Maine · Somerset County
Occurrence

Moxie Pluton

Somerset County, Maine, United States
CobaltCopperNickel
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Commodities
TertiaryCobalt, Copper, Nickel
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsFeldspar, Pyroxene, Pyrrhotite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10266901
Alternate namesBlack Narrows
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.61665, -69.79939
References
EXPENSHADE,G.H.,1972,GEOLOGY OF THE MOXIE PLUTON IN THE MOOSLAKE-JO MARY MOUNTAIN AREA,PISCATAQUIS COUNTY,MAINE,U.S.GEOLSURVEY BULLETIN 1340.BOUCOT,A.J.,1964,GEOLOGIC AND AEROMAGNETIC MAP OF NORTHERN MU.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,GP 312U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,1968,U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HEAVY METALPROGRAM PROGRESS REPORT,1966 AND 1967,CIRCULAR 560CANNEY,F.C.AND POST,E.V.,1963,PRELIMINARY GEOCHEMICAL ANDGEOLOGICAL MAP OF PART OF SQUARETOWN,SOMERSET COUNTY,MAINE,UGEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT,DENVER,COLORADOCANNEY,F.C.AND WING L.A.,1966,COBALT: USEFUL BUT NEGLECTED IGEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.61,PP.198-203HOUSTON,R.S.,1956, GENETIC STUDY OF SOME PYRRHOTITE DEPOSITSMAINE AND NEW BRUNSWICK, MAIN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 7DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP FILE ITEM: MAINE BASE METAL PROGRAM.DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP. FILE ITEM: SUMMARY OF ACTIVE PROSPECTSHELD BY THE SECOND AMERICAN SYNDICATE BY ROLAND F.BEERS,AGEN21,1959NICKELFEROUS BOULDER TRACING AND MOXIE POND NICKEL OCCURRENCINVESTIGATION,MAINEDUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP. FILE ITEM: MAP SHOWING THE MOXIE-MOOSEGABBRO AND LANDS OWNED BY SCOTT PAPER COMPANY.DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP. FILE ITEM: MAP-BOULDER AND BEDROCKPROSPECTING SOUTHEAST OF MOXIE-MOOSEHEAD GABBRO,JULY,1,1971.