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Rollins Gold Mine

Unknown in Washington county in Maine, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10306874
Record type Site
Current site name Rollins Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.68115, 44.95284 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wesley(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

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Woody Thompson'S Database. Located Along E Side of W Branch New Stream, Approx. 1500' N of Air Line Road. Accurate To 100 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Phyllites, Quartzites, Schists

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Two Shafts (Morrill & Hinckley). Several Pits, the Largest Trending Nearly East-West, 12' X 25', and Estimated To Be 25' Deep (Young, 1963).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect Evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey Special Economic Studies Series 3, 86 P.Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect Evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey Special Economic Studies Series 3, 86 P.

  • Deposit

    Forsyth, W.T., 1955, Airborne Magnetometer Investigations In Eastern Maine: In Trefethen, J.M., Report Of The State Geologist, 1953-1954: (Maine Geological Survey), Maine Development Commission, P. 31-45,Forsyth, W.T., 1955, Airborne Magnetometer Investigations In Eastern Maine: In Trefethen, J.M., Report Of The State Geologist, 1953-1954: (Maine Geological Survey), Maine Development Commission, P. 31-45,

  • Deposit

    Morrill, P., And Hinckley, W.P., 1959, Eastern Maine: Maine Mines And Minerals, V. 2, Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, 80 P.Morrill, P., And Hinckley, W.P., 1959, Eastern Maine: Maine Mines And Minerals, V. 2, Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, 80 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-98 Beck, F.M. Contractor Mine Operated 1907
Editor 01-DEC-02 Woodruff, L. G. U.S. Geological Survey

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