Owen Lead Prospect

Prospect in Hancock county in Maine, United States with commodities 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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266932
MAS/MILS ID 0230090018
Record type Site
Current site name Owen Lead Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -68.63296, 44.39025 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
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

Penobscot(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
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -68.63296, 44.39025

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blue Hill District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. REC. 010, TYPE MINING (COL. 43) IS IMPLIED BY YOUNG, 1962 (B FILES) TO BE SURFACE. REC. 010, MINERALS HOLDINGS MAY BE AMONG THE KERRAMERICAN-BL HAWK HOLDINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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