Ledge Ridge

Occurrence in Oxford county in Maine, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084507
MRDS ID W101891
Record type Site
Current site name Ledge Ridge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.9637, 45.1979 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oxford(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parmachenee Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Flagstaff Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sherbrooke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Androscoggin River(hydrologic unit)

Androscoggin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Androscoggin(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Oxford

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Woody Thompson'S Database. Nw Corner Parmachenee Township, On N Spur of Ledge Ridge. Accurate To 100 M.

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.9637, 45.1979

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Discovered 1973; Present Owner Boise Cascade. Reserves (Cummings, 1988) 3,700,000 Tons @ 2.3%Zn, 0.95%Cu, 0.85%Pb, 0.6opt Ag, 0.015opt Au

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Extensively Prospected, Drilled.
  • Massive Sulfide, Not Kuroko

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-OCT-98 Beck, F.M. Contractor Checked Location, Commodity Codes, References; Geologic Comments
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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.