Cooper Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Maine, United States with commodities Bismuth, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10170201
MRDS ID W000007
MAS/MILS ID 0230290012
Record type Site
Current site name Cooper Mine
Related records 10110214

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -67.44932, 44.96664 (WGS84)
Elevation 119
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Cathance(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Machias(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eastport(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Maine Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -67.44932, 44.96664

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Edgerly
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CRIB RECORD NO. W000007.

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, ROBERT S, MAY, 1963, ME GEOL SURVEY SPEC ECON STUDIES

  • Deposit

    SERIES NO. 3, PP. 67-68.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, PHILIP & HINCKLEY, WM. P, 1959, ME MINES & MINERALS

  • Deposit

    VOLUME 2, PAGE 20.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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