Mine detail: Northern Aroostook Manganese Dist.

Previously called 'Presque Isle Area'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.73744, -68.16822

Resource(B)

Primary:	Manganese
Tertiary:	Sulfur, Aluminum, Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Magnesite
Other material:	Apatite, Bementite, Braunite, Calcite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Hematite, Muscovite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Discovery year:	1838

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

References

MRDS	W016566
MAS	230030045
DEP	10194627
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHMIDT, A. AND R. POTTS, FIELD TRIP REPORT, NOV 8-12, AROO}{Deposit:: MILLER,R.J.,1947 MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF AROOSTOOK COUNTY,ME.}{Deposit:: GEOL. SUR. BULL. 4.}{Deposit:: WHITE,WALTER S. USGS BULL 940-E,1943-OCCURANCE OF MANGANESE}{Deposit:: ERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY.}{Deposit:: PAVLIDES,LOUIS GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE MAPLE A}{Deposit:: EY MOUNTAINS AREA,AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE-USGS PP 362,1962}{Deposit:: REPORT OF THE PANEL ON MANGANESE RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY.NATIONA}{Deposit:: MINERALS ADVISORY BOARD,NMAB 323,1976 81 PP}{Deposit:: EILERTSEN,N.A. ESTIMATED COSTS OF SURFACE MINING AND UNDERGR}{Deposit:: MINING IN THE LOW GRADE MANGANIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF AROOSTOOK}{Deposit:: MAINE.BUMINES UNPUBLISHED CONFIDENTIAL FILE 420.04,1957,26 P}
Reporter	C.P.-D.H.