Saunders Mica Mine

Prospect in Grafton county in New Hampshire, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150001
MAS/MILS ID 0330090090
Record type Site
Current site name Saunders Mica Mine
Alternate or previous names Haile Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.01528, 43.54137 (WGS84)
Elevation 555

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grafton(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enfield Center(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rutland(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 Grafton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Tertiary
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.01528, 43.54137

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Freedom Mines Inc.
    Year 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, E.N., LARRABEE, D.M., MCNAIR, A.H. AND OTHERS, 1954

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 255.

  • Deposit

    ACCESSORY MINERALS-APATITE, BERYL, BLACK TOURMALINE, & QUART

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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