Peabody Mtn. Quarry

Past Producer in Oxford county in Maine, United States with commodities Feldspar, Gemstone, Mica, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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 10291582
MAS/MILS ID 0230170075
Record type Site
Current site name Peabody Mtn. Quarry
Alternate or previous names Nason Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.95634, 44.37636 (WGS84)
Elevation 646
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oxford(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilead(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)

Federal lands

White Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Oxford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Tertiary
Gemstone Tertiary
Mica Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -70.95634, 44.37636

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Floyd Mason
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAND, JOHN R, MARCH, 1957, ME GEOL SURVEY MIN RES INDEX

  • Deposit

    SERIES NO 1, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, EUGENE N & OTHERS, 1954, USGS PROF PAPER 255,

  • Deposit

    PP. 83-84.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, PHILIP & OTHERS, 19588 ME MINES & MINERALS, VOL 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 7.

  • Deposit

    RAND, JOHN R, JUNE 30, 1957, ME GS MIN RES REF MAP 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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.