Jones Jones and Dodge Prospect

Prospect in Hancock county in Maine, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145642
MAS/MILS ID 0230090021
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Jones and Dodge Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -68.75127, 44.42355 (WGS84)
Elevation 10
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castine(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -68.75127, 44.42355

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, R.S., 1962, "PROSPECT EVALUATIONS, HANCOCK COUNTY, MA

  • Deposit

    AINE GEOL. SURV. SPEC. ECON. SER. NO.2, 113 P.

  • 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

    EMMONS, W.H. (1910), "SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN MAINE AND THE MIL

  • Deposit

    NEW HAMPSHIRE," U.S. GEOL. SURV., BULL. 432, 62 PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUREAU OF MINES,INTERNAL MEMO.AREA I MINERAL RESOURCES O

  • Deposit

    PITTSBURGH,PA.DEC.1964

  • Deposit

    CASTINE 15' USGS MAP,MINE MAP REPOSITORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. REC. 010, MINING IN PAST HAS BEEN LIMITED TO SURFACE PITS ALT CHARACTER OF THE DEPOSIT INDICATES THAT ANY FUTURE MINING WO UNDERGROUND. REVIEW AND UPDATE BY DAVID C.UHRIN,MAY 1977. REC 40 EVALUATIONS BASED ON 1941 MAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Uhrin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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