Palermo No. 2 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 10271901
MAS/MILS ID 0330090092
Record type Site
Current site name Palermo No. 2 Mica Mine
Alternate or previous names Pegmatite No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -71.89448, 43.75187 (WGS84)
Elevation 549

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grafton(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wentworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Winnipesaukee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Portland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pemigewasset River(hydrologic unit)

Merrimack(hydrologic accounting unit)

Merrimack(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

Town (1) -71.89448, 43.75187

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner General Electric Co.
    Year 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ACCESSORY MINERALS: BLACK TOURMALINE, TRIPHYLITE, VIVIANITE,

  • Deposit

    A FEW GREEN & YELLOW BERYL CRYSTALS + QUARTZ.

  • Deposit

    REF PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS 1942-45 NEW ENGLAND GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY PROF. PAPER 255, 1954.

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.