| Deposit ID | 10291098 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0230170006 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hibbs Feldspar Quarry |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -70.40132, 44.21416 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 168 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Oxford(county)
Maine(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Oxford(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 |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Tertiary |
| Mica | Tertiary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Unknown |
| Biotite | Unknown |
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Columbite | Unknown |
| Feldspar | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Orthoclase | Unknown |
| Plagioclase | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Tourmaline | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -70.40132, 44.21416 |
|---|
| Length | 114M | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 9M | ||||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.7HA | ||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| 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 | 0230170006 |
BASTIN E. PEGMATITES OF MAINE- USGS BUL. 445 PP 72-74, 1911
CAMERON E, OTHERS PEGM. INVES. 1942-45 N. ENG. USGS PP 255 P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PEGMATITE IS EXPOSED FOR ABOUT NORTHWEST ALONG ITS STRIKE AND IN PLACES DIPS 30-40 DEGREES WALL ROCKS GENERALLY STRIKE NORTHWEST, DIP 30-40 DEGS. NE.,A LOCALLY TRANSECTED BY THE PEGMATITE. REC/010 A FEW CASSITERITE AND COLUMBITE GRAINS WERE FOUND IN BROKEN ROCK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE QUARRY. FELDSPAR AND MICA WERE PREVIOUSLY MINED HERE. THIS DEPOSIT I OF THE FEW PROMISING MICA PROSPECTS IN MAINE.SOME HIGH GRADE SPAR COULD ALSO BE RECOVERED. CASSITERITE AND COLUMBITE MIGH COVERED AS BYPRODUCTS THE PEGMATITE HAS AN APLITIC BORDER ZONE. INSIDE THIS IS A F COURSE GRAINED WALL ZONE OF QTZ,PLAGIOCLASE,PERTHITE,TOURMAL NET,BIOTITE AND MUSCOVITE.THE APPARENT CORE IS COMPOSED CHIE COURSE GRAINED PLAG., PERTHITE, QTZ. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Harrison | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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