Petit Manan Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Maine, United States with commodities Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10306877
Record type	Site
Current site name	Petit Manan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-67.89586, 44.43679 (WGS84)

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

Comments on the location information

Location From Woody Thompson'S Database. Located On Petit Manan Point, Approx .5 Mi S of Carrying Place Cove, Approx 500' Nw of Pigeon Hill Road, On Sw Side of Trail Or Dirt Road On Topo. Accurate To 100 M.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Zinc Critical	Primary
Silver	Primary
Lead	Primary
Copper	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Sphalerite	Ore
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Galena	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-67.89586, 44.43679	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Comments on the workings information

One Shaft and Several Small Blast Holes Within A 100' Radius. Shaft Is 10' X 13'. Estimated To Have Been Open To A Depth of 40-45'. (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.

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.