Cape Rosier Zn-Cu-P6 Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121634
MRDS ID W016557
MAS/MILS ID 0230090087
Record type Site
Current site name Cape Rosier Zn-Cu-P6 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -68.80937, 44.35105 (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

Cape Rosier(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -68.80937, 44.35105

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harborside Mining Corp.
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Maine
    Home office Maine
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEVIN,S.B.,AND SANFORD,R.S.,1949, WAR MIN.REP. CAPE ROSIER Z

  • Deposit

    MINE,HANCOCK CO.,ME.

  • Deposit

    HENDERSON,H.P.,1941,CAPE ROSIER MINE AND VICINITY NR. CAST

  • Deposit

    BARDILL,J.D.,1942,PRELIM.REPORT ONCAPE ROSIER ZN MINE, FILE

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INDEX SERIES NO. 3, P. 10.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VOL 2, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, ROBERT S, APRIL 15, 1962, ME GEOL SURVEY SPEC ECON

  • Deposit

    STUDIES SERIES NO 2, P. 47.

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.