Milan Mine

Past Producer in Coos county in New Hampshire, United States with commodities Aluminum, Copper, Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Silica, Silver, Sulfur, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125907
MRDS ID W017524
MAS/MILS ID 0330070007
Record type Site
Current site name Milan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -71.24945, 44.56666 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Groveton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Headwaters Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Hampshire Coos

Comments on the location information

  • DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. REC. 030, COLS. 47-48, REF. PT. AND PRECISION ARE BASED ON E PUBLISHED COORDINATES (U.S.G.S. MR-19) GIVEN TO THE NEAREST REC. 030, COL. 73, PRECISION OF ELEVATION AFFECTED BY UNCER OF PUBLISHED COORDINATES. COMMENTS THAT FOLLOW RELATE TO REVIEW AND UPDATE,MAY 19 DAVID C. UHRIN. CONTRACT MONITORED BY D.K.HARRISO N,EFOC. RECS 050,060,070,071,AND A-10 ADDED DURING REVIEW. MATRIX INFORMATION TAKEN FROM REF RECS. 704-705,AND CHECKED AGAINST REF.RECS.702-703 AND 706.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -71.24945, 44.56666

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ventures Ltd.
    Year 1950

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Inferred 136000mt ore
    Total resources 136000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 5 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1977
    Copper Cu 1.75 wt-pct Copper Trace 1977
    Lead Pb 1.25 wt-pct Lead Trace 1977
    Silver Ag 228 g/mt Silver Trace 1977
    Gold Au 9 g/mt Gold Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EARL,KM,1950 INVESTIGATION OF MILAN COPPER DEPOSIT COOS COUN

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4718

  • Deposit

    EMMONS,W.H. ,SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN MAINE AND THE MILAN M

  • Deposit

    HAMPSHIRE. U.S.GEOL.SURVEY,BUL.432,1910.

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUREAU OF MINES, INTERNAL MEMO,AREA I MINERAL RESOURCE O

  • Deposit

    PITTSBURGH,PA.,DEC.,1964.

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUREAU OF MINES, MILAN MINE,W.M.R.,MARCH ,1943.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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