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Deer Isle Mine Prospect

Past Producer in Hancock county in Maine, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Nickel, Silica, Zinc
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  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 10266942
MAS/MILS ID 0230090020
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Isle Mine Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -68.73407, 44.22215 (WGS84)
Elevation 10
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

Deer Isle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bar Harbor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Hancock

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Precambrian Z rocks of Islesboro
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
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

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

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

    EMMONS, W.H. (1910), "SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN MAINE AND THE MIL

  • Deposit

    , NEW HAMPSHIRE", U.S. GEOL. SURV., BULL. 432, 62 PP.

  • Deposit

    DEER ISLE 15' USGS MAP MINE MAP REPOSITORY-(D.L.U.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF COMMENTS JUNE 1976 - DUNNGEOSCIENCE J0166037 TPO HAR REC. 010, COMMODITY 4 (QTZ.) IS ANON-RECOVERABLE GANGUE MINE REC 010- COMMODITY 5 (NICKEL) ADDED JULY 1977 BY CAB. SEE RE 702-703, PP 14, 15.

Reporter information

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

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