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Bub Bailey Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Maine, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10084658
MRDS ID W102079
Record type Site
Current site name Bub Bailey Gold Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.78493, 45.63483 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Danforth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danforth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fredericton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saint Croix River(hydrologic unit)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Washington

Comments on the location information

  • Nw of Flagstaff Mountain, E of Rte 1, Approx. 4 Mi S of Danforth Village. Accurate To 500 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.78493, 45.63483
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • "Only A Trace, If Any, of Au Found By Prospectors, and the Material Remaining In the Dump Is Apparently Unmineralized." (Larrabee, Spencer & Swift, 1965)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Small Trench, Hand Excavated, 4 To 6' Deep, 2 To 5' Wide, 50' Long.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LARRABER & SPENCER, 1963, USGS GQ-221

  • Deposit

    Larrabee, D.M. And Spencer, C.W., 1963, Bedrock Geology Of The Danforth Quadrangle, Maine: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map Gq-221, Scale 1:62,500.Larrabee, D.M. And Spencer, C.W., 1963, Bedrock Geology Of The Danforth Quadrangle, Maine: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map Gq-221, Scale 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    Larrabee, D.M. Spencer, C.W. And Swift, D.J.P., 1965, Bedrock Geology Of The Grand Lake Area, Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, And Washington Counties, Maine: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1201, 38 P.Larrabee, D.M. Spencer, C.W. And Swift, D.J.P., 1965, Bedrock Geology Of The Grand Lake Area, Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, And Washington Counties, Maine: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1201, 38 P.

Reporter information

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