| Deposit ID | 10169691 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0230170004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Harvard Quarry |
| Alternate or previous names | Noyes Mountain Quarry, Tamminen Mine |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -70.64253, 44.28916 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 329 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Oxford(county)
Maine(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Greenwood(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Maine | Oxford |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Tertiary |
| Quartz | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alabandite | Unknown |
| Amblygonite | Unknown |
| Apatite | Unknown |
| Beryl | Unknown |
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Columbite | Unknown |
| Garnet | Unknown |
| Lepidolite | Unknown |
| Montmorillonite | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Plagioclase | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Spodumene | Unknown |
| Tourmaline | Unknown |
| Vesuvianite | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -70.64253, 44.28916 |
|---|
| Length | 76M | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.4HA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1800 |
| District name | Paris-Rumford |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0230170004 |
CAMERON E.,OTHERS, PEGMATITE INVESTG. 1942-45 USGS PP 255 PG
, 1954
KILLEEN P.,NEWMAN W. USGS MINERALRESOURCE MAP NO. 44.,1965
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | USGS PP 255,1954 INDICATED THAT THE LAND WAS OWNED DON PHILBROOK, GREENWOOD, ME. AND THE MINERAL RIGHTS WERE HELD JOINTLY BY WM. BRYANT, RUMFORD PT. ME. AND F. FOSTER, LYNN MASS. CURRENT OWNER IS UNDETERMINED. APPARENLY, TWO PEGMATITES OCCUR IN THE QUARRY AREA. GNEISS (COUNTRY ROCK) STRIKES NORTHWEST AND DIPS 78 DEG. NE. QUARRY, THE SE CONTACT BETWEEN ONE OF THE PEGMATITES AND WALL STRIKES N 80 E AND DIPS 58 DEG. S., THE DIP STEEPENING UPWARD TO THE SURFACE; THE NO. CONTACT, STRIKES N 65 W AND DIPS 82 DEG THIS PEGMATITE PROBABLY PINCHES EASTWARD AND FINGERS UPWARD THE END OF THE PIT. OTHER DONATES SHEETLIKE . WALLROCK ALTERATION CALLED "TOURMALINIZED RICHED IN MUSCOVITE, WITH CONTACTS OF THE PEGMATITE BEING SH REC/010 THE QUARRY WAS ORIGINALLY OPENED FOR QTZ. XLS. SOME WAS MINED IN 1943. NO TIN IS REPORTED MINED. CASSITERITE MIG ABLY BE PRODUCED AS A BYPRODUCT. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Harrison | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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