

    FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON, RES. REPT. 5, 1959,

  • Reserve-Resource

    398 PP.

  • Deposit

    REF ME GEOL SURV ME PEGMATITE MINES & PROSPECTS & ASSOCIATED

  • Deposit

    MINERALS MIN RES INDEX NO. 1 1957.

  • Deposit

    ADDITIONAL COMMODITY-GEMSTONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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