Mine detail: Katahdin Iron Works

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Location

Lat / long: 45.43996, -69.19117

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Secondary: Copper, Cobalt, Nickel
Ore: Pyrrhotite, Limonite
Gangue: Melanterite, Olivine, Pyroxene

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Magmatic
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Norite
Structure:Norite
Tectonic:Silurian Slate Belt
Alteration processes:Weathering

References

MRDSW000718
DEP10067848
Reference{Deposit:: Houston, R.S., 1956, Genetic study of some pyrrhotite deposits of Maine and New Brunswick: Maine Geological Survey Bulletin 7, 117 p.}{Deposit:: Miller, R.L., 1945, Geology of the Katahdin pyrrhotite deposit and vicinity, Piscataquis County, Maine: Geological Survey of Maine Bulletin 2, 21 p.}{Geology:: Young, R.W., 1968, Mineral exploration and development in Maine: in Ridge, J.D. (ed), Ore deposits of the United States, 1933-1967 (Graton-Sales Volume): American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, v. 1, p. 125-139.}
ReporterCoury, Anny B., Beck, F.M., Woodruff, Laurel G.