Young Hecla

Unknown in Hancock county in Maine, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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 10194090
MAS/MILS ID 0230090081
Record type Site
Current site name Young Hecla

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -68.61016, 44.40075 (WGS84)
Elevation 62
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

Blue Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bar Harbor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bangor(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 Hancock

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -68.61016, 44.40075

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUSSEY II, ARTHUR M, JUNE 1, 1958, ME GEOL SURVEY MIN RES

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES INDEX NO.3,1958,53 PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VOL 2, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    BLUE HILL 15' USGS MAP, MINE MAP REPOSITORY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ENTRY DATE MARCH,1977 REC A-1 NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON MINERALOGY REC 40 EVALUATIONS BASED ON 1957 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.