Moxie Pluton

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266901
MAS/MILS ID 0230250001
Record type Site
Current site name Moxie Pluton
Alternate or previous names Black Narrows

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -69.79939, 45.61665 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somerset(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Pond North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moosehead Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millinocket(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kennebec River(hydrologic unit)

Kennebec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kennebec(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Somerset

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -69.79939, 45.61665

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 810127

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EXPENSHADE,G.H.,1972,GEOLOGY OF THE MOXIE PLUTON IN THE MOOS

  • Deposit

    LAKE-JO MARY MOUNTAIN AREA,PISCATAQUIS COUNTY,MAINE,U.S.GEOL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULLETIN 1340.

  • Deposit

    BOUCOT,A.J.,1964,GEOLOGIC AND AEROMAGNETIC MAP OF NORTHERN M

  • Deposit

    U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,GP 312

  • Deposit

    U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,1968,U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HEAVY METAL

  • Deposit

    PROGRAM PROGRESS REPORT,1966 AND 1967,CIRCULAR 560

  • Deposit

    CANNEY,F.C.AND POST,E.V.,1963,PRELIMINARY GEOCHEMICAL AND

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL MAP OF PART OF SQUARETOWN,SOMERSET COUNTY,MAINE,U

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT,DENVER,COLORADO

  • Deposit

    CANNEY,F.C.AND WING L.A.,1966,COBALT: USEFUL BUT NEGLECTED I

  • Deposit

    GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.61,PP.198-203

  • Deposit

    HOUSTON,R.S.,1956, GENETIC STUDY OF SOME PYRRHOTITE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    MAINE AND NEW BRUNSWICK, MAIN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 7

  • Deposit

    DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP FILE ITEM: MAINE BASE METAL PROGRAM.

  • Deposit

    DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP. FILE ITEM: SUMMARY OF ACTIVE PROSPECTS

  • Deposit

    HELD BY THE SECOND AMERICAN SYNDICATE BY ROLAND F.BEERS,AGEN

  • Deposit

    21,1959

  • Deposit

    DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP. FILE ITEM:

  • Deposit

    NICKELFEROUS BOULDER TRACING AND MOXIE POND NICKEL OCCURRENC

  • Deposit

    INVESTIGATION,MAINE

  • Deposit

    DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP. FILE ITEM: MAP SHOWING THE MOXIE-MOOSE

  • Deposit

    GABBRO AND LANDS OWNED BY SCOTT PAPER COMPANY.

  • Deposit

    DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP. FILE ITEM: MAP-BOULDER AND BEDROCK

  • Deposit

    PROSPECTING SOUTHEAST OF MOXIE-MOOSEHEAD GABBRO,JULY,1,1971.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO J0155043 ENTERED 1976 REVISIONS BY DK HARRISON-T REC 040 COLS 32-33 INFO NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT IS A VERY L POTENTIAL AREA. REC/080 COLS 35-75 THERE ARE NO DIMENSIONS BECAUSE NO SPECIF BODY WAS DEFINED. REC 030 COL 67-73 THE POTENTIAL AREA IS VERY LARGE AND REFER POINT IS NOT REPRESENTIVIE OF THE WHOLE DEPOSIT AREA. GRADE REPORTED FOR THE ORE IS ABOUT 0.5% N1 AND 0.1% CU .-RE REC 040 COLS 14-16 DEPOSIT COMPRISES A VERY LARGE AREA-THERE SOME MEDIUM TO LIGHT DUTY ROADS IN THE AREA AND NUMEROUS JE TRAILS ARE FOUND HERE. WATER WOULD BE ON SITE OR NEARBY BECA AREA IS POTMARKED WITH LAKES, PONDS STREAMS AND RIVERS. ELEC POWER LINES WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE RUN FROM NEARBY VILLAG TPO REVISIONS-ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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