Chipman Mine

Past Producer in Essex county in Massachusetts, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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 10218785
MAS/MILS ID 0250090032
Record type Site
Current site name Chipman Mine
Alternate or previous names Merrimac Mine, Boynton Silver-Lead Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.90775, 42.78327 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newburyport West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gloucester(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Charles(hydrologic unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -70.90775, 42.78327

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

    FAY,T.H., 1948, PRIVATE COMM. TO L.G. HOUK ABOUT THE CHIPMA

  • Deposit

    SANFORD,R., 1948, WMEXAM. CHIPMAN MINE -USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS, ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

  • Deposit

    NOT ON RCF OR CMS LISTS 10/81

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.