Ore Hill

Past Producer in Grafton county in New Hampshire, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106284
MRDS ID W033806
Record type Site
Current site name Ore Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.94781, 43.93747 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grafton(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warren(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Winnipesaukee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Portland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pemigewasset River(hydrologic unit)

Merrimack(hydrologic accounting unit)

Merrimack(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Hampshire Grafton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.94781, 43.93747

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERMANCE & MOSIER, 1948, USBM REPT INV. 4328

  • Deposit

    SHUMWAY, 1984, NH MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS: MS THESIS, DARTMOUTH

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAST MINED IN 1930,S. PRODUCED 100000 TONS ORE CONTAINING 21% ZN, 11.4% PB, & 0.5% CU

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.