Mine detail: Katahdin Pyrrhotite Deposit

Previously called 'Katahdin Iron Works Deposit'

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Location: Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.44325, -69.19437
dep_id: 10266977
mrds_id: W016569
mas_id: 230210006
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Trace mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite, Nickel, Cobalt, Copper
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Limonite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Olivine, Pyroxene, Pyrrhotite
Reporter: Buckingham, David A.
Year first produced: 1848
disc_yr: 1843
References:
  • Deposit:: MILLER,RALPH L. GEOLOGY OF THE KATAHDIN PYRRHOTITE DEPOSIT A
  • Deposit:: CINITY PISCATAQUIS CO. ME.-MAINE GEOLOGICAL SUR. BUL 2, 1945
  • Deposit:: HOUSTON R. GENETIC STUDY OF SOME PYRRHOTITE DEPOSITS OF ME.
  • Deposit:: BRUNSWICK BUL # 7 ME. GEOL. SUR. JAN 1956
  • Deposit:: BRODEL C.H., CORNWALL H.R. NENYIAC-MINERAL RESOURCES STUDY A
  • Deposit:: NICKEL AND COBALT IN NEW ENGLAND AND NY OCT 1954
  • Deposit:: NAR-MINERAL LOCALITIES-PYRITE CHAPTER MAY 2 1967
  • Deposit:: YOUNG R. MINERAL EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN MAINE IN(GRA
  • Deposit:: SALES)ORE DEPOSITS OF US 1933-1967 PART 1 CHAP 7.
  • Deposit:: RAND,JOHN MAINE METAL MINES AND PROSPECTS MAINE GEOL SUR MIN
  • Deposit:: RESOURCE INDEX NO 3,1958
  • Deposit:: VHAY J. ET AL COBALT CHAPTER UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES
  • Deposit:: PROF. PAPER 820 1973 PP 143-155
  • Deposit:: USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK 1947 SULFUR CHAPTER PG. 1123
  • Reserve-Resource:: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1947, SULFUR AND PYRITES. PGS. 11-23.
  • Reserve-Resource:: MAINE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 2; 1945. PAGES 3 AND 18.
  • Reserve-Resource:: NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES STUDY 4-20-67;
  • Reserve-Resource:: NICKEL AND COBALT. PAGES 1, 2 AND 9.
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