Jones Hill Mine

Past Producer in Penobscot county in Maine, United States with commodities Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145475
MAS/MILS ID 0230190021
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Preble Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -69.20857, 45.05355 (WGS84)
Elevation 253
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Penobscot(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dover-Foxcroft(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millinocket(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Penobscot River(hydrologic unit)

Penobscot(hydrologic accounting unit)

Penobscot(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Penobscot

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -69.20857, 45.05355

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUSSEY II, ARTHUR M, JUNE 1, 1958, ME GEOL SURVEY MIN RES

  • Deposit

    INDEX SERIES NO 3, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, PHILIP & HINCKLEY, WM P, 1959, ME MINES & MINERALS,

  • Deposit

    VOL2, P. 28.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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