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Riverside Mine

Past Producer in Knox county in Maine, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084417
MRDS ID W101736
Record type Site
Current site name Riverside Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.05959, 44.1684 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Knox(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Knox

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Woody Thompson'S Database. Rockport Village, E Side of Rockport Harbor, Shaft Midpoint Between Tide Levels, Another Shaft At Foot of Bluff (Morrill, V2). Shaft On Ridge 200' Above Water Level (Mri3). Accurate To 100 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Arsenopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.05959, 44.1684
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • Shaft(S).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAND, 1958, MR INDEX

  • Deposit

    Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, D.W., And Austin, M. B.; Compilers), 1957, Maine Pegmatite Mines And Prospects And Associated Minerals: Maine Geological Survey (Department Of Development Of Industry And Commerce), Minerals Resources IndeMaine Geological Survey (Caldwell, D.W., And Austin, M. B.; Compilers), 1957, Maine Pegmatite Mines And Prospects And Associated Minerals: Maine Geological Survey (Department Of Development Of Industry And Commerce), Minerals Resources Inde

  • Deposit

    Morrill, P., And Hinckley, W.P., 1959, Eastern Maine: Maine Mines And Minerals, V. 2, Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, 80 P.Morrill, P., And Hinckley, W.P., 1959, Eastern Maine: Maine Mines And Minerals, V. 2, Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, 80 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-OCT-98 Beck, F.M. Contractor Checked Location, Commodities, References;
Reporter 01-NOV-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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