| Deposit ID | 10169909 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0230090019 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hercules Prospect |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -68.73326, 44.43185 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 10 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hancock(county)
Maine(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Penobscot(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bar Harbor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Bangor(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Maine | Hancock |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -68.73326, 44.43185 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Unknown |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0230090019 |
YOUNG, R.S., 1962, "PROSPECT EVALUATIONS, HANCOCK COUNTY, MA
AINE GEOL. SURV. SPEC. ECON. SER. NO. 2, 113 P.
HUSSEY, A.M. AND AUSTIN, M.B. (1958), "MAINE METAL MINES AND
CTS," MAINE GEOL. SURV., MIN. RES. INDEX NO. 3, 53 PP.
EMMONS, W.H. (1910), "SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN MAINE AND THE MIL
, NEW HAMPSHIRE", U.S. GEOL. SURV., BULL. 432, 62 PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. COMMODITIES 3&4 (QTZ. AND PYRRHOTITE), ARE NON-RECOVERABLE GANGUE MINERALS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-NOV-1983 | Dunn, George | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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