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Trio Mine

Past Producer in Hancock county in Maine, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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  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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084402
MRDS ID W101704
Record type Site
Current site name Trio Mine
Alternate or previous names Trio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.56762, 44.36734 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brooklin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bar Harbor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Hancock

Comments on the location information

  • 50 Ft W of Rte 172, 0.8 Mi S of Jct With Rte 175 At Blue Hill Falls. Accurate To 100 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.56762, 44.36734
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Shaft In Ellsworth Schist About 175 Ft E of the North-Trending Contact of Schist and Sedgwick Granite. No Dump Rocks Remain. Probably Used For Roads. (Young, 1962)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Two-Compartment Shaft (4.5x5ft Each), 50 Ft Deep and Small Trench. Three Veins. At 45 Gy Pay Streak Widened To 11 Ft and Iron Replaced By Silver (Mri3).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAND, 1958, MR INDEX

  • 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.

  • 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
Updater 01-OCT-98 Beck, F.M. Contractor Checked Location, Commodity Codes, References; Geologic Comments
Reporter 01-DEC-83 Whitlow, S. 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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