Maine · Aroostook County
Prospect

Southern Aroostook Manganese Dist

Aroostook County, Maine, United States
ManganeseIron
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Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Bementite, Braunite, Calcite, Chlorite, Collophane, Feldspar, Hematite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sericite, Siderite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1837
Identification
Deposit ID10266760
MRDS IDW016568
Alternate namesWestford Hill, Carpenter, Daggett Hill, Prospects Between Henderson And, Gardner, Benn, Prospects North of Henderson Hill, Burnham Anomaly, Adams Mountain Prospect, Littleton Ridge, Haskell, Nickerson FarmHenderson Hill, Pierce, Westford Hills, Stewart
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.3932, -68.0472
References
MATERIALS SURVEY- MANGANESE. BUMINES, 1952, PP VII-8 -VII-EARL, K.M. AND EILERTSEN, N.A. INVESTIGATION OF MANGANESEITS, HODGDON AND LINNEUS TOWNSHIPS, SOUTHERN DISTRICT, AROOSCOUNTY, MAINE. BUMINES RI-6119, 1962, 46 PP.MACMILLAN, R.T. AND TURNER, T.L. RECOVERY OF MANGANESE FROOF AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE. BUMINES RI-5082, 1954, 41 PP.PAVLIDES, L. GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE MAPLE AHOVEY MOUNTAINS AREA AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE. USGS PROFESSIOPAPER 362, 1962, PP 3-9, 41-43, 57-63, 79, 86, 88, 108-109,HENN, J., PETERS, F., JOHNSON, P. AND KIRBY, R. AN EVALUATAN AMMONIUM SULFATE LEACHING PROCESS FOR RECOVERING MANGANESMINNESOTA AND MAINE RESOURCES. BUMINES RI-7156, 1966, 68 PP.EILERTSEN, N.A. INVESTIGATION OF MANGANESE AREAS, HAMMONDATION AND HODGDON TOWNSHIPS SOUTHERN DISTRICT, AROOSTOOK COUMAINE. BUMINES RI-5392, 1958, 38 PP.EILERTSEN, N.A. INVESTIGATION OF THE LITTLETON RIDGE MANGADEPOSIT AND VICINITY, SOUTHERN DISTRICT, AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MBUMINES RI-5104, 1955, 39 PP.PROCEEDINGS OF THE MANGANESE CONFERENCE, BOULDER CITY, NEVSEPT. 29-30. BUMINES, 1952, PP 92-100.PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF FERROGRADE MANGANESE. BUMINES RILAMB, F., WARNKE, W. AND WOODWARD, D. ORE-DRESSING TESTS OAROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE, MANGANESE ORES. BUMINES RI-4951, 19NORMAN, L. AND KIRBY, R. REVIEW OF MAJOR PROPOSED PROCESSERECOVERING MANGANESE FROM U.S. SOURCES- 1. PYROMETALLURGICALCESSES. BUMINES IC-8138, 1962, 30 PP.NORMAN, L. AND KIRBY, R. REVIEW OF MAJOR PROCESSES FOR RECMANGANESE FROM U.S. RESOURCES- 2. CHLORIDE AND FIXED NITROGECESSES. BUMINES IC-8160, 1963, 35 PP.WHITE, W.S. STRATEGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATION. USGS BULLETI, 1943.REPORT OF THE PANEL ON MANGAESE RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY. NATIOMINERALS ADVISORY BOARD, NMAB-323, 1976, 81 PP.MILLER,RALPH L. MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF AROOSTOOK COUNTY,MAINE. MAINE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 4, 1947, 77 PP.