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Collection of Maine Rock Cores

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Creation
2018-01-21

Summary

Collection includes cores extracted over decades by mineral exploration firms as they completed their Maine work or otherwise released their data, covering both public and private lands that were the subject of mineral exploration. These records represent the best public collection of the major mineral exploration efforts of the 1960s-1980s. This collection of 595 scanned core records is accessible through a Google Earth application. Please contact the Maine Geological Survey to discuss access to the collection.

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Material Request Instructions

Director, Earth Resources Information Maine Geological Survey 93 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0093 mgs@maine.gov

Purpose

The collection is made available to assist mineral exploration companies and researchers find rock core that is available for analysis.

Rights

This is information is free to use with credit given to the original company or organization that performed to coring and the Maine Geological Survey

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