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Links to Related Topics - Mining and Quarrying

Mining in Maine - Regulations

• Maine Department of Environmental Protection
  • Mining Page - references environmental regulations and performance standards for borrow pits, quarries, and metal mines in Maine
  • Current Metallic Mining Rules - Scroll down to Chapter 200
  • Update of Maine's Mining Rules

Stone Quarrying

• Stone Quarries and Beyond - historical information on Maine stone quarries

Maine State Minerals Information

• The Mineral Industry of Maine - U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook
• Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) - U.S. Geological Survey

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Last updated on January 23, 2013

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