Petit Manan Prospect

Prospect in Washington county in Maine, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, 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 10218468
MAS/MILS ID 0230290020
Record type Site
Current site name Petit Manan Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -67.89604, 44.43934 (WGS84)
Elevation 32
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

Petit Manan Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Petit Manan Point(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)

Federal lands

Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -67.89604, 44.43934

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 Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, R.S. 1963,"PROSPECT EVALUATIONS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, M

  • Deposit

    MAINE GEOL. SURV. SPEC. ECON. SER. NO. 3, 86 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. REC. 010, COMMODITY 2 (PYRITE) IS A NON-RECOVERABLE GANGE MINERAL

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.