Drew Hill Sulfide Prospect

Occurrence in Aroostook county in Maine, United States with commodities Sulfur, Antimony, Lead
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. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10306772
Record type Site
Current site name Drew Hill Sulfide Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.99805, 46.09323 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aroostook(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Linneus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Houlton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Woodstock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meduxnekeag River(hydrologic unit)

St. John(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. John(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Aroostook

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Houston, 1956. Accurate To 300 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Oxides-Hydrated Ore
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.99805, 46.09323

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hornfels, Marble

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Pyrite and Pyrrhotite Originated As Residual Emanations From the Meduxkeneag Intrusion. Houston 1956.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Houston, R.S., 1956, Genetic Study Of Some Pyrrhotite Deposits Of Maine And New Brunswick: Maine Geological Survey Bulletin 7, 117 P.Houston, R.S., 1956, Genetic Study Of Some Pyrrhotite Deposits Of Maine And New Brunswick: Maine Geological Survey Bulletin 7, 117 P.

  • Deposit

    Pavlides, L., 1971, Geologic Map Of The Houlton Quadrangle, Aroostook County, Maine: U. S. Geological Survey, Geologic Quadrangle Map, Gq-920, Scale 1:62,500.Pavlides, L., 1971, Geologic Map Of The Houlton Quadrangle, Aroostook County, Maine: U. S. Geological Survey, Geologic Quadrangle Map, Gq-920, Scale 1:62,500.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-98 Beck, F.M. Contractor
Editor 01-DEC-02 Woodruff, L. G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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