Bacon & Snow Mine

Occurrence in Washington county in Maine, United States with commodities Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10306875
Record type Site
Current site name Bacon & Snow Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.61822, 44.90288 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Lake(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. Accurate To 100 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.61822, 44.90288

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Highly Altered Mylonites

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Small Pit 4' X 5' X 10' Deep On Vein.

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

    Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., Ii; Compiler), 1958, Maine Metal Mines And Prospects: Maine Geological Survey Minerals Resources Index 3, 53 P.Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., Ii; Compiler), 1958, Maine Metal Mines And Prospects: Maine Geological Survey Minerals Resources Index 3, 53 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,

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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