Black Hawk - Blue Hill Zn - Cu

Producer in Hancock county in Maine, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073177
MRDS ID W019044
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hawk - Blue Hill Zn - Cu
Alternate or previous names Second Pond
Related records 10145452

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.68269, 44.36662 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 KM SW OF ELLSWORTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sargentville(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
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

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

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Ellsworth Formation Altered Schists, Amphibolites
    Rock description Ellsworth Formation Altered Schists, Amphibolites

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.68269, 44.36662

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Volcanic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Gently Folded, Southerly Plunging Anticline (Ore At Nose).

Ore body information

  • General form SERIES OF PARALLEL ORE ZONES
    Dip 26 DEG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1972

Mining district

District name Blue Hill Dist.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kerramerican, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kerr Addison Mines

Comments on the production information

  • MINE CAME ON STREAM OCT. 1972

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1964
    Total resources 1090000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 16.75 wt-pct Zinc Major 1964
    Copper Cu 0.55 wt-pct Copper Major 1964
    Silver Ag 13 g/mt Silver Minor 1964
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1964
    Total resources 2540000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.97 wt-pct Copper Major 1964
    Silver Ag 14 g/mt Silver Minor 1964
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1964
    Total resources 410000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.95 wt-pct Copper Major 1964
    Lead Pb 6.75 wt-pct Lead Minor 1964
    Silver Ag 146 g/mt Silver Minor 1964

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1973 PROVEN RESV. ONLY 670,000 MT. 5.68% ZN, 1.7% CU (KERRAMERICAN). THIS FIGURE IS PROBABLY LOW BY A FACTOR OF 4 OR 5

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 400M

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1968, SEVERAL HUNDRED METERS OF DEVELOPMENT ON 116, 146, 177 M. LEVELS. SHAFT TO 400 M.

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 331 MET TONS ; ECON.YEAR: 1977 ; ECON.COM: 907 MTPD MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, R. S., 1968, MINERAL EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN MAINE; IN ORE DEPOSITS OF U. S. 1933 - 1967 V. 1 P. 130

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1975, SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK. P. 326

  • Production

    SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK., 1975, P. 326

  • Reserve-Resource

    YOUNG, R. S., 1968, IN ORE DEP. OF U. S. 1933 - 67 V. 1, P. 130.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: 1) MAMMOTH ZONE, 3 M. ZN - CU; 2) SECOND POND ZONE, UP TO 10 M. CU ORE; 3) AMPHIBOLITE ZONE, 1.2 - 2 M OF 14% ZN; 4) DOUGLAS (LOWER) CU ZONE 5) LEAD ZONE, PB - AG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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