Penobscot Unit

Past Producer in Hancock county in Maine, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10218684
MAS/MILS ID 0230090006
Record type Site
Current site name Penobscot Unit
Alternate or previous names Penobscot Unit of the Callahan, Callahan Mine, Mining Corp., Callahan/Cape Rosier Mine, Harborside Mine, Penobscot

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -68.75497, 44.42135 (WGS84)
Elevation 10
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bar Harbor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Hancock

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -68.75497, 44.42135

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Callahan Mining Corp
    ID 1700048
    Home office New York
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUSSEY,A.M. AND M.B.AUSTIN,MAINE METAL MINES AND PROSPECTS,M

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES INDEX NO.3,1958,53 PP.

  • Deposit

    CASTINE 15' USGS MAP, MINE MAP REPOSITORY

  • Deposit

    EMMONS,W.E.,SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN MAINE AND THE MILAN MINE,NE

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES OF MAINE, PITTSBURGH, PA., DEC, 1964.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL.3, 1973,PP 320.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, WAR MINERALS REPORT FILES.

  • Deposit

    LEVIN,S.B.,AND R.S.SANFORD,INVESTIGATION OF CAPE ROSIER ZINC

  • Deposit

    LEAD MINE,HANCOCK COUNTY,MAINE,RI4344,1948

  • Deposit

    MSHA.DBF, 02/95.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAY-1995 Uhrin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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