Boston Acton Mine

Past Producer in York county in Maine, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121843
MAS/MILS ID 0230310012
Record type Site
Current site name Boston Acton Mine
Alternate or previous names Acton Consolidated

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.89945, 43.55826 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Great East Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Portland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piscataqua-Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Saco(hydrologic accounting unit)

Saco(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine York

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -70.89945, 43.55826

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUSSEY, A.M. AND AUSTIN, M.B. (1958), "MAINE METAL MINES AND

  • Deposit

    CTS", MAINE GEOL. SURV., MIN. RES. INDEX NO.3, 53 PP.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, PHILIP, 1958, "MAINE MINES AND MINERALS", VOL.1, WE

  • Deposit

    AINE, DILLINGHAM NAT. HISTORY MUSEUM, NAPLES, ME.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. REC. 010, COMMODITY 4, ARSENOPYRITE COULD BE A DELETERIOUS MINERAL REC. 011, DEPOSIT NAME, BOSTON ACTON, IS PART OF A GROUP OF CALLED ACTON CONSOLIDATED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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