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Blue Hill Mine (1880s)

Producer in Hancock county in Maine, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072164
MRDS ID W016556
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Hill Mine (1880s)
Alternate or previous names Blue Hill Mine
Related records 10169712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.61328, 44.39516 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Hill(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. Mines Rd. Covers Old Building Sites and One Shaft. Dumps Used To Pave Local Roads. (Morrill & Hinckley, 1958). Accurate To 100 M.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLUE HILL MINE WAS ONLY METAL PRODUCER IN MAINE IN 1976.

Materials information

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

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 91
USGS model code 24b
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Mark3 model number 30

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.61328, 44.39516
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Quartzite, Gneiss, Amphibolite

Comments on the geologic information

  • Stratabound and Broadly Stratiform Ore Zones Enclosed Within Quartzitic Unit of Ellsworth Fm, Which Is Enclosed By Biotite-Rich Rocks. Contact Metamorphosed By Sedgewick Pluton. (Bouley)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1972
Year of last production 1977

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kerramerican, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Black Hawk Mining Ltd., 40% Kerr Addison Mines Ltd.,60%

Production statistics

  • Year 1976
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.2% Cu And 5.1% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • CU CONCENTRATES GO TO GASPE SMELTER MURDOCKVILLE, QUEBEC. ZN CONCENTRATES GO TO MONACA, PA. AS OF 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.46 wt-pct Copper Major 1976
    Zinc Zn 3.2 wt-pct Zinc Major 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK

Comments on the workings information

  • Originally 2 Shafts and 3 Tunnells. #1 Shaft 180' Deep, 2 Veins With 60' Drift On One, 20' Drift On the Other. #2 (Easterly) Shaft 200' Deep With 70' Drifts. Ruins of Concentrating Plant, Smelter and Slag Dump On Surface.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    1-3 USBM. MINE CLOSED. 1977.

  • Deposit

    Bouley, B.A., 1978, Volcanic Stratigraphy, Stratabound Sulfide Deposits, Relative Age Relationships In The East Penobscot Bay Area: Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University Of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 168 P.Bouley, B.A., 1978, Volcanic Stratigraphy, Stratabound Sulfide Deposits, Relative Age Relationships In The East Penobscot Bay Area: Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University Of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 168 P.

  • Deposit

    Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., Ii; Compiler), 1958, Maine Metal Mines And Prospects: Maine Geological Survey Minerals Resources Index 3, 53 P.Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., Ii; Compiler), 1958, Maine Metal Mines And Prospects: Maine Geological Survey Minerals Resources Index 3, 53 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-98 Beck, F.M. Contractor Checked Location, Commodity Codes, References; Geologic Comments
Updater 01-DEC-81 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-02 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey Updated Commodities, Ore Materials, Calculated Lat/Long

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