Clyde Limeburner Prospect

Occurrence in Hancock county in Maine, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper
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 10306841
Record type Site
Current site name Clyde Limeburner Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.73967, 44.45433 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penobscot(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bar Harbor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Hancock

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Woody Thompson'S Database. Located On E Side of Perkins Hill, Approx. 300m From Head of Wardwell Cove. Accurate To 100 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Galena Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.73967, 44.45433

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ellsworth Fm, Fine-Grained Quartzite, Dark Schist

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • One Small Pit, 5 Feet Deep, 10 Feet In Diameter.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect Evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey Special Economic Studies Series 2, 113 P.Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect Evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey Special Economic Studies Series 2, 113 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.