Frost Prospect

Prospect in Washington county in Maine, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121356
MAS/MILS ID 0230290002
Record type Site
Current site name Frost Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -67.48432, 45.08884 (WGS84)
Elevation 104

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meddybemps Lake West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Calais(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fredericton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Niccolite Unknown
Pentlandite Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -67.48432, 45.08884

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.6M
    Length 122M
    Width 98M
    Area 2.5HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2.5
    Date of Last Modification 820713

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Frost
    Interest 100
    Home office Maine
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 374M
    Overall depth 122M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE METHODS
    Number of Shafts 1
    Capacity 272
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 8.9
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 200
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOUSTON,R.S.,1956,GENETIC STUDY OF SOME PYRRHOTITE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    MAINE AND NEW BRUNSWICK, MAINE GEOLOCICAL SURVEY,BULLETIN 7.

  • Deposit

    YOUNGE,R.S.,1963, PROSPECT EVALUATIONS WASHINGTON COUNTY, MA

  • Deposit

    SPECIAL ECONOMIC STUDIES SERIES NO.3, MAINE GEOLOGICAL SURVE

  • Deposit

    DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP. FILE ITEM: MAINE BASE METAL PROGRAM

  • Deposit

    DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP. FILE ITEM: NICKEL-COPPER PROSPECT AREA

  • Deposit

    CENTRAL AND EASTERN MAINE.

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION - JACK BERGMAN,PROSPECTORS GEOPHYSICA

  • Deposit

    MONTREAL, CANADA ON 5 MAY 1975

  • Deposit

    KINGSTON,G.A.,F.V.CARRILLO,J.J.GRAY,AND P.MCILROY.AVAILABILI

  • Deposit

    U.S.PRIMARY NICKEL RESOURCES,BUMINES IC 8469,1970,57PP.

  • Deposit

    MATHEWS,INC,A.A.CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING SYSTEM

  • Deposit

    BOOK-MINING AND BENEFICIATION OF METALLIC AND NON-METALLIC M

  • Deposit

    EXCEPT FOSSIL FUELS,IN THE UNITEDSTATES AND CANADA(DRAFT),U.

  • Deposit

    CONTRACT NO.J0255026

  • Deposit

    STECRLEY,R.C.,AND J.F.LEMONS JR.A METHOD FOR UPDATING COST E

  • Deposit

    MATES FOR THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM.BUMINES,MAS,MAY 1

  • Deposit

    PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO J0155043 ENTERED 1976 REVISIONS BY DK HARRISON-T REC 050 COLS 34-37 WORK DONE BY NEW JERSEY ZINC CO. COLS 42- BY NORANDA MINES LTD., COLS 50-53 DONE BY BLACK HAWK MINING COLS 58-61 DONE BY FUNDY EXPLORAT IONS. REC 020 OWNER AS OF 1963-CURRENT OWNER UNDETERMINED-SOURCE R REC 080 COLS 21-75 INFO ON DIMENSIONS & DEP. CHAR. NOT AVAIL MATRIX 1 SOURCE OF TONNAGES IS JACK BERGMAN OF PROSPECTORS G ICAL REC 708-709 REC 120 & 151 ALL COST INFO FOR THESE RECORDS ARE TAKEN FROM 712 FROM GRAPHS WHICH APPROXIMATED THE MINING/MILLING AND CA COSTS FOR A TYPICAL UG SULFIDE OREBODY.THE GRAPH FIGURES REP ED 1969 DOLLARS.THE FIGURES WERE UPDATED USING AN INDEX DEVE BY SOG"A METHOD FOR UPDATING COST ESTIMATES FOR THE MINERALS ABILITY SYSTEM.TABLE 1 WAS RECALCULATED WITH THE ORIGINAL IN AT DEC 1969 AND THE NEW INDEX DEC 1975. THE RESPECTIVE NEW I WERE: MINING CAPITAL COST=1.72 , MINE OPERATING COSTS 1.79,M ITAL COSTS=1.71,MILL OPERATING COSTS 1.86 TPO REVISIONS-UPDATED MINE AND MILL OPERATING AND CAPITAL CO RECOSTING OF MINE AND MILL OPERATING AND CAPITAL COSTS WAS D 1977. ENTRIES BY D.C. UHRIN ON RECORDS 710 AND 819- 827 WERE FOR THE RECOSTING WORK. RECOSTING ESTIMATES WERE DONE USING REF.REC.712. ALL COSTS ARE IN MAY 1977 DOLLARS.COSTS UPDATED USING REF.RE DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS,DEPTH,AND TOTAL % SULFIDES WERE ESTIMATED INFORMATION IN BACKUP FILE. RECORD 120,COL.80.ACCORDING TO REF.REC 712,MILL WOULD OPERAT SHIFTS PER DAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Uhrin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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