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| 280 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121064 | 0230090084 | Abner Gray | Brooksville | Hancock | Castine | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3767000004443 | -68.7972000001516 | M | Copper | Copper | Unknown | Underground | Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 7, 46; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 12, 68; Castine 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 196 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10073615 | W019744 | Acadia Peat Corporation | Penobscot | Hancock | Penobscot | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.486109999574 | -68.6900000003726 | Peat | Peat | Past Producer | Surface | Small | Peat | Unknown | MESA inspector | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1104 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291545 | 0230130080 | Achorn Quarry | Rockland | Knox | Rockland | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.123899999744 | -69.1161000000336 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 42, 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1750 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194595 | 0230310023 | Acton Mine | Acton | York | Milton | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 43.4783970585862 | -70.9082070729623 | M | Gold, Lead, Silver | Lead | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 7, 52; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1455 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306763 | ARO-001 | Adams Mountain Manganese Prospect | Linneus | Aroostook | Linneus | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Miller, 1947. Coordinates are for outcrops on Adams Mtn (farm of M. Adams, 1947). Ore is also exposed N of Adams Mtn and of road (farm of H. Brewer, 1947). | 46.069951151555 | -67.9519783584645 | M | Iron, Manganese | Manganese | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | none | oxides; Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Manganese Ox-Hydrous | calcareous shale | Chemical Sediment, Marine | F.M. Beck Inc.; "Beck, F.", "Woodruff, L. G." | Miller, R. L., 1947, Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 4, P. 75, 77, Plate 4; Eilertsen, N. A., 1958, Investigation of manganese areas, Hammond Plantation and Hodgdon Townships, southern district, Aroostook County, Maine: U. S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 5392, 38 p.; Report of the Panel on Manganese Recovery Technology: National Minerals Advisory Board, NMAB-323, 1976, 81 p. | Mn (Fe) | S | chemical sediment, marine | One composite grab sample taken from Adams Mtn location. Northern location sampled by Eckstorm and by Manganese Ore Co. | 98 10 | Published literature | occurrence | Southern Aroostook Mn District | On Adams Mtn strongly folded greenish slate, strikes N70E, containing beds of manganiferous calcareous shale crop out on W side of hill; some ore float and a magnetic zone are found on N side. location N of highway contains abundant magnetite, strike E-W. | ||||||||||||
| 581 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10184103 | 0230270022 | Adams Oak Hill Quarry | Swanville | Waldo | Brooks East | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5061000001389 | -69.0321999996151 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1504 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267478 | 0230230013 | Adderton Quarry | Bowdoinham | Sagadahoc | Brunswick | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 43.9965839675116 | -69.9145279002562 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 6, 39; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 9, 68; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1477 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10307224 | Alder Pond Sulfide Deposit | Lower Enchanted Twp | Somerset | Basin Mtn | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 45.3350097244694 | -70.2128559114159 | M | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Silver | Prospect | Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite | Greenschist; Jim Pond Formation | Woodruff, Laurel G. | Beck, F. M., 1993, Massive-sulfide deposits of New England, in Davies, J. F., Gibson, H. L., and Whitehead, R. E. S. (editors), Third annual field conference of the Geological Society of CIM; papers: Exploration and Mining Geology, v. 2, no. 4, p. 402-404; U.S. Geological Survey, 1999, The mineral industry of Maine, in Area reports: Domestic: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook 1997, v. II, 3 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1306 | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | FRA-001 | Alder Stream Copper Prospect | Alder Stream Twp | Franklin | Tim Mtn | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | Location from Fred Beck. Located in SE quadrant of Alder Stream Twp, s side of Alder Stream. | 45.2350929515939 | -70.6008230940129 | M | Copper | Copper | none | chalcopyrite | Jim Pond Fm | F.M. Beck Inc. | Fred Beck, personal communication; Cummings, J. S., 1988, Geochemical detection of volcanogenic massive sulphides in humid-temperate terrain (using surficial methods): J. S. Cummings, Bangor, Maine, p. 271-277 | base metal | unknown | stringers | Drilled. | 98 10 | Published literature, personal communication | inactive prospect | Drilled ini 1974 by NE Joint Venture | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1676 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145572 | 0230170066 | Aldrich Quarry | Stoneham | Oxford | Speckled Mtn | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.271978 | -70.939622 | Beryllium, Feldspar, Gemstone, Mica | Beryllium | Feldspar, Mica, Gemstone | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 6, 37; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 885 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242619 | 0230170133 | Alexander Quarry | Stoneham | Oxford | Speckled Mtn | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.2772000003768 | -70.9150000002872 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 47, 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 370 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121731 | 0230230043 | Alice Staples Quarry | Topsham | Sagadahoc | Brunswick | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.9632999998519 | -69.9492000002464 | B | Beryllium, Feldspar, Tantalum | Beryllium | Feldspar, Tantalum | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 18, 39; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 51, 68; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1775 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145183 | 0230170138 | Allen Mtn Prospect | Stoneham | Oxford | North Waterford | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.2399238226192 | -70.816704929861 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 49, 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1091 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291301 | 0230090220 | Allen Quarry | Allan Quarry | Mount Desert | Hancock | Southwest Harbor | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3385999996411 | -68.3227999998477 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 6, 49; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 38, 77; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 462 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145768 | 0230090215 | Alonzo Abbot Quarry | Sullivan | Hancock | Sullivan | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5514000000883 | -68.2368999998663 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 6, 50; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 26; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 513 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169698 | 0230070010 | American Stone Company Quarry | Jay | Franklin | Wilton | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5446999997087 | -70.2271999997572 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 6, 49; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 25; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 844 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242332 | 0230170177 | Amethyst Occurrence | Lovell | Oxford | North Waterford | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.1946999997423 | -70.8639000000763 | N | Gemstone | Gemstone | Occurrence | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 549 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10170067 | 0230170180 | Amethyst Prospect | Stoneham | Oxford | Center Lovell | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.2352999997744 | -70.9496999999447 | N | Gemstone | Gemstone | Occurrence | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 230 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10069790 | W007477 | Andalusite Occurrence | Elliottsville Twp | Piscataquis | Monson East | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.3666700003794 | -69.4166700003279 | N | Kyanite | Kyanite | Occurrence | Surface | No | Andalusite | Andalusite. Hornfels,Schist | Metamorphic | Espenshade, Gilbert H. | Philbrick, S. S., 1936, The contact metamorphism of the Onawa pluton, Piscataquis County, Maine: American Journal of Science, 5th series, v. 31, no. 181, p. 1-40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1438 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306764 | ARO-002 | Anderson Manganese Prospect | Woodland | Aroostook | Mud Lake | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Miller, 1947. .65 mi SE of Henderson School. Approx .75 mi E of Aroostook Valley rr tracks on Rte 228, S on Lufkin Rd approx. .4 mi. E of road. | 46.879171071712 | -68.1548415438652 | M | Iron, Manganese | Manganese | Iron | Occurrence | none | oxides; Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Manganese Ox-Hydrous | hematitic shale, slate | Chemical Sediment, Marine | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Miller, R. L., 1947, Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 4, p. 47, Plate 2 | Mn (Fe) | S | chemical sediment, marine | One grab sample analyzed. | 98 09 | Published literature | occurrence | Northern Aroostook Mn District | Continuous belt 1500' long; appears thin from float. | |||||||||||||
| 717 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218159 | 0230170065 | Anderson Mine | Mason Twp | Oxford | Gilead | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3830999995855 | -70.8894000001252 | N | Mica | Mica | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 6, 37; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1198 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291787 | 0230030029 | Anderson Prospect | Woodland | Aroostook | Mud Lake | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 46.8802999996486 | -68.1575000000384 | M | Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Miller, R. L., 1947, Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 4, P. 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 289 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121159 | 0230310045 | Andrews & Perkins Quarries | Biddeford | York | Biddeford | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.4650000004086 | -70.4192000000727 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 6; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 7; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1771 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218672 | 0230170079 | Andrews Ledge Prospect | Stoneham | Oxford | Center Lovell | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.2358342519184 | -70.9505613112291 | Beryllium, Mica | Beryllium | Mica | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 6, 32; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 47; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 539 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10170007 | 0230310018 | Androscoggin Acton-Mine | Acton | York | Milton | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.4899999998923 | -70.915299999727 | M | Silver | Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 7, 52; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 1, 62; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 242 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121833 | 0230090219 | Angell And Haggerty Quarry | A & H Quarry | Mount Desert | Hancock | Southwest Harbor | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3417000004476 | -68.323300000413 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 6, 49; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 38, 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1642 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291390 | 0230090109 | Annear Mine | Penobscot | Hancock | Orland | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.5103016380558 | -68.6271469862906 | M | Copper, Gold, Silver | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 7, 50; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 40; Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 97, 99; Orland 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1227 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10084422, 10267287, 10218297 | 10084422 | W101742 | W101742 | Appleton Mine | Roland Gushee Farm Prospect; Appleton | Appleton | Knox | Searsmont | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m? | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Cheney, 1967. From Appleton village take road w to Gushees Corner, then cross Mill Pond outlet to Allen Brook and go S approx. .9 mi. Exact location uncertain. | 44.2667435453706 | -69.2393309797591 | M | Copper | Copper | Occurrence | Underground | U | Small | Chalcopyrite | stratabound concordant | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | J. Slack; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 7; Cheney, E. S., 1967, Reconnaissance and economic geology of the northwestern Knox County marble belt: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 19 (Special Economic Studies Series 7), p. 19; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 3 | base metal | S | Shaft, filled with water in 1963. | USGS | 83 12 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 10 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Prospected in 1965, mapped, sampled, three shallow diamond drill holes. Core may be stored at Maine Geol. Surv. repository? | |||||||||
| 67 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194251 | 0230190037 | Argonaut Mine | Hampden | Penobscot | Hermon | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 30. | Unknown | USGS MRDS location corrected using published literature (Maine Geological Survey, 11/03/08) | 44.7573047267663 | -68.8983457091707 | M | Copper, Lead, Silver | Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 30, 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1442 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306765 | ARO-003 | Aroostook River Manganese Prospects | Wade | Aroostook | Washburn | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Miller, 1947. Location is for prospect on S bank of Aroostook River, exposed in the angle between the river road and a private road, approx .75 mi W of Castle Hill Road. Another prospect, on N bank of Aroostook River, exposed in road bed of Gardner Creek/Wade Road, approx. .6 mi W of Wade-Washburn town line. | 46.767938560517 | -68.1791098711336 | M | Iron, Manganese | Manganese | Iron | Occurrence | none | oxides; Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Manganese Ox-Hydrous | hematitic shales | Chemical Sediment, Marine | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Miller, R. L., 1947, Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 4, p. 50, Plate 2 | Mn (Fe) | S | chemical sediment, marine | 98 10 | 98 10 | Published literature | occurrence | Northern Aroostook Mn District | Manganese-stained hematitic shales, apparently of good grade, several tens of feet wide. | |||||||||||||
| 1682 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121732 | 0230090147 | Ashley Silver Mine | Ashley Mine | Sullivan | Hancock | Sullivan | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.5273203343938 | -68.216907853519 | M | Silver | Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 8, 49; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 45, 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1370 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306799 | HAN0008 | Atlantic Mine | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 500m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Maine Geological Survey (1958) MRI-3, plate 2, transferred to 15 min. topo. Located S of Rte 176, between Rte 176 and NE corner of Second Pond, approx. 500' E of Douglas Mine. | 44.3957872228854 | -68.6220690166128 | M | Copper, Silver, Gold | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Surface, Underground | sulfides | quartzites, gneiss, amphibolite | stratabound exhalative | besshi massive sulfide; 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 8, 47 | base metal | stratabound exhalative | 24B | Two shafts and open cut. One shaft 72' deep; 60' crosscut running n on 72' level cuts douglas lode at 54'; 13' drift to w on vein in crosscut (MRI-3). | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | Blue Hill District | Crosscut intersects Douglas Lode | |||||||||||||
| 447 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145712 | W019698 | 0230010002 | Auburn Pit | Clay Mine | Auburn | Androscoggin | Lewiston | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.0832999997119 | -70.2133000002313 | N | Clay | Clay | Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | MESA inspectors 1981; MSHA list 5-18-81; # associated with mill, seq. no. 0230019013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 391 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145264 | 0230130049 | Austin Pasture Quarry | Thomaston | Knox | Thomaston | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.0981000002552 | -69.1433000002057 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 48, 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 252 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145813 | 0230090098 | Azure Mine | Deer Isle | Hancock | Sargentville | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.2883000003346 | -68.7058000002477 | M | Copper | Copper | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 8; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1709 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Used record for BB No. 1 Quarry, USGS MRDS DEP_ID = 10267125 | 10267125 | 0230170039 | B. B. #7 Quarry | Benson & Brown #7 Quarry; Nobles Corner Mine; (Stanley) Perham Mica Mine | Norway | Oxford | West Paris | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.2703 | -70.623628 | B | Garnet, Gemstone, Lithium, Mica | Garnet | Gemstone, Lithium, Mica | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 6, 35; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1668 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10306875, 10267388 | 10306875 | 0230290033 | WAS007 | Bacon & Snow Mine | Wesley | Washington | Round Lake | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.9047689143358 | -67.6182391817729 | M | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Zinc | Silver, Copper | Gold | Occurrence | Surface | Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite | highly altered mylonites | Vein, Shear Zone | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 3, p. 24; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 8; Forsyth, W. T., 1955, Airborne magnetometer investigations in eastern Maine, in Trefethen, Joseph M., Report of the State Geologist, 1953-1954: (Maine Geological Survey), Maine Development Commission, p. 31-45; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 51 | base metal | S | vein, shear zone | Small pit 4' x 5' x 10' deep on vein. | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Vein in developed in small shear; part of zone of strong shearing seen on air photos. | |||||||||||
| 1035 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267409 | W019807 | 0230290004 | Baileyville Quarry | Baileyville | Washington | Woodland | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.1322000001661 | -67.3922000000297 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | MSHA list 5-18-81; CMS list 10-30-81; RCF list 10-28-81; # associated with mill, seq. no. 0230299006; MSHA inspection report 9-16-81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1569 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10084601 | W102003 | W102003 | Bald Mtn Sulfide Deposit | Bald Mt. | T12 R8 WELS | Aroostook | Greenlaw Pond | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). Located in NE quarter of T12R8, on W slope of No Name Ridge, to N of Bald Mtn, to S of Bishop Mtn. Deposit is on E side of Carr Pond road. | 46.7346307869039 | -68.7418700513664 | M | Arsenic, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Copper, Gold, Silver | Zinc; Arsenic | Prospect | none | No | Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Pyrrhotite, Arsenopyrite, Galena | Metavolcanic rock; Winterville Fm, submarine volcanic and sedimentary rocks | stratabound concordant; Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide | 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko | Whitlow, S., Beck, F.M., Woodruff, Laurel G. | Cummings, J. S., 1988, Geochemical detection of volcanogenic massive sulphides in humid-temperate terrain (using surficial methods): J. S. Cummings, Bangor, Maine, 298 p.; Guild, P.W., 1981, Preliminary metallogenic map of North America: a numerical listing of deposits: U.S. Geological Survey, Circular 858-A, p. 76; Scully, M. V., 1999, personal communication; Slack, J. F., Flohr, M. J. K., and Scully, M. V., 1997, Hypogene mineralogy and paragenesis of the Bald Mountain massive sulfide deposit, Aroostook County, Maine: U. S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report, OF 97-0746, 29 p.; Slack, J. F., Foose, M. P., Flohr, M. J. K., Scully, M. V., and Belkin, H. E., 2003, Exhalative subsea-floor replacement processes in the formation of the Bald Mountain massive sulfide deposit, northern Maine, in Goodfellow, Wayne D., McCutcheon, Steven R., and Peter, Jan M. (editors), Massive sulfide deposits of the Bathurst mining camp, New Brunswick, and northern Maine: Economic Geology Monographs, v. 11, p. 513-547; U.S. Geological Survey, 1999, The mineral industry of Maine, in Area reports - Domestic: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Yearbook 1997, v. II, 3 p. | base, precious metal | M | volcanogenic massive sulfide | 28A | 153+ mineral exploration holes drilled; 200+ 6-inch core holes for metallurgical studies; 100+ exploration holes drilled in surrounding areas; in addition, many holes drilled for monitoring and baseline studies. permitting in progress by Blackhawk, 1998 | USGS | 83 11 | Frank, Dave; F.M. Beck Inc. | 93 02; 98 10 | Published literature, personal communication | active prospect | Deposit is in felsic volcanics overlying basalts. Capped by reddish jaspery chert. Structurally controlled by a graben. Gossan zone with Au and Ag, but no base metals. | On land owned by Great Northern Paper Co.; under lease presently to Blackhawk. | |||||
| 572 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10170258 | 0230170020 | Baldpate Mtn. Area Prospect | Andover West Surplus Twp | Oxford | Old Speck Mtn | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.6107999997897 | -70.8891999998991 | N | Gemstone | Gemstone | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 6, 30; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1788 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Used record for Colton Hill Amethyst Prospect, USGS MRDS DEP_ID = 10145681 | 10145681 | 0230170139 | Barbour Quarry | Stow | Oxford | Center Lovell | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.2086917004376 | -70.9867646526643 | N | Gemstone | Gemstone | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 49, 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1644 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10084606, 10145950; Big Hill separated from this record | 10084606 | W102008 | 0230290014 | W102008 | Barret (Ag, Cu, Zn) Prospect | Dolsan Prospect; Sinclair Farm Prospect; Barrett Mine; Barrett Pits; Synclair Farm | Pembroke | Washington | Pembroke | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | Location from Thompson and others (2000). From W Pembroke, go NW on Rte 214 2.3 mi past jct Rtes 1 & 214. Turn SE onto trail .5 mi. to side of hill. | 44.9674848726398 | -67.2219596708798 | M | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Copper, Zinc | Lead, Silver | Gold | Occurrence | Surface-Underground | Surface | Small | chalcopyrite (Cu), sphaelerite (Zn) galena (Pb) unknown (Ag) native (Au) | rhyolite, andesite | Breccia; stratabound discordant | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G., Dunn, George | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 9, 51; Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 3, 86 p. 58-59, 73, 75; Emmons, W. H., 1910, Some ore deposits in Maine and the Milan Mine, New Hampshire: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 432, p 46-47; Hersey, C. K., 1982, Pembroke Sesquicentennial Historical Souvenir Book, 1832-1982, Pembroke Sesquicentennial Committee, July 1982; ; J. Slack, personal communication, 1983; Young, R. S., 1968, Mineral exploration and development in Maine, in Ridge, John D. (editor), Ore deposits of the United States, 1933-1967 (Graton-Sales Volume): American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, v. 1, p. 125-139 | base metal | S | breccia and stringer zone within volcanic units | Young (1963) and Emmons (1910) show an open cut approx. 200' long, and up to 6 smaller pits, 5 to 15' deep, and associated dumps. Also a blacksmith shop. | USGS | 83 11 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Big Hill Lead Mine, Pembroke Mine | Veinlets filling fracture zones, disseminations in vesicular lava, amygdaloidal fillings in lava. (Emmons) Drilling done in 1960's by Dolson, observed by Fred Beck. Hersey (1982) indicates activity as late as 1932. | Woody Thompson's coords substituted. | ||
| 1796 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10266987 | 0230170112 | Barrett Prospect | Hebron | Oxford | Oxford | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.2446778169319 | -70.4274825005552 | B | Beryllium, Feldspar, Garnet, Gemstone, Mica | Beryllium | Garnet, Feldspar, Gemstone, Mica | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 6, 34; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 408 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145416 | 0230130082 | Bartlett Quarry | Rockland | Knox | Camden | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.1269000004374 | -69.1149999996894 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 42, 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1230 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10008390 | D000500 | D000500 | Basin Falls | Buckfield | Oxford | West Sumner | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 500m? | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location based on description in Morrill, v1, p. 11: S of road and E of Bennet Mine farm. 50' downstream from falls. | 44.2929193292672 | -70.4017777617523 | M | Molybdenum | Molybdenum | Occurrence | none | No | molybdenite | pegmatite | Beck, F., King, Robert U., Woodruff, Laurel G. | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 11, 72 | base metal | S | USGS | 74 08 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 10 | occurrence | Molybdenite crystals noted by Morrill, v1. | Molybdenite crystal occurrence of unknown significance. | |||||||||||||
| 1176 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242760 | 0230230014 | Basin Quarry | Phippsburg | Sagadahoc | Phippsburg | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.8071999996511 | -69.8443999995833 | N | Feldspar, Garnet, Mica | Feldspar | Garnet, Mica | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 6, 40; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 40, 69; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 499 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169602 | 0230290092 | Basley Prospect | Lubec | Washington | West Lubec | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.8219000001137 | -67.089400000362 | M | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 3, p. 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 827 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242232 | 0230090058 | Bay View Copper Prospect | Surry | Hancock | Newbury Neck | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3910999996361 | -68.4664000003067 | M | Copper | Copper | Unknown | Underground | Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 8, 50; Mt. Desert 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1486 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218165 | 0230090057 | Bay View Mine | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.3990468344663 | -68.5366580940312 | M | Copper | Copper | Unknown | Underground | Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 8, 47; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 5, 70; Blue Hill 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 287 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121136 | 0230070013 | Beal Mine | Carthage | Franklin | Weld | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.6328000003786 | -70.4696999996054 | M | Zinc | Zinc | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 674 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194632 | 0230170162 | Bean Mountain Mine | Milton Twp | Oxford | Mt Zircon | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.4600000001844 | -70.5697000002382 | M | Gold | Gold | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 585 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10193988 | 0230310051 | Bear Hill Quarry | Hollis | York | Bar Mills | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.5963999996662 | -70.6125000000593 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 7, 47; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 24; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1174 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242729 | 0230290055 | Beaver Lake Black Granite Quarry | Calais | Washington | Devils Head | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.1394000002117 | -67.2018999998373 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1641 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10218300, 10291832 | 10291832 | Beech Hill Quarry | Waterford Mica Mine | Waterford | Oxford | North Waterford | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.1912559659914 | -70.767770939563 | N | Feldspar, Garnet, Mica | Mica | Garnet, Feldspar | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 6, 36; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 52, 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 680 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194687 | 0230130060 | Beechwood Quarry | Thomaston | Knox | Thomaston | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.0882999999684 | -69.1780999999762 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 48, 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 318 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121333 | 0230070011 | Beisaw Quarry | Jay | Franklin | Wilton | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5578000001288 | -70.2493999996728 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 7, 49; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1094 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291318 | 0230270044 | Belfast Quarry | Belfast | Waldo | Belfast | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.4233000000647 | -69.0056000001213 | N | Stone | Stone | Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | produces crushed stone; POR is Belfast, ME; MSHA list 11-24-80; RCF LIST 10-28-81; MSHA inspectors 7-3-79; # associated with mill, seq. no. 0230279044 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 929 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10243017 | 0230010018 | Bell Prospect | Minot | Androscoggin | Minot | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.123899999744 | -70.3150000000879 | N | Feldspar, Gemstone, Mica | Feldspar | Gemstone, Mica | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 6, 33; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 823 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242219 | 0230090140 | Belle Of Deer Isle Mine | Deer Isle | Hancock | Deer Isle | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.2206000002435 | -68.7235999996859 | M | Lead | Lead | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 8; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 634 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194351 | 0230170023 | Belliveau Prospect | Rumford | Oxford | Rumford | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5916999997813 | -70.6119000002803 | N | Feldspar, Mica | Feldspar | Mica | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 6, 31; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 45; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1454 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10306766, 10291455 | 10306766 | ARO-004 | Benn Manganese Prospect | Hodgdon | Aroostook | Linneus | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Miller, 1947. Located NW of Hodgdon village, 2500' W of Walker Road (N-S road from Hodgdon to Rte 2A just W of Carys Mills), 3400' N of Benn Hill Road. George Benn landowner. | 46.0717835408742 | -67.888709371971 | M | Iron, Manganese | Manganese | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | S | oxides; Manganese Ox-Hydrous, Iron Oxides-Hydrated | silieous limestone, manganiferous shale | Chemical Sediment, Marine | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Miller, R. L., 1947, Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 4, p. 74, Plate 4; Eilertsen, N. A., 1958, Investigation of manganese areas, Hammond Plantation and Hodgdon Townships, southern district, Aroostook County, Maine: U. S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 5392, 38 p. | Mn (Fe) | S | chemical sediment, marine | Eckstorm, in 1941, dug a prospecting trench across the zone farthest to the se, 23-foot sample taken. Manganese Ore Co. analyzed a composite grab sample. | 98 10 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Southern Aroostook Mn District | Total of 6 "showings" which could be important if shown to be a continuous belt. | |||||||||||
| 715 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218145 | 0230150003 | Benner Prospect | Waldoboro | Lincoln | Waldoboro West | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.056399999879 | -69.3799999997924 | N | Feldspar, Mica | Feldspar | Mica | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1118 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291612 | 0230210008 | Bennet Mine | Guilford Mine | Guilford | Piscataquis | Sangerville | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.1903000001965 | -69.3400000004386 | M | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Zinc | Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 21; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 841 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242312 | 0230310038 | Bennett Quarry | Alfred | York | Alfred | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.4668999998585 | -70.7380999999547 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 8, 47; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 4; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1714 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10107756, 10291561 | 10107756 | D001853 | Bennett Quarry | Buckfield Pegmatite | Buckfield | Oxford | West Sumner | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). From jct Rt 26 and 117-119 in S Paris, go N on Rte26 0.35 mi. turn right at sign for Paris Hill and continue 1.2 mi; take right fork and proceed 1.2 mi. turn right by golf course and drive 4.7 mi E to Bennet Farm on left. Walk NW from road along hillside approx. 3000'. | 44.293281 | -70.427006 | B | Beryllium, Feldspar, Gemstones, Lithium, Niobium, Tantalum, | Feldspar, Gemstones | Niobium, Tantalum, Beryllium, Lithium | Producer | Surface | S | Small | tourmaline, quartz, feldspar, columbite - tantalite, beryl, lepidolite | pegmatite | pegmatite | Beck, F., Parker, Raymond L., Woodruff, Laurel G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Cameron, E. N., Larrabee, D. M., McNair, A. H., Page, J. J., Stewart, G. W., and Shainin, V. E., 1954, Pegmatite investigations 1942-45, New England: U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 255, p. 58-60; Perham, J. C., 1987, Maine's treasure chest, gems and minerals of Oxford County: Quicksilver Publications, West Paris, Maine, 269 p. | other metal | S | Pit 240' long, 20-80' wide, max depth 71'. | USGS | 75 10 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 10 | intermittent producer | Operated as feldspar mine, with recovery of gemstones, 1920-1933. intermittently for gemstones. | Production of feldspar only ; info.src : 4 other src | ||||||||
| 1145 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194118 | 0230170148 | Benson Quarry | Woodstock | Oxford | West Paris | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3558000001996 | -70.5763999997185 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1607 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10266969, 10008397 | 10266969 | 0230310019 | D000510 | Bergendahl Prospect | Hans Bergendahl Prospect | Newfield | York | Limerick | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | Location from Thompson and others (2000). Rte 11W from Newfield approx 1/2 mi to Stone Road (also called Hall Road). Take Stone Road approx. .6 mi, to 3rd driveway on right after pavement ends. Part of house and/or driveway (now owned by Mr & Mrs Jarvis) constructed on site of old prospect. Other smaller workings within 500' to E, on property now owned by David Gallant. | 43.6513654478371 | -70.8688399768826 | M | Copper, Iron, Molybdenum, Sulfur, Zinc | Molybdenum, Copper | Copper, Iron, Sulfur, Zinc | Prospect | Surface | No | molybdenite, powellite, sphalerite, galena | syenite | vein; Disseminated Sulfides In Syenite | Beck, F., Woodruff, Laurel G., King, Robert U., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 31, 63; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 9, 52; Eugene Gerry, personal communication, 1998 | base metal | S | disseminated sulfides in syenite | Pit or open cut in rock, now covered by house and/or driveway. Nearby are other smaller cuts. A couple occur 400 to 500' E, half way up along W side of steep driveway that goes to David Gallant's house at top of "mountain". | USGS | 74 08 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 08 | Published literature, site visit, pers. comm. | inactive prospect | Fred Beck says similar mineralization in syenite at Debouille Mtn, T15R9 WELS, Aroostook Co. was drilled in the late 1960's early 1970's. | |||||||
| 1529 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145919 | 0230310035 | Berry Ledge Locality | Cornish | York | Cornish | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 43.7525840918727 | -70.8130711445579 | M | Tungsten | Tungsten | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 9, 52; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 15, 64; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1617 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145266 | 0230010001 | Berry-Havey Quarries | (A. R.) Berry Quarry; (Forrest) Havey Quarry | Poland | Androscoggin | Minot | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.0716373371278 | -70.298370381936 | B | Feldspar, Gemstone, Tin | Feldspar, Semiprecious Gemstone, Tin | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Killeen, P L; and Newman, W. L., 1965, Tin in the United States, exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Investigations Resources Map, MR-0044, 9 p.; Cameron, E. N., Larrabee, D. M., McNair, A. H., Page, J. J., Stewart, G. W., and Shainin, V. E., 1954, Pegmatite investigations 1942-45, New England: U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 255, p. 56-57; Bastin, E. S.,1911, Geology of the pegmatites and associated rocks of Maine, including feldspar, quartz, mica, and gem deposits: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 445, p. 59-61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 699 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10207618 | 0230170191 | Beryl Occurrence | Greenwood | Oxford | Greenwood | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3119000000343 | -70.6535999997573 | M | Beryllium | Beryllium | Occurrence | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1188 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10281461 | 0230170176 | Beryl Occurrence | Stoneham | Oxford | Speckled Mtn | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3000000000714 | -70.9047000003345 | M | Beryllium | Beryllium | Occurrence | Simmons | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1711 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218727 | 0230170092 | Bessey Quarries - Lower Pit | Buckfield | Oxford | West Sumner | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.3000984650417 | -70.4455328451659 | B | Arsenic, Beryllium, Feldspar, Gemstone, Mica, Sulfur, Zinc | Feldspar | Arsenic, Mica | Beryllium, Gemstone, Sulfur, Zinc | Past Producer | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 7, 34; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 11, 72; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 660 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218498 | 0230170153 | Betsey's Guzzle Prospect | Woodstock | Oxford | West Paris | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3297000003717 | -70.5988999999732 | M | Gold | Gold | Occurrence | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 36, 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1458 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306767 | ARO-005 | BFD | Benjamin Franklin; Dickerson; Howe Brook | Saint Croix Twp | Aroostook | St. Croix Lake | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Fred Beck. Located on NW side of Howe Brook Mountain, approx. .4 mi NW of lookout tower. | 46.300378728025 | -68.1686708809613 | M | Copper | Copper | Occurrence | none | chalcopyrite | dark colored | Stringer Copper | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Cummings, J. S., 1988, Geochemical detection of volcanogenic massive sulphides in humid-temperate terrain (using surficial methods): J. S. Cummings, Bangor, Maine, p. 262-265; Fred Beck, personal communication, 1998 | base metal | unknown | stringer copper | Some core holes drilled, early 1970s. | 98 10 | Published literature, personal communication | inactive prospect | Chloritic chalcopyrite-pyrite stringers "virtually identical" to those lateral to portions of Bald Mtn. | ||||||||||||||
| 1128 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169561 | 0230090191 | Bianchi Quarry | Franklin | Hancock | Hancock | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5938999995703 | -68.2693999997347 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 8, 50; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1343 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Separated from RECNO W102008 | 10306870 | WAS002 | Big Hill Lead Mine (1906) | Ayers Junction Mine; Dolsan Prospect; Pembroke (Cu) Mine; Big Hill Mine; Big Hill Prospect | Pembroke | Washington | Pembroke | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location based on Young, 1963. | 44.962144604001 | -67.2103033709991 | M | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | S | sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcocite | tuff, diabase | discontinuous stringers and veins | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 3, p. 59-60, 72, 76-78; Li, C. Y., 1942, Genesis of some ore deposits of southeastern Maine: Geological Society of America, Bulletin, v. 53, no. 1, p. 39-41 | base metal | S | A main open cut on the "west vein"; other pits incude "western pits", pits on the Big Spruce-Farnsworth vein, and silver vein. (Young, 1959) Mostly lead and zinc. (Fred Beck) | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | Barrett Prospect, Pembroke Mine | Mode of occurrence. -- the ore occurs as veins filling fractured zones, cutting shales and traps, as disseminations in country rock, and as amygdaloidal filling in vesicular lava. most of the veins are steeply inclined. (Li, 1942) | ||||||||||||
| 731 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218237 | 0230210025 | Big Kineo Quarry | Monson | Piscataquis | Monson East | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.2936000000632 | -69.4977999998633 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 37, 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 682 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194693 | 0230170024 | Binford Prospect | Roxbury | Oxford | Rumford | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.6188999999533 | -70.6032999995514 | N | Mica | Mica | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 7, 31; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 613 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194215 | 0230290080 | Birch Hill Mine | Dennysville | Washington | Porcupine Mtn | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Corrected location based on Morrill and Hinckley (1959). Moved to top of Birch Hill in Dennysville (Maine Geological Survey, 11/18/08) | 44.9033644116463 | -67.263045179802 | M | Gold, Lead | Gold, Lead | Occurrence | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1492 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10306794, 10194405 | 10306794 | 0230090059 | HAN0001 | Bisbee Copper Mine | Bisbee Copper Mine | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). Located approx .2 mi N of Rte 176, approx 1.2 mi W of jct Rte 172/175. | 44.3992446988026 | -68.6141002877878 | M | Copper, Silver | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Surface, Underground | sulfides | quartzites, gneisses, amphibolites | Stratabound Exhalative | 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 9, 47; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 6, 70; Blue Hill 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | base metal | stratabound exhalative | 24B | One shaft and one open cut. Shaft is 55' deep; tunnel 35' to n on 55' level (MRI-3), | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | Blue Hill District | ||||||||||
| 1496 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10073177, 10084401. | 10084401 | W101703 | W019747 | Black Hawk Mine | Blackhawk Mine; Blue Hill Mine; Second Pond | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). Mine is located on SE side of Second Pond, S of Rtes 176 & 15, 2 mi W of Blue Hill village. Deposit is S of and underneath Second Pond. | 44.3895116332557 | -68.6218983144998 | M | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Underground | Medium | sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, pyrrhotite | quartzite, gneiss, amphibolite; plutonic rock, Ellsworth schist | Stratabound Concordant; Replacement | 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits); 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G., Schruben, Paul G. | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 9; Bouley, B. A., 1978, Volcanic stratigraphy, stratabound sulfide deposits, and relative age relationships in the East Penobscot Bay area, Maine: Ph.D. dissertation, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, p. 105-117; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000); Young, R. S., 1968, Mineral exploration and development in Maine, in Ridge, John D. (editor), Ore deposits of the United States, 1933-1967 (Graton-Sales Volume): American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, v. 1, p. 130; Staff, 1975, Skinners Mining International Yearbook, p. 326; MESA inspectors from 75 EMJ Directory of Mining; mine under development; Fred Beck, personal communication | base metal | M | stratabound exhalative | 24B | Dennison Mines Ltd, 1964-65, shaft 698 ft deep, 3 development levels, 10,000 ft of lateral workings, no production; Kerramerican, 1970-77, two declines driven, 793,260 tons or ore produced as of 1976 (Bouley, 1978). | USBM; USGS | 75; 83 12 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 07 | Published literature, personal communication | inactive mine | Blue Hill District | Mine is on same deposit as several other mines in Blue Hill district, but down-dip. | Primary record; corrected location, dep type; added ag, host rock, workings, geol. comments. MESA inspectors from 75 EMJ Dir of Mining. Mine under development opened Oct 1972 concentrator feed capality 1000 tpd empl 105 from MESA mine reference 8 4 75 nbr men 109 from 75-76 world mines reg crude ore cap 1000 tpd conc cap c4 8 tpd zn 180 tpd ore | ||||
| 1234 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10084423, 10242331 | 10084423 | W101745 | Black Island | Frenchboro | Hancock | Bass Harbor | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 1000m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location is for center of Black Island, town of Frenchboro. Exact mine site unknown. | 44.1766610072735 | -68.3451228831255 | M | Iron | Iron | Past Producer | unknown | Small | oxides; Iron Oxides-Hydrated | unknown | unknown | unknown | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G.; Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 9; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 34 | iron only | S | USGS | 83 12 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 07 | Published literature | inactive mine | "Twenty tons of ore reportedly taken from this place" (MRI-3); "hydrated oxide of iron" (Morrill & Hinckley) | Sparse information in literature. | ||||||||||
| 1019 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267340 | 0230090182 | Black Island Quarries | Red Cliff Quarry | Frenchboro | Hancock | Bass Harbor | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.1786000004274 | -68.3410999998511 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 8, 48; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 34; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 530 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169956 | 0230090181 | Black Island Quarries | Frenchboro | Hancock | Bass Harbor | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.1827999997794 | -68.3392000004012 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 8, 48; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 34; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1305 | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | FRA-002 | Black Mountain Copper Prospect | Tim Pond Twp | Franklin | Black Mtn | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 500m | Location from Fred Beck. | 45.1788944852568 | -70.6533395363126 | M | Copper | Copper | none | unknown | unknown | F.M. Beck Inc. | Fred Beck, personal communication | base metal | unknown | 98 10 | Personal communication | inactive prospect | Drilled by andes exploration 1950 or 60s. Win Seymour project geologist; reports at Univ. of Wyoming archives. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1542 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10100525, 10169842 | 10100525 | W102025 | W102025 | Black Mtn Quarries | (Edmund M.) Bailey Quarry; Dewey Mica Mine; Bailey Quarry (1883); Dewey Mine (1899) | Rumford | Oxford | East Andover | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.585728 | -70.646669 | B | Beryllium, Feldspar, Lithium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Tin | Mica, Feldspar, Lithium, Beryllium | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Tin | Past Producer | Surface | Surface | Small | mica, feldspar, lepidolite, spodumene, beryl, columbite, cassiterite | granite pegmatite | Pegmatite | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G. | Trefethen, J. M., 1943, Report of the State Geologist, 1942-1943: (Maine Geological Survey), Orono, Maine, p. 9; Trefethen, J. M., 1945, Report of the State Geologist, 1943-1944: (Maine Geological Survey), Maine Development Commission, p. 22; ; Cameron, E. N., Larrabee, D. M., McNair, A. H., Page, J. J., Stewart, G. W., and Shainin, V. E., 1954, Pegmatite investigations 1942-45, New England: U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 255, p. 60-65 contains map, log, cores, reserves, dimensions; Perham, J. C., 1987, Maine's treasure chest, gems and minerals of Oxford County: Quicksilver Publications, West Paris, Maine, p. 119-125; U.S. Bureau of Mines, War Minerals Report No. E-62A, 1942; Bastin, E. S.,1911, Geology of the pegmatites and associated rocks of Maine, including feldspar, quartz, mica, and gem deposits: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 445, p. 95-97; Maillot, E. E., Boos, M. F., and Mosier, M., 1949, Investigation of Black Mountain beryl deposit, Oxford County, Maine: U. S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 4412, 10 p. | |||||||||||||||||
| 324 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121367 | 0230130033 | Black Quarry | Vinalhaven | Knox | Vinalhaven | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.0832999997119 | -68.8391999999677 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 8, 48; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 49; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1069 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291192 | 0230130048 | Blackington Farm Quarry | Thomaston | Knox | Thomaston | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.1007999997103 | -69.1411000004166 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 48, 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 810 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218811 | 0230210061 | Blanchard Quarry | State Of Maine Quarry | Blanchard Twp | Piscataquis | Monson West | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.3081000002674 | -69.5847000000759 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 5, 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1420 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10306844, 10291255 | 10306844 | HAN0053 | Blodgett Prospect | Brooksville | Hancock | Penobscot | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location based on Young, 1962. | 44.3853316618053 | -68.7483081637752 | M | Copper | Copper | Occurrence | Underground | S | chalcopyrite | biotite schist, impure quartzite, Ellsworth Fm | Stockwork Stringer Veins | Stockwork polymetallic veins | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Uhrin | Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 53, 59-61; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 9, 46; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 13, 68 | base metal | S | stockwork stringer veins | ?22C | One small, shallow pit. | 98 07 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Weathering of small amounts of iron pyrite and magnetite in schist produce rusty outcroppings. These coincide with sp and magnetic anomalies. | |||||||||||
| 514 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169712 | W016556 | 0230090001 | Blue Hill | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3999999998048 | -68.6167000002461 | M | Tungsten | Tungsten | Unknown | Unknown | Source - WFOC file transfer 5-2-75; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 9, 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1373 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10306802, 10218433 | 10306802 | HAN0011 | Blue Hill Central | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Maine Geological Survey (1958) MRI-3, plate 2, transferred to 15 min topo. Location is just S of Rte 176, northern toe of Stover Hill, 3/4 mi W of jct with Rte 172/175. | 44.403836628091 | -68.6063192339805 | M | Copper | Copper | Past Producer | Underground | U | sulfides | quartzites, gneiss, amphibolite | stratabound | 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 9, 47; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 6, 70; Blue Hill 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | base metal | stratabound exhalative | 24B | Shaft sunk 50' on crest of hill. 30' of overburden before striking ledge. Work suspended July 1880 (MRI-3). | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | Twin Lead area | ||||||||||||
| 1239 | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | D000492 | Blue Hill Falls | Blue Hill | Hancock | Brooklin | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | Estimated | Location from Fred Beck. | 44.366571885213 | -68.5660938573316 | M | Arsenic, Molybdenum, Tungsten | Molybdenum, Tungsten, Arsenic | S | molybdenite, wolframite, scheelite, arsenopyrite | quartz vein | King, Robert U. | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 6 | base metal | unknown | USGS | 74 08 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 07 | Published literature | occurrence | Probably a collecting locality. | Cannot verify deposit type (quartz vein). No details given by Morrill & Hinckley; removed "Trio" from site name. Location not checked. | ||||||||||||||||
| 494 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169583 | 0230090234 | Blue Hill Granite Company Quarry | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.4114000001018 | -68.551899999836 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 9, 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 645 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10194442, 10266757 | 10194442 | W019747 | 0230090005 | Blue Hill Jt. Venture | Douglas Mine; Mammoth Mine; Ure Mine; Mammoth Lot | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3905999999702 | -68.6232999996133 | M | Copper, Lead, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Zinc | Copper, Zinc | Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Silver | Plant | Underground | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | MSHA list 07/26/78; MSHA.DBF/RESP_ID, 02/95; under a different ID#, see comments; Earl, K. M., 1950, Investigation of the Douglas copper deposit, Hancock Co., Maine: U. S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 4701, 17 p. contains information on mine and core drill hole data; Emmons, W. H., 1910, Some ore deposits in Maine and the Milan Mine, New Hampshire: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 432, p. 31-32 - production figures for Douglas Mine; Howd, F. H., and Drake, D. P., 1974, Economic deposits at Blue Hill, in Osberg, Philip H. (editor), Guidebook for field trips in east-central and north-central Maine: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, 66th Annual Meeting, October 12-13, 1974, Orono, Maine, p. 180-189 - mine history, geology, description of ore deposits; Kerr Addison Mines Ltd., 1975 Annual Report to Shareholders - production & grades for 1975; ore reserves; Kerramerican, Inc., 1975, Internal letter and other data including backup files - reserves, production, tons of concentrate; Li, C. Y., 1942, Genesis of some ore deposits of southeastern Maine: Geological Society of America, Bulletin, v. 53, no. 1, p. 15-32 - mode of occurrence, petrology, petrogenesis; Mining Engineering, Sept. 1964, Maine reenters mining picture - report of Black Hawk Mine upcoming development in 1964; Northern Miner, Feb. 8, 1968, reserves, preproduction costs; Rowswell, M. D., 1976, Executive Vice President, Kerr Addison, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (personal communication - costing, production and other information on mining benef.); U.S. Bureau of Mines - Minerals Yearbood, 1972-1973 -- Production; U.S. Department of Commerce, Aug. 1973, Climatography of the U.S. - New England - contains monthly normals of temp. precip. etc.; U.S.Geological Survey, 1972, Catalog of information on water data; Wilton, C.K., 1975, Geology of the Kerramerican Mine, Blue Hill Mine, U.S.A. - company internal geologic report - geology, mine history, ore genesis, production; Wilton, C.K., (Senior Development Geologist, Kerr Addison Mining),1976, personal communication -- interview - provided much data - mass data forms A-1 through A-10; Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 71-78; Douglas Mine history - EM survey data, core logs; The Official Railway Guide (N. American Freight Service edition), March-April 19766 - rr transportation distance data & maps; references that follow relate to May 1977 review and update; Deutman, G., General Manager, Kerramerican Blue Hill Joint Venture Mine, private communication, May 1977; Schroeder, H.J., Commodity Specialist, U.S. Bureau of Mines, private communication, May 1977; Babitzke, H.R., Maine Liaison Officer, U.S. Bureau of Mines, private communication, May 1977; Wilton, C.K., Senior Development Geologist, Kerr Addison Mines, private communication, May 1977; Steckley, R.C., and J.F. Lemons, Jr., A method for updating cost estimates for the minerals availability system: U.S. Bureau of Mines; 1981 Engineering and Mining Journal Directory of Mining, p. 200 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 876 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242549 | 0230099001 | Blue Hill Jt. Venture Concentrator | Blue Hill | Hancock | Penobscot | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.386900000284 | -68.6249999997365 | M | Copper | Copper | Plant | Processing Plant | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | MSHA list 07/26/78; MSHA DBF/RESP_ID list, 1995/02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1484 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218662 | 0230090115 | Blue Hill Manganese Prospect | Blue Hill Mountain Mine | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.4347425257031 | -68.5881839133305 | M | Manganese | Manganese | Past Producer | Surface-Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 10, 47; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 6, 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1493 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10072164, 10169712 | 10072164 | W016556 | W016556 | Blue Hill Mine | Blue Hill Copper Mining & Smelting Co. | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). Mines rd. covers old building sites and one shaft. Dumps used to pave local roads. (Morrill & Hinckley) | 44.3970453105525 | -68.6133071765895 | M | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Copper, Zinc, Lead | Silver, Gold | Producer | Underground | Large | chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, pyrrhotite | quartzite, gneiss, amphibolite | stratabound exhalative | 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) | Weeks, Robert, Beck, F., Sutphin, David M., Woodruff, Laurel G. | Bouley, B. A., 1978, Volcanic stratigraphy, stratabound sulfide deposits, and relative age relationships in the East Penobscot Bay area, Maine: Ph.D. dissertation, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, p. 105-117; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 9, 47; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 6, 70 | base metal | S | stratabound exhalative | 24B | Originally 2 shafts and 3 tunnells. #1 shaft 180' deep, 2 veins with 60' drift on one, 20' drift on the other. #2 (easterly) shaft 200' deep with 70' drifts. Ruins of concentrating plant, smelter and slag dump on surface. | USGS | 76 00 | Sutphin, David M; F.M. Beck Inc. | 81 12; 98 07 | Published literature | inactive mine | Blue Hill District | Stratabound and broadly stratiform ore zones enclosed within quartzitic unit of Ellsworth Fm, which is enclosed by biotite-rich rocks. contact metamorphosed by sedgewick pluton. (Bouley) | Corrected location, added location comments, dep type, host rock, Blue Hill district (Beck) | |||
| 201 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10073627 | W019760 | Blue Rock Industries | Sidney | Kennebec | Vassalboro | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.4552800002446 | -69.7216699997847 | N | Limestone, General | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface | Small | Limestone | Sedimentary | Unknown | MESA inspector | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 267 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169757 | 0230290021 | Bobs Cove Ledge Deposit | Look Molybdenite Prospect | Jonesboro | Washington | Whitneyville | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.6291999999061 | -67.5564000003942 | M | Molybdenum | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines, Sulfur Survey, Maine; W.M.M. Look Moly. Prospect, 1945, File no. E-1256 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 732 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218243 | 0230130034 | Bodwell Black Granite Quarry | Vinalhaven | Knox | Vinalhaven | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.044999999582 | -68.8485999998023 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 10, 48; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1693 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10207953, 10267241 | 10267241 | 0230290046 | Bodwell Granite Quarry | Bodwell Quarry; Bodwell-Jonesboro Quarry | Jonesboro | Washington | Whitneyville | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.6677291472891 | -67.5386010729479 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 10, 49; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 817 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10232352 | 0230270011 | Bog Hill Quarry | Searsport | Waldo | Mt Waldo | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.523099999572 | -68.9578000000437 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p.10; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 44; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1023 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267349 | 0230130084 | Bog Hole Quarry | Rockland | Knox | Thomaston | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.1178000000426 | -69.1417000001956 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 42, 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1304 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306793 | FRA-003 | Boil Mountain | Seven Ponds Twp | Franklin | Black Mtn | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Fred Beck. | 45.2426324502021 | -70.7259050088764 | M | Gold | Gold | Occurrence | none | native Au | mafic/bimodal volcanics, wackes, metaseds, cherts | chemical exhalative: - silicate phase fe | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Fred Beck, personal communication, 1998 | precious metal | unknown | inactive prospect | Jasper-like cherts; on strike with AlderStream; in Jim Pond Fm. | Eugene Boudette has drill core stored in New Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||
| 694 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194744 | 0230310067 | Bond Mountain Prospect | Newfield | York | West Newfield | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.631700000002 | -70.9061000001184 | M | Arsenic, Iron | Iron | Arsenic | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 31, 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 816 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10231907 | 0230210056 | Bonded Quarry | Brownville | Piscataquis | Brownville Junction | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.3397000000177 | -69.0268999999188 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 666 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218537 | 0230230056 | Booker Mine | Topsham | Sagadahoc | Brunswick | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.9908000003632 | -69.9774999998634 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 52, 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1089 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291296 | 0230230015 | Booker Prospect | Bowdoinham | Sagadahoc | Brunswick | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.9978000001826 | -69.9278000003358 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 7, 39; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 9, 68; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 578 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10183701 | 0230290047 | Booth Brothers Jonesboro Quarry | Jonesboro | Washington | Whitneyville | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.6646999995687 | -67.5469000004465 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 11, 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1474 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10306849, 10267057 | 10306849 | HAN0058 | Boss O' The Bay Mine | Sorrento | Hancock | Bar Harbor | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). On E shore of Waukeag Neck, N of W end of bridge to Treasure Island. From Rte 1 in Sullivan take Rte 185 S onto Waukeag Neck. Go about 2.3 miles to left turn onto access road to Treasure Island. Stop just before bridge and walk N along the shore a short distance to indentation in rocks. | 44.4801310162422 | -68.1639766133225 | M | Copper, Lead | Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Underground | Surface | galena, native Cu | volcanics? rhyolite? | Vein | 85: Polymetallic veins | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Uhrin | Site visit 11/21/97; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 10, 51; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 44, 76; Bar Harbor 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | base metal | S | vein | 22C | "Workings" consist of indentation in rock cliff. | 98 07 | Published literature, site visit | inactive mine | Site visit 11/21/97: no evidence of 25' vein reported in MRI-3. Only evidence is indentation in rock bluff at shoreline; no sulfides or qtz seen; local resident says indentation was mine. | |||||||||||
| 292 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121177 | 0230210021 | Boston & Maine Quarry | Monson | Piscataquis | Monson West | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.2533000003703 | -69.5277999996035 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 37, 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1555 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169604 | 0230090153 | Boston Silver Mine | Ellsworth | Hancock | Ellsworth | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.5589959428451 | -68.4582222906258 | M | Lead, Silver | Lead | Silver | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 10, 48; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 24, 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1752 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121843 | 0230310012 | Boston-Acton Mine | Acton Consolidated | Acton | York | Milton | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 43.482670085585 | -70.9103278262928 | M | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Underground | Dunn, George | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 10, 52; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 1, 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1240 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10090577 | D000503 | D000503 | Boulder Train, Katahdin | Katahdin Boulder Train | T2 R9 WELS | Piscataquis | Abol Pond | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | Estimated | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Fred Beck. | 45.833168971022 | -68.9326791289812 | M | Molybdenum | Molybdenum | Occurrence | none | No | molybdenite | granite | uncertain | King, Robert U. | King, R. U., unpublished data; Fred Beck, personal communication | base metal | unknown | magmatic disseminated | USGS | 74 08 | F.M. Beck Inc. | Published literature | inactive prospect | Drilled by Exxon? in 1970s. | Glacial boulders contain molybdenite aggregates, flakes & veins | ||||||||||
| 1241 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10218558, 10008774 | 10008774 | D001147 | D001147 | Bowdoinham | Bowdoinham | Sagadahoc | Bowdoinham | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | Estimated | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Fred Beck. | 44.0165835269704 | -69.8994266277325 | M | Tungsten | Tungsten | Occurrence | No | wolframite | Granite | Elliott, James E., Beck, F., Woodruff, Laurel G. | Lemmon, D. M., unpublished data; Lemmon, D. M., and Tweto, O. L., 1962, Tungsten in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Investigations Resources Map, MR-25, p. 11; Hitchcock, C. H., 1861, General report upon the geology of Maine, in Preliminary report on natural history and geology: Maine Board of Agriculture, 6th Annual Report, p. 146-328 | other metal | unknown | USGS | 73 05 | occurrence | |||||||||||||||||
| 1107 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291559 | 0230290036 | Bowker Prospect | Marshfield | Washington | Hadley Lake | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.7678000001087 | -67.4943999995522 | M | Gold | Gold | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1719 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121279 | 0230170093 | Bowker Quarry | Paris | Oxford | West Sumner | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.2650909026461 | -70.4698195896502 | N | Gemstone | Gemstone | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 7, 34; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 36, 72; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 284 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121122 | 0230230069 | Brackett Mine | Bowdoin | Sagadahoc | Bowdoinham | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.0243999996765 | -69.9271999996575 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 9, 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 290 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121169 | 0230090187 | Bradbury & Perkins Quarry | Franklin | Hancock | Hancock | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5883000004342 | -68.2525000004147 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 11, 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 381 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10135204 | 0230090190 | Bradbury & Sons Quarry | Franklin | Hancock | Hancock | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5996999998318 | -68.2607999999051 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 11, 50; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 26; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1695 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10121480, 10306876 | 10306876 | WAS008 | Bradley Prospect | Lubec | Washington | West Lubec | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). 0.9 mi N of Rte 189, .25 mi E of Lubec-Trescott town line. | 44.8226279698201 | -67.088544624603 | M | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Zinc | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold | Prospect | Surface | Surface | sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite | gabbro | quartz veins, fracture fillings | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 3, p. 38, 44, 48, 52 | base metal | S | A few small pits. | 98 09 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Quartz veins are quartz-healed joints and drag-induced openings | |||||||||||||
| 1242 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10090573, 10194089 | 10090573 | D000493 | D000493 | Bragdon | Fernald & Gordan Quarry; Bragdon, Fernald & Gordon Quarry | Franklin | Hancock | Sullivan | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Morrill & Hinkley, map p. 73; shown as pond on topo, near quarry symbol. | 44.5563131636083 | -68.2294477966488 | M | Molybdenum | Molybdenum | Occurrence | S | No | molybdenite | granite | pegmatite | Beck, F., King, Robert U., Woodruff, Laurel G. | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 26, 73 | base metal | unknown | Molybdenite occurrence is in an or near an inactive granite quarry. | USGS | 74 08 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 07 | Published literature | occurrence | Old granite quarry with molybdenite occurrence; collecting locality | |||||||||
| 1216 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10305686 | 0230210009 | Brawn Quarry | Guilford | Piscataquis | Sangerville | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.1950000001138 | -69.3175000001838 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1375 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10121703, 10306804 | 10306804 | HAN0013 | Brimmer Silver Mine | Ellsworth | Hancock | Ellsworth | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Young, 1962. North of Ellsworth, S end of Graham Lake, .1 mi S of Rte 180 near Greys Brook. .5 mi W of Brimmer Dam (Morrill & Hinckley) | 44.5916048685976 | -68.4472545980257 | M | Copper, Silver | Silver, Copper | U | chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite | quartz-biotite schist | vein | Polymetallic vein | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 96; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 10, 48; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 24, 69 | base, precious | S | 22C | One shaft, 8 x 12', estimated 25' deep. | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | 24" quartz vein in quartz-biotite schist. Vein is parallel to foliation of schist, but cuts across the dip. | ||||||||||||||
| 1526 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10306881, 10291688 | 10306881 | WAS013 | Britton Mine | Britton Prospect | Milbridge | Washington | Cherryfield | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). Approx. 1 mi S of Rte 1, NE corner of Milbridge, W of Heath Rd. | 44.597321847946 | -67.8804559096976 | M | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Copper, Lead, Silver | Gold | Past Producer | Underground | Surface | chalcopyrite, galena, chalcocite | granite | quartz veins, shear zone | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 3, p. 12, 19-21; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 19; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 10, 51 | base metal | S | Pit or shaft, 6' x 8' x 15' deep. (Young, 1963) | 98 09 | Published literature | inactive mine | Quartz veins in granite shear zone near sediment contact. | ||||||||||||
| 942 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10266764 | 0230310013 | Brock Prospect | Lyman | York | Waterboro | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.5185999998484 | -70.7027999996189 | B | Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica | Beryllium | Feldspar, Mica | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 7, 42; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 992 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267101 | 0230090123 | Brooklin Mine | Brooklin | Hancock | Brooklin | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.2731000002384 | -68.5938999996521 | M | Gold, Silver | Gold | Silver | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 10; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1063 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291138 | 0230090086 | Brooksville | Brooksville | Hancock | Cape Rosier | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3647000003684 | -68.7532999999862 | M | Copper | Copper | Unknown | Underground | Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 10, 46; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 12, 68; Castine 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1823 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306854 | OXF-002 | Broome Prospect | Plumbago Mountain Beryl Prospect | Newry | Oxford | East Andover | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.5451738812642 | -70.7302872333547 | M | Beryllium, Lithium | Beryllium, Lithium | Occurrence | Surface | Beryl, Spodumene | pegmatite | Pegmatite | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Cameron, E. N., Larrabee, D. M., McNair, A. H., Page, J. J., Stewart, G. W., and Shainin, V. E., 1954, Pegmatite investigations 1942-45, New England: U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 255, p. 80-83; Shainin, V. E., and Dellwig, L. F., 1954, Pegmatites and associated rocks in the Newry Hill area, Oxford County, Maine: U. S. Geological Survey, Trace Elements Investigations Report TEI 478, 71 p. | other metal | S | pegmatite | 98 10 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Newry area | Granite pegmatite intrudes gabbro. Could not be feasibly mined in 1942-44. Cameron et al. | Could be same as Scotty Mine, or very close to it. Same pegmatite? | |||||||||||||
| 349 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121592 | 0230130086 | Brown Quarry | Rockland | Knox | Thomaston | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.1114000000022 | -69.133100000366 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 42, 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 979 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10266997 | 0230090189 | Brown Quarry | Dedham | Hancock | Green Lake | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.7363999996851 | -68.5967000001195 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 11, 47; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1825 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10145754, 10306861 | 10306861 | OXF-012 | Brown-Thurston Prospect | Rumford | Oxford | East Andover | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.5813613568602 | -70.6326709334247 | B | Beryllium, Feldspar, Garnet, Gemstone, Mica, Niobium, Sodium, Tin, Tantalum | Beryllium, Gemstone, Mica | Tin, Niobium, Tantalum, Sodium | Garnet, Feldspar | Occurrence | none | beryl, columbite/tantalite, cassiterite | granite pegmatite | Pegmatite | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 7, 31; Cameron, E. N., Larrabee, D. M., McNair, A. H., Page, J. J., Stewart, G. W., and Shainin, V. E., 1954, Pegmatite investigations 1942-45, New England: U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 255, p. 65-67; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | other metal | S | pegmatite | 98 10 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Black Mountain area | Undeveloped beryl prospect with other trace commodities; pegmatite. | ||||||||||||
| 959 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291417 | 0230210058 | Brownville Quarry | Brownville | Piscataquis | Brownville Junction | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.3389000000126 | -69.0093999999205 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 864 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242478 | 0230170123 | Bryant Pond Quarry | Woodstock | Oxford | Greenwood | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3717000001878 | -70.6399999996713 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 11, 49; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 54; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1334 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10084658 | W102079 | W102079 | Bub Bailey Gold Prospect | Danforth | Washington | Danforth | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 500m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Fred Beck. NW of Flagstaff Mountain, E of Rte 1, approx. 4 mi S of Danforth village. | 45.63671589584 | -67.7849439189948 | M | Gold | Gold | Occurrence | S | No | native Au | gray sericitic metasiltstone, impure quartzite | quartz vein | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G. | Larrabee, D. M., and Spencer, C. W., 1963, Bedrock geology of the Danforth [15-minute] quadrangle, Maine: U. S. Geological Survey, Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-221, scale 1:62,500; Larrabee, D. M., Spencer, C. W., and Swift, D. J. P., 1965, Bedrock geology of the Grand Lake area, Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, and Washington counties, Maine: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 1201-E, p. 31, Plate 1 | precious metal | S | Small trench, hand excavated, 4 to 6' deep, 2 to 5' wide, 50' long. | USGS | 83 11 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive prospect | "Only a trace, if any, of Au found by prospectors, and the material remaining in the dump is apparently unmineralized." (Larrabee, Spencer & Swift, 1965) | Previously unnamed, bad location | ||||||||||
| 860 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242458 | 0230090243 | Bucks Harbor Quarry | Maine Ice Company Quarry | Brooksville | Hancock | Sargentville | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3417000004476 | -68.7338999996387 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 12, 48; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 12, 68; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1591 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218716 | 0230090134 | Bucksport Silver Mine | Bucksport | Hancock | Hampden | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.6311971441216 | -68.7746951642422 | M | Silver | Silver | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 10; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 15, 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1440 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306768 | ARO-006 | Bugbee-Bragdon Manganese Prospect | Wade | Aroostook | Washburn | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Miller, 1947. Located in the woods on a hillside, on Perham-Wade town-line, approx. 1,100' W of Rte 228, and an equal distance E of a N-S farm road. On land of W.H. Bragdon (Wade) and W. Bugbee (Perham) (1947). | 46.8364439565454 | -68.1948525931887 | M | Iron, Manganese | Manganese | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | none | oxides; Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Manganese Ox-Hydrous | shaley limestone | Chemical Sediment, Marine | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Miller, R. L., 1947, Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 4, p. 49, Plate 2 | Mn (Fe) | S | chemical sediment, marine | One grab sample assayed for Mn and Fe. | 98 09 | Published literature | occurrence | Northern Aroostook Mn District | Manganese-bearing beds form a zone 40' wide, traceable for 600' N10E, centered on town line. One grab sample assayed with poor results. | ||||||||||||
| 1392 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306792 | ARO-034 | Bull Hill | T12 R8 WELS | Aroostook | Greenlaw Pond | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 500m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from description in Cummings, 1988. Base of slope, SE side of Bull Hill. | 46.7012018737142 | -68.7024380359273 | M | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | none | sulfides | volcanics | Unknown | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Cummings, J. S., 1988, Geochemical detection of volcanogenic massive sulphides in humid-temperate terrain (using surficial methods): J. S. Cummings, Bangor, Maine, p. 266-268 | base, precious | S | unknown | 98 10 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Near Bald Mountain deposit. | ||||||||||||||||
| 306 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121246 | 0230310025 | Bullion Mine | Acton | York | Milton | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.4742000000172 | -70.9039000003294 | M | Silver | Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 11, 52; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 1, 62; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1557 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10084619, 10170202 | W102026 | Bumpus Quarry | Bell Minerals #3 Mine; (Harold) Perham-Bumpus Quarry | Albany Twp | Oxford | East Stoneham | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | TUSGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). ake Rte 5 S from Bethel for 7.75 mi. Mine dumps visible on E side of road. | 44.311961 | -70.781681 | B | Beryllium, Cesium, Feldspar, Gemstone, Mica, | Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Cesium | Gemstone | Past Producer | Surface | Surface | Small | feldspar, mica, beryl | granite pegmatite | Pegmatite | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Trefethen, J. M., 1943, Report of the State Geologist, 1942-1943: (Maine Geological Survey), Orono, Maine, p. 9; Cameron, E. N., Larrabee, D. M., McNair, A. H., Page, J. J., Stewart, G. W., and Shainin, V. E., 1954, Pegmatite investigations 1942-45, New England: U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 255, p. 67-68; Perham, J. C., 1987, Maine's treasure chest, gems and minerals of Oxford County: Quicksilver Publications, West Paris, Maine, p. 67-75; Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 7, 36; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 2, 75; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1244 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10008394, 10256463. | 10008394 | D000507 | D000507 | Burke Hill Molybdenite Occurrence | Burkehill | Cherryfield | Washington | Cherryfield | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 200m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Young, 1963. West of Cherryfield on Rte 182, approx 2.4 mi w of jct Rte 1. Prominent roadcut, elevation 262. (Young, 1963) | 44.6087207726539 | -67.9785971717752 | M | Arsenic, Molybdenum | Arsenic, Molybdenum | Occurrence | none | No | arsenopyrite, molybdenite | coarse grained granite | veins | Beck, F., King, Robert U., Woodruff, Laurel G., Simmons | Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 3, p. 68, 79 | base metal | S | none | USGS | 74 08 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 08 | Published literature | occurrence | Several thin, vertical veins, rarely more than 1/2" wide, composed of arsenopyrite, molybdenite, and very minor pyrite. (Young, 1963) | Corrected location, name, comments | ||||||||
| 404 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145351 | 0230210022 | Burma Quarry | Monson | Piscataquis | Monson West | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.2638999997629 | -69.5168999998717 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 37, 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1037 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267441 | 0230170171 | Burnell Hill Mine | Lovell | Oxford | North Waterford | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.1808000002164 | -70.8378000002484 | N | Mica | Mica | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 28, 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 456 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145749 | 0230170142 | Burnell Hill Occurrence | Waterford | Oxford | North Waterford | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.1881000003751 | -70.7775000004289 | N | Gemstone | Gemstone | Occurrence | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 52, 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 986 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267065 | 0230170141 | Burnell Hill Prospect | Waterford | Oxford | North Waterford | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.1847000001287 | -70.7793999998788 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 52, 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 70 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218624 | 0230270030 | Bussey Quarry | Frankfort | Waldo | Mt Waldo | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 25. | Unknown | USGS MRDS location corrected using published literature (Maine Geological Survey, 11/03/08) | 44.6206997897482 | -68.8800285626935 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 25, 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 733 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218259 | 0230090160 | Butler Mine | Franklin | Hancock | Hancock | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.6155999998201 | -68.2702999998528 | M | Gold | Gold | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 11; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 26, 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 518 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169754 | 0230170067 | Butters Mt. Area Prospect | Mason Twp | Oxford | Speckled Mtn | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.308100000235 | -70.9185999998603 | N | Garnet, Gemstone | Gemstone | Garnet | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 7, 37; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1164 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291673 | 0230170116 | Byron Prospect | Byron | Oxford | Roxbury | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.7421999999466 | -70.6160999996325 | M | Tungsten | Tungsten | Occurrence | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 322 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121359 | 0230290031 | Calais Molybdenite Prospect | Cooper | Washington | Lake Cathance | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.986399999918 | -67.4557999999825 | M | Copper | Copper | Unknown | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 11; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 965 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291493 | 0230090203 | Calvin Ames Quarry | Stonington | Hancock | Deer Isle | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.1569000001776 | -68.6510999995644 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 6, 50; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 45; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1080 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291251 | 0230090222 | Campbell & Macomber Quarry | Mount Desert | Hancock | Southwest Harbor | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3371999998571 | -68.3321999996824 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 12, 49; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 38, 77; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1483 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10267218, 10306805 | 10306805 | HAN0014 | Campbell Prospect | Surry | Hancock | Blue Hill | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). Located on SW slope of elongate hill, W of Beech Island Pond, N of Sperry Pond, near Blue Hill-Surry town line. | 44.4728741187898 | -68.5489138864733 | M | Copper, Zinc, Silver | Copper, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | Surface | arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite | quartz-biotite schist and granite | Contact Metasomatic | 72: Polymetallic replacement | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 92, 94-95 | base, precious | S | contact metasomatic? | 18K | Young (1962) shows several small pits and trenches. | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Roof pendants of Ellsworth Schist in granite; sulfides in both lithologies; contact zone schist -granite | ||||||||||||
| 1463 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306851 | HAN0060 | Candage Copper Mine and Prospect Pit | Blue Hill | Hancock | Brooklin | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location, from Young (1962), is for shaft. Pit is opposite Candage residence, in field between Rte 175 and Blue Hill bay. | 44.3428509177072 | -68.5713497254972 | M | Copper | Copper | Occurrence | U AND S | sulfides | quartz-biotite schist | vein | unknown | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 6, 71; Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 92; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 11, 47 | base metal | unknown | Shaft 15' deep at coordinates given. Also small prospect pit approx. 1 km se. | 98 07 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Shaft on quartz vein in ellsworth schist. only sulfide detected in dump rocks was pyrite (young, 1962). | |||||||||||||||
| 1247 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10008386 | D000494 | D000494 | Candage Farm Prospect (1836) | Candage Farm | Blue Hill | Hancock | Brooklin | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | Estimated | USGS MRDS location corrected. Near tide mills on hill, .25 mi from house. Not to be confused with Candage Copper Mine, also in Blue Hill. | 44.3429484599731 | -68.5733562721246 | M | Molybdenum, Tungsten | Molybdenum, Tungsten | Occurrence | No | molybdenite, wolframite, arsenopyrite | schist | vein | Beck, F., King, Robert U., Woodruff, Laurel G. | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 7 | base metal | unknown | USGS | 74 08 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 07 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Cannot verify location coordinates or deposit type (vein) from references given by Robert King. | ||||||||||||
| 1246 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10084419 | W101739 | Cape Rosier Mine (1968-1972) | Callahan Mining Corp.; Harborside Mine; Penobscot Unit | Brooksville | Hancock | Cape Rosier | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. Mine workings now flooded; located under Goose Pond (tidal), near Goose Falls. | 44.3517756087622 | -68.8074239030715 | M | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | S AND U | Medium | spalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, pyrrhotite, pyrite | volcanic agglomerate | stratabound exhalative | 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G., Sachiko Tanikawa, Mosier, Dan | Fred Beck, personal communication, 1997; Bouley, B. A., 1978, Volcanic stratigraphy, stratabound sulfide deposits, and relative age relationships in the East Penobscot Bay area, Maine: Ph.D. dissertation, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, p. 48-78 | base, precious | M | 28A | Open pit with two adits collared in the pit wall. | USGS | 83 11 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 07 | Published literature, personal communication | inactive mine | Mined by Callahan Mining Corp. Flows and breccias of the coastal volcanic belt | Updated coords, commods, host rock, model, alter, dep size, type. | |||||||
| 355 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121634 | W016557 | 0230090087 | W019748 | Cape Rosier Zn-Cu-Pb Mine | Brooksville | Hancock | Cape Rosier | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3511000002823 | -68.8100000002326 | M | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Zinc | Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Levin, S.B., and Sanford, R.S., 1949, War Minerals Report - Cape Rosier Zn Mine, Hancock Co., ME; Henderson, H.P., 1941, Cape Rosier Mine and vicinity near Castine; Bardill, J.D., 1942, Preliminaryt report on Cape Rosier ZN Mine, file; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 11, 46; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 12, 68; Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1248 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10084602, 10121679 | 10084602 | W102004 | W102004 | Capitol Hill Manganese Deposit | Capitol Hill | New Sweden | Aroostook | New Sweden | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Miller, 1947. Coordinates for prospected area, farm of George Ostlund (1947). Ore zone traceable for 2 mi., centered approx. at New Sweden, where E-W segment of station road makes sharp bend to NE. SE slope of Capitol Hill, parallel to NE-SE segment of station road, on W side of station road, and continuing to SW. | 46.9455994583327 | -68.1094481313366 | M | Iron, Manganese | Manganese | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | S | No | oxides; Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Manganese Ox-Hydrous | black-stained hematitic and manganiferous slates | Chemical Sediment, Marine; stratabound concordant | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G. | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 12, 53; Miller, R. L., 1947, Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 4, p. 44-45, Plate 2; White, W. S., 1943, Occurrence of manganese in eastern Aroostook County, Maine, in Strategic mineral investigations, 1943: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 940-E, p. 125-161 | Mn (Fe) | S | chemical sediment, marine | Four prospecting trenches spaced 100' apart along the strike. | USGS | 83 11 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 09 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Northern Aroostook Mn District | May be continuous with Gelot Hill synclinal ore body to NE. Analyses from trenches gave erratic results, probably due to lensing and variying degrees of enrichment by oxidation. | |||||
| 871 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242511 | 0230290083 | Captain Havey Quarry | Sullivan | Hancock | Sullivan | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5442000000427 | -68.2327999997279 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 46, 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1519 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169844 | 0230190026 | Carmel Antimony Mines | Carmel | Penobscot | Carmel | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.8049355427866 | -69.0336868379343 | M | Antimony | Antimony | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 12; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 17, 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1249 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10084514 | W101899 | W101899 | Carpenter Manganese Prospect | Carpenter | Hammond | Aroostook | Twin Brook | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Eilertsen, 1955, and MRI-3. | 46.202371878618 | -67.9258722315556 | M | Iron, Manganese | Manganese | Iron | Occurrence | none | No | oxides; Manganese Ox-Hydrous | managaniferous and hematitic slate, carbonate | stratabound concordant; Chemical Sediment, Marine | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G. | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 12, 53; Eilertsen, N. A., 1955, Investigation of the Littleton Ridge manganese deposit and vicinity, southern district, Aroostook County, Maine: U. S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 5104, 39 p. | Mn (Fe) | S | chemical sediment, marine | none | USGS | 83 11 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 10 | inactive prospect | central or southern? | Trenched and samples with poor results, USBM; proved not to be source of hi grade boulders at "Burnham Prospect". | Prospected by USBM file | |||||||
| 774 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218647 | 0230090232 | Carroll Quarry | Southwest Harbor | Hancock | Southwest Harbor | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3030999999786 | -68.3249999996369 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 12, 49; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 270 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169776 | 0230090124 | Carter Prospect | Brooklin | Hancock | Brooklin | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.2885999997744 | -68.5619000003489 | M | Copper | Copper | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1826 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242858 | 0230170026 | Carver Prospect | Rumford | Oxford | Rumford | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.567881712142 | -70.6208623252643 | B | Beryllium, Feldspar, Iron, Manganese | Beryllium | Feldspar, Iron, Manganese | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 7, 31; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 605 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194184 | 0230310024 | Casco Acton Mine | Acton | York | Milton | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.4944000003698 | -70.9156000000661 | M | Silver | Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 12, 52; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 1, 62; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 235 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194546 | 0230090105 | Castine Prospect | Castine | Hancock | Castine | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3863999997188 | -68.8197000004064 | M | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Unknown | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 12, 46; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 18, 68; Castine 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1250 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10084604, 10194280 | 10084604 | W102006 | W102006 | Castle Hill Grange Hall Manganese Prospect | Castle Hill Grange Hall | Castle Hill | Aroostook | Mapleton | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Miller, 1947. Located approx. .5 mi w of Castle Hill-Mapleton town line, starting 400' N of road, extending n 500' or more. On land owned by Raymond Chandler (1947). | 46.7387614368363 | -68.1826551190823 | M | Iron, Manganese | Manganese | Iron | Prospect | Surface | S | No | oxides; Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Manganese Ox-Hydrous | hematitic and chloritic slate | stratabound concordant; Chemical Sediment, Marine | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G. | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 12, 53; Miller, R. L., 1947, Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 4, p. 51-52, Plate 2; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 18; White, W. S., 1943, Occurrence of manganese in eastern Aroostook County, Maine, in Strategic mineral investigations, 1943: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 940-E, p. 125-161 | Mn (Fe) | S | chemical sediment, marine | Two prospecting trenches, one by the State of Maine, 1941; another by the Manganese Ore Co., 1943. | USGS | 83 11 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 09 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Northern Aroostook Mn District | Zone of hematitic and chloritic shale stained with black manganese oxide. | |||||
| 1532 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10008392, 10084508 | 10084508 | W101892 | Catheart Mtn Deposit | Catheart Mt. | Bradstreet Twp | Somerset | Catheart Mtn | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 45.5340385766538 | -70.2076282639756 | M | Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, Rhenium | Molybdenum, Copper, Rhenium | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | none | No | sulfides molybdenite, chalcopyrite | Attean Quartz monzonite | stockwork/pipe; disseminated | 53: Porphyry Cu | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G., King, R. U., Beougher, D. J. (Spanski, G. T.), Mosier, D., | Schmidt, R. G., 1978, The potential for porphyry copper-molybdenum deposits in the eastern United States: U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 907-E, 31 p.; Young, R. S., 1968, Mineral exploration and development in Maine, in Ridge, John D. (editor), Ore deposits of the United States, 1933-1967 (Graton-Sales Volume): American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, v. 1, p. 133; Schmidt, R. G., 1978, The potential for porphyry copper-molybdenum deposits in the eastern United States: U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 907-E, 31 p.; Schmidt, R. G., 1974, Preliminary study of rock alteration in the Catheart Mountain molybdenum-copper deposit, Maine: U. S. Geological Survey, Journal of Research, v. 2, no. 2, p. 189-194; August 1968, Engineering and Mining Journal; 1970 Dir. Expl. Noranda Exploration Co. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1688 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10008387, 10145352. | 10008387 | D000495 | Catherine Mtn Molybdenite Prospects | Catherine Hill Mine; Catherine Mountain Molybdenum Prospect | T10 SD | Hancock | Tunk Lake | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). Trail starts from Rte 182, 3/4 mi W from E end of Fox Pond. Goes to pits on S side of peak of hill, around to E end of peak (Morrill & Hinckley) | 44.6171896360431 | -68.0810929682057 | M | Molybdenum | Molybdenum | Past Producer | Surface | Surface | No | molybdenite, wolframite, scheelite | granite and quartz monzonite | Magmatic Stock Disseminated | none | Beck, F., King, Robert U., Woodruff, Laurel G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 53; Schmidt, R. G., 1978, The potential for porphyry copper-molybdenum deposits in the eastern United States: U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 907-E, 31 p.; Trefethen, J. M., 1947, Mineral production, 1945-1946, in Report of the State Geologist, 1945-1946: (Maine Geological Survey) Maine Development Commission, p. 54-56; Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 3, p. 65, 67, 79-82; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 12, 51; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | Added host rock, geologic comments, references, workings | |||||||||||||||||
| 689 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194718 | 0230310014 | Caton Prospect | Waterboro | York | Waterboro | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | USGS MRDS location corrected using map in Maine Geological Survey (1957), p. 42 (Maine Geological Survey 11/19/08). | 43.5258230225379 | -70.7179323293298 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 7, 42; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 801 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10266825 | 0230210031 | Cement Pit Quarry | Monson | Piscataquis | Monson East | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.2757999997257 | -69.4832999996591 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 37, 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 314 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121311 | W016570 | 0230190035 | Cemetary Hill Prospect | Greenfield Twp | Penobscot | Greenfield | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.0727999995654 | -68.4577999995778 | M | Iron, Manganese | Manganese | Iron | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 12, 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1629 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Separated from Mt Glines (RECNO W102032) | 10306855 | OXF-003 | Champion-Consolidated Mines | Champion Mine; Oxford Silver Mine; Mt. Zircon; Champion | Milton Twp | Oxford | Mt Zircon | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 1000m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000).Coordinates are for Champion Consolidated. | 44.4720745306743 | -70.5621591616401 | M | Lead, Silver | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Underground | galena | unknown | F.M. Beck Inc.; Woodruff, L. G. | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 29; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 13; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | precious metal | S | Two shafts indicated for oxford silver mine (MRI-3). Workings unknown for Mt. Zircon and Champion Mines. | 98 10 | Published literature | little developed producer, inactive | ||||||||||||||||
| 1302 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306769 | ARO-007 | Chandler Mountain Gold Prospect | New Gold Prospect | T9 R8 WELS | Aroostook | Chandler Mtn | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 500m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Fred Beck. Located on southern slope of Chandler Mountain. | 46.4512188922513 | -68.7306506529193 | M | Arsenic, Gold | Arsenic, Gold | Occurrence | none | arsenopyrite | gabbro | Veins | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Fred Beck, personal communication, 1998; Cummings, J. S., 1988, Geochemical detection of volcanogenic massive sulphides in humid-temperate terrain (using surficial methods): J. S. Cummings, Bangor, Maine, p. 282 | precious metal | unknown | veins | Several core holes drilled. | 98 10 | Published literature, personal communication | inactive prospect | Geohemical anomaly; arsenopyrite veins in gabbro; drilled by Chevron, late '80s. | ||||||||||||||
| 345 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121520 | 0230230016 | Chapman Mine | Topsham | Sagadahoc | Brunswick | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.9752999999279 | -69.9372000001705 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Prospect | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 7, 39; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 51, 68; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 517 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169733 | 0230030064 | Chapman Pit | Chapman Quarry | Chapman | Aroostook | Mapleton | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 46.645799999851 | -68.152800000121 | N | Stone | Stone | Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | mining traprock; POR is Chapman, ME; MSHA list 5-18-81; CMS list 10-30-81; RCF list 10-28-81; # associated with mill, seq. no. 0230039015; MSHA inspection 8-2-79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 288 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121150 | 0230130081 | Charles Crockett Quarry | Rockland | Knox | Rockland | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.1207999998368 | -69.1169000000386 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 42, 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 320 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121354 | 0230090235 | Chase Quarries | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.4071999998504 | -68.5314000000436 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 9, 48; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 7; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1253 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10084545 | W101931 | W101931 | Chase Stream (Squirtgun) | Squirt Gun; Chase Stream Squirtgun | Chase Stream Twp | Somerset | Black Brook Pond | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Fred Beck. | 45.4924042159938 | -69.9410633158379 | M | Copper, Silver, Zinc | Copper | Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | none | No | sulfides | tuffs(?) | stratabound concordant | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G. | Young, R. S., 1968, Mineral exploration and development in Maine, in Ridge, John D. (editor), Ore deposits of the United States, 1933-1967 (Graton-Sales Volume): American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, v. 1, p. 133; John Slack, personal communication, 1983 | base metal | S | USGS | 83 11 | inactive prospect | Near sw terminus of the 40-mile "lanigan" or "chase stream-churchill stream" lineament in the northern volcanic belt. Hole sg-2: 283-299 ft, 3.3%cu, 1.12 oz/ton ag; some Zn. Drilled. | Location corrected; Zn Ag added; Show as prospect only | ||||||||||||
| 1525 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10084607, 10121276. | 10084607 | W102009 | W102009 | Cherryfield Mine | Milbridge | Washington | Cherryfield | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). Located approx 1/2 mi E of Cherryfield-Millbridge town line, S side of unimproved road that banches off of Rte 1. | 44.5982689995182 | -67.9085494357686 | M | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Zinc, Lead | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Surface, Underground | Small | sphaelerite (Zn) galena (Pb) chalcopyrite (Cu) unknown (Ag) native (Au) | shale, schistose diabase, cut by dikes of diorite, Ellsworth Fm (Li, 1942) | vein; lo t, shallow, fissure, hydrotherm | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 13, 51; Li, C. Y., 1942, Genesis of some ore deposits of southeastern Maine: Geological Society of America, Bulletin, v. 53, no. 1, p. 42-43; Emmons, W. H., 1910, Some ore deposits in Maine and the Milan Mine, New Hampshire: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 432, p. 43; Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 3, p. 15-19; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 19 | base metal | S | fissure vein with banded structure (li, 1942). | Shaft 260' deep with 63' of drifts e and w on the 106' level - stoping on 106' level. Drifting 130' at 100' level, 116' at lower level. Shaft is two compartment. Mill erected in 1907 equipped with crusher rolls, jigs, trommel and concentrating table. (MRI-3) pit 500' E of main shaft (Young, 1963). | USGS | 83 11 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | Fissure vein with banded structure, ore minerals in center, flanked by quartz. Vein contains fragments of country rock. Country rock is shale and schistose diabase. (Li, 1942) vein material is milky qtz w calcite & siderite locally abundant | Corrected location, added workings, host rock, geologic comments. | ||||||
| 918 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242894 | 0230290089 | Cherryfield Quarry | Cherryfield | Washington | Cherryfield | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.6089000003398 | -67.9158000001952 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Economic Development), Special Economic Studies Series 3, p. 12, 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 400 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145335 | 0230090088 | Chester Mine | Brooksville | Hancock | Sargentville | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3602999998909 | -68.7161000002005 | M | Copper | Copper | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 596 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194080 | 0230210048 | Chiastolite Prospect | Dover-Foxcroft | Piscataquis | Sebec Lake East | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.2527999998051 | -69.2350000004487 | N | Kyanite | Kyanite | Occurrence | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 460 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145764 | 0230090170 | Chief Isle Mine | Mount Desert | Hancock | Bartlett Island | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3713999998487 | -68.4243999995913 | M | Silver | Silver | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 13, 50; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 38, 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1631 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10291580, 10242277 | 10291580 | 0230050066 | Chute Property | Casco | Cumberland | Naples | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 43.9366618223393 | -70.5273763245312 | N | Gemstone | Gemstone | Prospect | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 8, 41; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 14, 65; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 836 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242277 | 0230050029 | Chute Prospect | Casco | Cumberland | Naples | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.9269000000713 | -70.5293999996459 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 8, 41; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 14, 65; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 840 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242308 | 0230270019 | Cilley Quarry | Lincolnville | Waldo | Lincolnville | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.2982999999482 | -69.0855999997282 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 34, 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1494 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10306800, 10145587 | 10306800 | HAN0009 | City of Boston Mine | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.3966454521931 | -68.6175469556529 | M | Copper | Copper | Past Producer | Underground | Underground | sulfides | quartzites, gneiss, amphibolite | Stratabound Exhalative | 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 13, 47; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 7, 70; Blue Hill 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | base metal | stratabound exhalative | 24B | Shaft #1: 7' x 16', 55' deep; 3 compartments. Shaft #2 sunk 700' S of #1, 10' deep (MRI-3). | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | Blue Hill District | ||||||||||||
| 1377 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121547 | 0230090028 | HAN0015 | Clark and Clark Extension Mines | Clark Gold Mine; Clark Silver Mining Co. | Franklin | Hancock | Hancock | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | Unknown | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location based on description in Morrill & Hinckley, and Maine Geological Survey (1958) MRI-3, plate 4. Located S of Rte 182, N shore of Egypt Bay (eastern part). Clark and Clark Extension are approx. .25 mi apart, but MRI-3 and Morrill & Hinckley disagree on relative locations. | 44.5667868433293 | -68.28251650811 | M | Copper, Gold, Silver | Copper, Silver, Gold | Unknown | Underground | U | sulfides | Ellsworth Fm | vein | Polymetallic vein | F.M. Beck Inc., Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p.13, 49; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 26, 74 | base, precious | S | vein | 22C | Clark Mine: two shafts 200' apart. shaft #1: 22' deep; plan to hit vein at 80'. Shaft #2 started (April 1880). Clark Extension: workings unknown. | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | |||||||||||
| 344 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121512 | 0230090050 | Clark Mine | Southwest Harbor | Hancock | Southwest Harbor | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.2805999997238 | -68.3153000003624 | M | Copper, Silver | Copper | Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 13, 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 372 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121734 | 0230170016 | Clark Mine | Canton | Oxford | Canton | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.4600000001844 | -70.3418999999209 | B | Beryllium, Mica | Mica | Beryllium | Past Producer | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 7; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 13; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1114 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291585 | W019730 | 0230050081 | Clay Mine | Gray | Cumberland | Gray | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.883300000245 | -70.3333000000913 | N | Clay | Clay | Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | CMS list 10-30-81; RCF list 10-28--81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1593 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169965 | 0230090029 | Cline Gold Mine | Hancock | Hancock | Hancock | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.5536057645316 | -68.2880751024599 | M | Copper, Gold, Silver | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | Underground | Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 13, 49; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 30, 74; Ellsworth 15' map, Mine Map Repository | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 723 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218197 | 0230090236 | Collins Quarries | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.4178000001423 | -68.5057999998816 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 9, 48; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 7; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1783 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145232 | 0230170081 | Colton Hill Quarry | Stow | Oxford | Center Lovell | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.2087009175891 | -70.9846813354119 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 8, 32; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 49, 77; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 543 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10170031 | 0230090135 | Comstock Prospect | Bucksport | Hancock | Hampden | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.6294000001322 | -68.7844000000706 | M | Lead, Silver | Lead | Silver | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 14; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 15, 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 988 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267072 | 0230170111 | Conant Mine | Hebron | Oxford | Lake Auburn West | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.2080999996023 | -70.3717000003343 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 8, 34; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 639 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194366 | 0230030024 | Cone Mine | New Limerick | Aroostook | Meduxnekeag Lake | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 46.0981000003199 | -68.0025000001817 | M | Manganese | Manganese | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Miller, R. L., 1947, Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 4, 77 p.; American Institute of Mining Engineering, Transactions, v. 5, 1876-77, p. 226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1643 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194040 | 0230010043 | Conroy Quarry | Minot | Androscoggin | Oxford | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 1000m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.1267671372988 | -70.3788164506653 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 29, 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1739 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10266844 | 0230230019 | Consolidated #1 Quarry | Topsham | Sagadahoc | Brunswick | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 43.9467347623655 | -69.94998112618 | B | Feldspar, Garnet, Iron, Mica | Mica | Iron, Garnet, Feldspar | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 8, 39; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 51, 68; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1741 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218122 | 0230230022 | Consolidated #2 Quarry | Maine Feldspar Quarry | Topsham | Sagadahoc | Brunswick | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 43.9484664366105 | -69.9501629268262 | N | Feldspar, Mica | Mica | Feldspar | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 9, 39; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 51, 68; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1602 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10084403, 10121446 | 10121446 | 0230190015 | Consolidated Hampden Mine | Dunton Silver Mine; Hampden Mine; Dunton Mine | Hampden | Penobscot | Hermon | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.7538128122113 | -68.8945665745419 | M | Antimony, Copper, Lead, Silver | Lead, Silver | Copper | Antimony | Past Producer | Underground | Underground | galena, argentite, chalcopyrite, stibnite, tetrahedrite | vein | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G., Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 22; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 30, 66 | base metal | S | vein | Hampden: 200' shaft, 39.5' cross-cut (MRI-3) | USGS | 83 12 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 10 | Published literature | little developed producer, inactive | Vein 25' in width, fissure lode (MRI-3). | ||||||||
| 687 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194708 | 0230230009 | Consolidated Quarries | Bowdoinham | Sagadahoc | Bowdoinham | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.0081000001354 | -69.9228000000793 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 8, 39; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 9, 68; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1655 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242241 | 0230230059 | Consolidated Quarries | Golding's Quarry | Georgetown | Sagadahoc | Phippsburg | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 43.7746186273268 | -69.7674253894301 | B | Beryllium, Garnet, Quartz | Garnet, Beryllium, Quartz | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 18, 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 595 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194071 | 0230230017 | Consolidated Quarry | Topsham | Sagadahoc | Brunswick | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.9675000001033 | -69.9471999997841 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 8, 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 865 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242480 | 0230230018 | Consolidated Quarry | Topsham | Sagadahoc | Brunswick | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.9816999999683 | -69.9382999996154 | B | Beryllium, Feldspar, Gemstone, Mica | Beryllium | Gemstone, Mica, Feldspar | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 8, 39; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 690 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194726 | 0230230021 | Consolidated Quarry | Woolwich | Sagadahoc | Bath | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.9171999998975 | -69.7627999999663 | B | Beryllium, Feldspar, Gemstone, Lithium, Mica, Uranium | Gemstone, Uranium | Beryllium, Feldspar, Lithium, Mica | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 8; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000); additional commodity - gemstones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 69 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218167 | 0230230020 | Consolidated Quarry | Bowdoinham | Sagadahoc | Brunswick | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 8. | Unknown | USGS MRDS location corrected using published literature (Maine Geological Survey, 11/03/08) | 43.9947124558856 | -69.9152033783345 | N | Feldspar, Mica | Mica | Feldspar | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 8, 39; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 911 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242838 | W019737 | 0230050017 | Cook Quarry | Portland | Cumberland | Portland West | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.6972000003041 | -70.2656000000002 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | MESA inspectors 10-7-80; # associated with mill, seq. no. 0230059009; MSHA list 5-18-81; RCF list 10-28-81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1498 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10107755, 10291654 | 10107755 | D001851 | Coombs Quarry | (Caesari) Trusiani Quarry; Coombs Feldspar Quarry | Bowdoin | Sagadahoc | Bowdoinham | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.0323444549006 | -69.9247532789636 | B | Beryllium, Feldspar, Garnet, Gemstone, Mica, Niobium, Sulfur, Tantalum | Niobium, Tantalum, Feldspar, Beryllium, Gemstone | Garnet, Feldspar, Mica, Sulfur | Past Producer | Surface | Small | columbite - tantalite, muscovite, beryl | Schist | Pegmatite | Woodruff, Laurel G., Parker, Raymond L., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Cameron, E. N., Larrabee, D. M., McNair, A. H., Page, J. J., Stewart, G. W., and Shainin, V. E., 1954, Pegmatite investigations 1942-45, New England: U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 255, p. 99-101; Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 9, 38; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | other metal | unknown | USGS | 75 10 | intermittent producer | Production of feldspar, mica, and beryl only, masses of columbite - tantalite up to 15 lbs. reported at contact of perthite and biotite pegmatite ; info.src : 4 oth er src | |||||||||||||
| 1613 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10170201, 10008395, 10110214 | D000508 | Cooper Molybdenite Mine | American Molybdenum Company Mine; Cooper Mine (1903-1906); Calais Molybdenite Prospect; Cooper Mine | Cooper | Washington | Lake Cathance | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). E side of Cooper Hill, approx 1 mi S of Mill Stream crossing on Rte 191, just E of road. | 44.9843100465684 | -67.4545487408676 | M | Bismuth, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, Tungsten | Molybdenum | Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper | Bismuth | Past Producer | Surface, Underground | No | sulfides, halides, Scheelite, Molybdenite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite | Granite | Disseminated, Pegmatite | Beck, F., King, Robert U., Woodruff, Laurel G., Schmidt, Robert G., Whitlow, S., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 20; Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 3, p. 67-68, 79, 83-85; Emmons, W. H., 1910, Some ore deposits in Maine and the Milan Mine, New Hampshire: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 432, p. 47; Smith, G. O., 1905, A molybdenite deposit in eastern Maine, in Contributions to economic geology, 1904: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 260, p. 197-199; Kirkemo, H., Anderson, C.A., and Creasey, S.C., 1965, Investigations of molybdenum deposits in the conterminous United States 1942-60: U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 1182-E, p. 61-62; Young, R. S., 1968, Mineral exploration and development in Maine, in Ridge, John D. (editor), Ore deposits of the United States, 1933-1967 (Graton-Sales Volume): American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, v. 1, p. 125-139 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 734 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218277 | 0230090042 | Copper Harbor Prospect | Sullivan | Hancock | Bar Harbor | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.4992000004325 | -68.1382999999169 | M | Copper, Gold | Copper, Gold | Unknown | Underground | Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 14; Bar Harbor 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 966 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10266913 | 0230090249 | Copper Mine | Mount Desert | Hancock | Southwest Harbor | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3169000002907 | -68.3416999996301 | M | Copper | Copper | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 901 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242708 | 0230310053 | Copper-Moly Prospect | Newfield | York | Limerick | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.6527999995735 | -70.8707999997827 | M | Copper, Molybdenum | Molybdenum | Copper | Occurrence | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Eilertsen, N. A., and Myslinski, F., 1960, U.S. Bureau of Mines summary report on copper-moly prospect 91.3070, W.M.M. files | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1595 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10084426, 10145338, 10291729. | 10084426 | W101749 | Copperopolis Mine | Custer (Cu) Mine; Copperopolis Custer Mine | Hancock | Hancock | Hancock | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). Approx 1/2 mi N of Rte 182, 3/4 mi W of Franklin town line. On Wendall Grant (1956) farm. Harvey Elliot Prospect is 300 yards E of mine house. | 44.5676437964992 | -68.2987343410938 | M | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Lead, Silver | Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Underground | Underground | Small | galena, pyrrhotite, pyrite, malachite | schist | vein | 85: Polymetallic veins | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Emmons, W. H., 1910, Some ore deposits in Maine and the Milan Mine, New Hampshire: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 432, p. 41-42; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 14, 49; Li, C. Y., 1942, Genesis of some ore deposits of southeastern Maine: Geological Society of America, Bulletin, v. 53, no. 1, p. 37; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 30, 74 | base, precious | S | vein | 22C | Shaft 110 feet deep; 3 pits 200 yards w of mine house. | USGS | 83 12 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 90 07 | Published literature | inactive mine | Lines up along strike with West Sullivan mines, possibly controlled by major fault. | Used WT location, added location and geologic comments, workings description. | ||||
| 610 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194203 | 0230210030 | Cora Quarry | Monson | Piscataquis | Monson East | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.2724999995925 | -69.4892000000337 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 37, 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 473 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145903 | 0230190027 | Corrina Mine | Corinna | Penobscot | Corinna | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.9286000002268 | -69.2588999995882 | M | Gold, Lead, Silver | Lead | Silver | Gold | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 647 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194450 | 0230170175 | Corundum Occurrence | Greenwood | Oxford | Greenwood | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3132999998183 | -70.6791999999193 | N | Corundum | Corundum | Occurrence | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 711 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218116 | 0230210011 | Cove Quarry | Monson | Piscataquis | Monson West | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.2864000000176 | -69.5092000001603 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 37, 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 968 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10266926 | 0230090206 | Crabtree & Havey Quarry | Sullivan | Hancock | Sullivan | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5455999998268 | -68.2308000001649 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 13, 50; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 46; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1260 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10067847 | W000717 | W000717 | Crawford Pond | Union Pyrrhotite | Union | Knox | West Rockport | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location is for northern limit (shore outcrop) of deposit that extends s under Crawford Pond. Harriman Prospect is located approx. 0.75 mi N. | 44.1998930340765 | -69.2403116976266 | M | Cobalt, Copper, Nickel | Nickel, Cobalt, Copper | Occurrence | none | No | pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite | peridotite | sulfide segregations | Coury, Anny B., Beck, F., Woodruff, Laurel G. | Beers, R.F., et al., 1962, D.N.E.A. Project 4947; Cornwall, H. R., 1966, Nickel deposits of North America: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 1223, p. 43; Bastin, E. S., 1908, A pyrrhotitic peridotite from Knox County, Me.--a sulphide ore of igneous origin: Journal of Geology, v. 16, p. 124-138; Rainville, G. D., 1972, Geology and ore mineralogy of the Harriman-Warren nickeliferous pyrrhotite deposits, Knox County, Maine: M.S. thesis, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 242 p.; Houston, R. S., 1956, Genetic study of some pyrrhotite deposits of Maine and New Brunswick: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 7, 117 p.; Rainville, G. D., and Park, W. C., 1976, Nickeliferous pyrrhotite deposits, Knox County, southeastern Maine, in Lyons, Paul C., and Brownlow, Arthur H. (editors), Studies in New England geology; northern New England: Geological Society of America, Memoir 146, p. 319-347; Rainville, G.D., 1976, Ore petrology and nickel-manganese variations In olivines of mafic and ultramafic rocks with emphasis on the Harriman Peridotite, Knox County, Maine: Ph.D. dissertation, Boston University, Boston, Ma, 310 p.; Beers, R.F., Casey, C.F., Wyke, D.E. And Young, R.S., 1962, Exploration of the Crawford Pond Nickel Deposit: A case history: Mining Engineering, V. 14, p. 56; Kirkemo-Guild memo resulting from D.M.E.A. Project no. 4947 | ferrous | M | USGS | 72 07 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 10 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Geol.desc: prospect is in a peridotite which has been intruded into biotite schist. attitude of layering of peridotite and of schistosity of biotite averages N. 20deg.E. and vertical to steeply eastward in dip. | In several respects, the deposit is similar to that at Lynn Lake, Manitoba, although it also has several mineralogic and distributional similarities to the Sudbury deposits. Positive geophysical results outlined a possible ore zone 3,000 ft. in length an | ||||||||||
| 667 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218541 | 0230130052 | Creighton Quarry | Thomaston | Knox | Thomaston | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.0993999999262 | -69.1482999995628 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 48, 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 906 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242813 | 0230130055 | Creighton Quarry | Thomaston | Knox | Thomaston | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.0925000002198 | -69.1458000003339 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 48, 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1715 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Separated this record from Crocker Hill, South Pit. | 10306859 | OXF-010 | Crocker Hill Mine, North Pit | Paris | Oxford | West Sumner | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.2760742227652 | -70.4684483151111 | M | Gold | Gold | Occurrence | Surface, Underground | Gold | pegmatite | Quartz Vein | Beck, F., Woodruff, L. G. | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 36, 72; Thompson, W. B., Joyner, D. L., Woodman, R. G., and King, V. T., 1998 , A collector's guide to Maine mineral localities (third edition): Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 41, p. 54-55 | precious | unknown | 98 10 | Published literature | inactive prospect | North pit shown as gold mine in Morrill, but at different location from Woody Thompson's (used here).. | Separated this record from Crocker Hill, South Pit. | |||||||||||||||
| 1716 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10194756, 10090576. | 10090576 | D000501 | D000501 | Crocker Hill Mine, South Pit | Crocker Hill Mine | Paris | Oxford | West Sumner | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.2748911673336 | -70.468032742898 | M | Graphite, Molybdenum | Molybdenum, Graphite | Past Producer | Surface | Surface, Underground | No | molybdenite, graphite | Beck, F., King, Robert U., Woodruff, Laurel G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 36, 72; Thompson, W. B., Joyner, D. L., Woodman, R. G., and King, V. T., 1998 , A collector's guide to Maine mineral localities (third edition): Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 41, p. 54-55 | base metal, other metal | unknown | USGS | 74 08 | F.M. Beck Inc. | Published literature | little developed producer, inactive | South pit was a molybdenite and graphite mine; north pit shown as gold mine in Morrill, but wrong location. | Corrected location; made a new record for north pit. | |||||||||||
| 1033 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267402 | 0230290037 | Crocker Prospect | Marshfield | Washington | Hadley Lake | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.7678000001087 | -67.4943999995522 | M | Lead, Silver | Lead | Silver | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1550 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306858 | OXF-008 | Crooker Quarry | Crooker Pegmatite | Newry | Oxford | East Andover | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.5433640325525 | -70.7237616816636 | M | Cesium, Lithium, Niobium, Tantalum | Cesium | Lithium, Niobium, Tantalum | Past Producer | Surface | pollucite spodumene columbite - tantalite | pegmatite | pegmatite | Beck, F., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Shainin, V. E., and Dellwig, L. F., 1954, Pegmatites and associated rocks in the Newry Hill area, Oxford County, Maine: U. S. Geological Survey, Trace Elements Investigations Report TEI 478, 71 p.; Barton, W. R., Jr., and Goldsmith, C. E., 1968, New England beryllium investigations: U. S. Bureau of Mines, Rept. Inv. 7070, p. 26-27 | other metal | S | Quarry. | 98 10 | little developed producer, inactive | Newry area | On Newry Hill; pollucite mined 1926-1929; 1000 lbs recovered. | ||||||||||||||
| 463 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145818 | 0230290022 | Cross Island Prospect | Cutler | Washington | Cross Island | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.6066999996513 | -67.319399999569 | M | Copper | Copper | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 14; Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 3, p. 60, 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 773 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218632 | 0230090193 | Crotch Island Quarry | Stonington | Hancock | Deer Isle | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.1413999997423 | -68.6688999999018 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 13, 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 998 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267152 | 0230170094 | Cummings Mine | Buckfield | Oxford | West Sumner | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.2907999995635 | -70.449999999818 | M | Silica | Silica | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 9, 34; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 11, 72; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 472 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145899 | 0230230072 | Cummings Mine | Bowdoinham | Sagadahoc | Bowdoinham | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.0060999996731 | -69.9239000004236 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Past Producer | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 9, 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 641 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194385 | 0230230062 | Cummings Quarry | Georgetown | Sagadahoc | Phippsburg | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.7810999998232 | -69.7631000003054 | N | Feldspar, Garnet | Feldspar | Garnet | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 19, 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1061 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291120 | 0230230071 | Cummings Quarry | Bowdoin | Sagadahoc | Brunswick | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.9927999999261 | -69.9381000002886 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 477 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145918 | 0230130035 | Cundell Island Quarry | Vinalhaven | Knox | Leadbetter Island | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.0647000002687 | -68.8792000002208 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 13, 48; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 644 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194416 | 0230230012 | Cunningham Mine | Georgetown | Sagadahoc | Boothbay Harbor | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.7999999996055 | -69.7402999997115 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Prospect | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 9, 38; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 809 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218802 | 0230090130 | Curtis Mine | Penobscot | Hancock | Penobscot | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.4853000000073 | -68.7110999999441 | M | Silver | Silver | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 14, 50; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 714 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218123 | 0230170021 | Cutler Mtn. Area | Hiram | Oxford | Cornish | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.8739000004104 | -70.8122000000864 | N | Feldspar, Mica | Feldspar | Mica | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 9, 41; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 763 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218557 | 0230090055 | D.L.Higgins Prospect | Bar Harbor | Hancock | Salsbury Cove | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.4127999998858 | -68.3618999999828 | M | Copper | Copper | Unknown | Underground | Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 23; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 4, 77; Mount Desert 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1451 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10306770, 10291322, 10306770 | 10306770 | ARO-008 | Daggett Hill Iron Pit | Daggett Hill Manganese Prospect | Hodgdon | Aroostook | Houlton South | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Miller, 1947. Located approx. .2 mi E of Rte 1, crest of Dagget Hill, approx. 1.1 mi N of Hodgdon-Cary Plt town line. Farm of Donald Tidd (1947). | 46.0172146622419 | -67.8496262008492 | M | Iron, Manganese | Iron | Manganese | Past Producer | Surface | S | oxides; Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Manganese Ox-Hydrous | shale | Chemical Sediment, Marine | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Whitlow, S., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Miller, R. L., 1947, Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 4, p. 73, Plate 4; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 14, 53; Eilertsen, N. A., 1958, Investigation of manganese areas, Hammond Plantation and Hodgdon Townships, southern district, Aroostook County, Maine: U. S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 5392, 38 p.; Earl, K. M., and Eilertsen, N. A., 1962, Investigation of manganese deposits, Hodgdon and Linneus Townships, southern district, Aroostook County, Maine: U. S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 6119, p. 28 | Mn (Fe) | S | chemical sediment, marine | Pit worked for iron around 1900. | 98 10 | Published literature | little developed producer, inactive | Southern Aroostook Mn District | Manganiferous iron zone worked for iron around turn of century | ||||||||||
| 1110 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291571 | 0230290087 | Dalots Quarry | Addison | Washington | Addison | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5389000003465 | -67.7494000000416 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 894 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10242672, 10073580 | 10242672 | W019697 | 0230010056 | Danville Pit | Morin Brick Co | Auburn | Androscoggin | Minot | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.0260999997996 | -70.263899999877 | N | Clay | Clay | Producer | Surface | Surface | Small | Sedimentary | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | MSHA inspection 6-9-80; MSHA list 5-18-81; CMS list 10-30-81; RCF list 10-29-81; # associated with mill, seq. no. 0230019014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1378 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10242705, 10306807 | 10306807 | HAN0016 | Darling Copper Mine | Blue Hill | Hancock | Penobscot | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | Unknown | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location based on Maine Geological Survey (1958) MRI-3, plate 2. SW of Second Pond, between Mammoth and Owen Lead Mines. | 44.3873643094558 | -68.6343014203869 | M | Copper, Lead, Silver | Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | U | sulfides | Ellsworth Fm | Stratabound Exhalative | 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 15, 47; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 7, 70; Maine Mining Journal, 1/13/1880, p. 84; Maine Mining Journal, 1/13/1880, p. 84 (Maine Mining Journal was a trade journal published In Bangor Between 1879 - 1882); | base metal | S | stratabound exhalative | 24B | One shaft and crosscut (Morrill & Hinckley). three shafts (Maine Mining Journal, 2/13/1880, p. 84). | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | Blue Hill District | Assumed to be same deposit type and model as nearby Blue Hill district. | ||||||||||
| 1479 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218840 | 0230230023 | Davis Mica Quarry | Davis Mine | West Bath | Sagadahoc | Bath | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 43.8900736559982 | -69.8440662153128 | B | Beryllium, Garnet, Feldspar, Gemstone, Mica, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Gemstone, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Garnet, Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 9, 40; Cameron, E. N., Larrabee, D. M., McNair, A. H., Page, J. J., Stewart, G. W., and Shainin, V. E., 1954, Pegmatite investigations 1942-45, New England: U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 255, p. 101; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 53, 69; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1589 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10084527, 10256714 | 10084527 | W101913 | W101913 | Davis Silver Mine | Old Silver Mine; Davis Mine | Newfield | York | Great East Lake | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 43.6118138297626 | -70.9261756467175 | M | Lead, Silver | Lead | Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Small | sulfides | vein | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 15, 52; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 31, 63; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | base metal | S | USGS | 83 11 | inactive mine | ||||||||||||||
| 1599 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291228 | 0230190030 | Davis Silver Mine | Davis Prospect | Hermon | Penobscot | Hermon | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.784414254243 | -68.9199106114665 | M | Silver | Silver | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 15; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 31, 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1530 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291207 | 0230310068 | Day Hill Locality | Cornish | York | Cornish | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 43.7501342838063 | -70.8221771479272 | N | Garnet, Gemstone | Garnet, Gemstone | Occurrence | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 15, 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 904 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242781 | 0230310037 | Day Quarry | Arundel | York | Kennebunk | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.4528000001065 | -70.5156000002331 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 23, 47; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 34; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 640 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194382 | 0230190024 | Dearborn Prospect | Corinna | Penobscot | Stetson | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.98360000035 | -69.2121999998548 | M | Lead, Silver | Lead | Silver | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 15; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1462 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306771 | ARO-009 | Deboullie Mountain | T15 R9 WELS | Aroostook | Deboullie Pond | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Fred Beck. Southeast slope of Deboullie Mountain. Location is for mineralized bedrock on steep slope covered by talus. | 46.9660883137266 | -68.8712025812244 | M | Copper, Molybdenum | Copper, Molybdenum | Occurrence | none | chalcopyrite, molybdenite | Deboullie pluton, syenite, monzosyenite, granodiorite | Fracture Fillings | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Fred Beck, personal communication, 1998 | base metal | unknown | fracture fillings | Drilled. | 98 10 | Personal communication | inactive prospect | Similar mineralization in syenite at Hans Bergendalh Prospect, Newfield, York Co., and in Vermont at Cuttingsville Mo Prospect. Deboullie was drilled in the late 1960's to early 1970's by John Cummings (for International Paper Co.?). Not enough found for commercial interest. Drilled through ice on Deboullie Pond. Entire pluton is a geochemical anomaly (Fred Beck) | |||||||||||||||
| 652 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194568 | 0230090142 | Deer Isle Jr Mine | Deer Isle | Hancock | Deer Isle | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.2197000001253 | -68.7282999996032 | M | Silver | Silver | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 15, 52; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 22, 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1536 | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | W101702 | Deer Isle Mine | Deer Isle Silver Mining Co.; Dunham Point Mine | Deer Isle | Hancock | Deer Isle | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | Location from Thompson and others (2000). 2.5 mi W of Deer Isle village, on Dunham Point. | 44.2207620346908 | -68.7312226046428 | M | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Zinc, Lead | Copper, Silver, Gold | U | sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite | Castine Volcanics | stratabound concordant | Besshi massive sulfide | Whitlow, S. | Emmons, W. H., 1910, Some ore deposits in Maine and the Milan Mine, New Hampshire: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 432, p. 37-38; Bouley, B. A., 1978, Volcanic stratigraphy, stratabound sulfide deposits, and relative age relationships in the East Penobscot Bay area, Maine: Ph.D. dissertation, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, p. 117; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 15, 52; Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 92 | base, precious | S | V | 24B | Shaft, inclined 45 degrees, 260 ft deep. At 200 ft level drifts about 100 ft long in either direction. (Emmons, 1910) Young (1962) shows 3 shafts, all covered over. | USGS | 83 12 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 90 07 | Published literature | inactive mine | Emmons: lode follows schistosity of country rock, striking N22E to N70E, dips 45-65N. | Corrected location, added commodities, work type, host rock, model | |||||||||
| 455 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145745 | 0230090263 | Deer Isle Quarry | Deer Isle | Hancock | Sargentville | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.2881000001085 | -68.6972000004182 | N | Stone, Dimension | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 353 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121614 | 0230310026 | Deering Acton Mine | Acton | York | Milton | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.4958000001538 | -70.9160999997321 | M | Silver | Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 15, 52; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 1, 62; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1352 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10291072, 10306888 | 10306888 | WAS020 | Denbow Neck Vein | Lubec | Washington | Eastport | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location based on Young, 1963. Located along shoreline, E side of Denbow Neck, approx. 1 mi S of Young's Point. | 44.8785850949968 | -67.0869177438574 | M | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Copper | Occurrence | Surface | none | sphalerite, galena, unknown Ag, unknown Cu | intermediate tuffs and flows | shear zone with quartz and carbonate veins | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 3, p. 48, 50, 53, 66, 67 | base metal | S | None; sulfide vein; geophysical surveys and one sample assayed by Young, 1963. | 98 09 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Denbow Point, Young's Point | Sulfide-bearing shear zone exposed along shoreline | ||||||||||||
| 1553 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10242685, 10306887 | 10306887 | WAS019 | Denbow Point Mine | Lubec | Washington | Eastport | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). Located at shoreline on Denbow Point. | 44.8925787265364 | -67.1022816310043 | M | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Underground | Galena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite | flows, tuffs originally diabasic | quartz and carbonate vein | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 3, p. 48, 50, 53, 55-56, 69-71; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 35, 79; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 15, 51; Emmons, W. H., 1910, Some ore deposits in Maine and the Milan Mine, New Hampshire: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 432, p. 45 | base metal | S | Four shafts: 2 near tip (copper) and 2 on W share .25 mi S of tip (galena). (Morrill, v2) | 98 09 | Published literature | inactive mine | Young's Point, DenBow NecK | Sulfides, primarily galena, Associated with quartz and carbonate veins in faulted and sheared volcanic flows and tuffs. | ||||||||||||
| 329 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121398 | 0230190019 | Dexter Prospect | Dexter | Penobscot | Dexter | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.0221999999197 | -69.2864000000994 | M | Silver | Silver | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 15; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1573 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145930 | 0230170041 | Diamond Ledge - N Prospect | Yale Mine; ("Tiger Bill") Yates Mine; Diamond Ledge Quarry | Greenwood | Oxford | Greenwood | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.3022502485795 | -70.6488741668147 | N | Quartz | Quartz | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 9, 35; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 21, 74; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 295 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121192 | 0230230024 | Direnzo Prospect | Topsham | Sagadahoc | Brunswick | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.9431000003986 | -69.944999999995 | N | Feldspar, Mica | Feldspar | Mica | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 9, 39; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 874 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242537 | 0230090116 | Dirigo Mine | Blue Hill | Hancock | Brooklin | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3380999999752 | -68.5596999996606 | M | Gold, Lead, Silver | Lead | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 15, 47; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 7, 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1751 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145872 | 0230310027 | Dirigo Mine | Acton | York | Milton | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 43.487042629761 | -70.9132249346536 | M | Lead, Silver | Lead | Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 16, 52; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 1, 62; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 269 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169774 | 0230210013 | Dirigo Quarry | Monson | Piscataquis | Monson West | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.2883000003669 | -69.5075000000371 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Unknown | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 37, 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1264 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10008393, 10291845 | 10008393 | D000505 | D000505 | Dodlin Hill | Dodling Hill; Norridgewock Quarries (Dodlin, Lawton, Taylor/Emmons) | Norridgewock | Somerset | Norridgewock | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Fred Beck. | 44.6788900466368 | -69.7892576610645 | N | Copper, Iron, Molybdenum, Stone, Titanium, Zirconium | Stone | Iron, Titanium, Zirconium, Molybdenum, Copper | Past Producer | Surface | S | No | quartz monzonite, magnetite, titanite, zircon, molybdenite, bornite | quartz monzonite | King, Robert U., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000); Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 34; Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 22, 48 | S | USGS | 74 08 | occurrence | Reported as granite quarry with accessory minerals of magnetite, titanite, zircon and pyrite by MRI-2; and bornite and molybdenite by Morrill v1. | Changed to show stone as major commodity. Granite quarry with accessory minerals; nonmetal | ||||||||||||
| 779 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218680 | 0230270013 | Don Heal Quarries | Lincolnville | Waldo | Lincolnville | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.2947000003751 | -69.0760999997805 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 34, 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1736 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121447 | 0230170069 | Donahue Prospect | (F. H.) Bennett Prospect | Albany Twp | Oxford | East Stoneham | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.3353253558925 | -70.8146152921734 | B | Beryllium, Feldspar, Gemstone, Mica | Beryllium | Feldspar, Gemstone, Mica | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 9, 37; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 2; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 631 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194326 | 0230090155 | Doneton Mine | Ellsworth | Hancock | Ellsworth | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5305999999567 | -68.4299999996268 | M | Silver | Silver | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 16, 48; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1379 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306808 | HAN0017 | Donlon Prospect | Surry | Hancock | Ellsworth | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location based on Young, 1962. Located on shore of Union River, just S of Ellsworth city boundary. | 44.5016931971896 | -68.4339530667333 | M | Copper? | Copper? | Past Producer | U | sulfides (pyrite only) | chorite schist, Ellsworth Fm | vein | none | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 95-96 | base metal | S | One shaft, 8 x 8', adjacent to shore. | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | Disseminated pyrite in anastamosing vein system of massive quartz, sugary quartz and ankerite (?). | |||||||||||||||
| 271 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169796 | 0230090278 | Donlon Prospect | Ellsworth | Hancock | Ellsworth | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5028000000056 | -68.4361000002274 | N | Sulfur | Sulfur | Occurrence | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 95-96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 902 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242718 | 0230090237 | Doorstone Quarry | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.4118999997677 | -68.5582999998765 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 10, 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1196 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291781 | 0230130054 | Dougherty Quarry | Thomaston | Knox | Thomaston | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.0900000000916 | -69.1477999998969 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 48, 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1650 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10306809, 10170054 | 10306809 | HAN0018 | Douglass Copper Mine | Gregory Mine; Douglass Copper Mine; Douglas Prospect; Douglas-Owen Prospect | Blue Hill | Hancock | Penobscot | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). On N shore of Second Pond. | 44.3957665915386 | -68.6267464975065 | M | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Copper | Lead, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | Underground | chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, galena, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, cuprite, stibnite, tetrahedrite, molybdenite, native Cu, chalcocite | quarzite, schist, amphibolite | Stratabound Exhalative | 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Uhrin | Bouley, B. A., 1978, Volcanic stratigraphy, stratabound sulfide deposits, and relative age relationships in the East Penobscot Bay area, Maine: Ph.D. dissertation, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, p. 117-118; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 16, 47; Emmons, W. H., 1910, Some ore deposits in Maine and the Milan Mine, New Hampshire: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 432, p. 31-32; Fred Beck, personal communication, 1998; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 7, 70; Earl, K. M., 1950, Investigation of the Douglas copper deposit, Hancock Co., Maine: U. S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 4701, 17 p.; Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 71, 75, 78 | base metal | M | stratabound exhalative | 24B | Two shafts: #1 is a two-compartment shaft, 350' deep, inclined 47 deg. with levels at 100, 200 and 300'. Drifts reported to total 1200'. Stoping done between 100 and 200' levels. Workings partially caved and filled with water (MRI-3). #2 , a two-compartment shaft 150' E of #1, is 75' deep (Emmons). | 98 08 | Published literature, personal communication | inactive mine | Blue Hill District | Produced 2-3 million lbs Cu 1878-1883, reopened July-Dec 1918; 7 diamond drill holes USBM, 1948;deposit extension mined downdip by Kerramerican 1972-78. | ||||||||
| 547 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10170053 | 0230210049 | Dover-Foxcroft Prospect | Dover-Foxcroft | Piscataquis | Dover-Foxcroft | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.173099999638 | -69.2424999999341 | M | Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1685 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267459 | 0230130059 | Dragon Cement Quarries - N Pit | Martin Marietta Cement; Thomaston Quarry & Cement Mill | Thomaston | Knox | Thomaston | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.0897482088091 | -69.1564744222217 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 48, 63; MESA inspectors 2-23-81; MSHA list 5-18-81; CMS list 10-30-81; RCF list 10-28-81; # associated with mill, seq. no. 0230139006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1294 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10242664, 10306772 | 10306772 | ARO-010 | Drew Hill Sulfide Prospect | Eben Lake Sulfide Deposit | Linneus | Aroostook | Linneus | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Houston, 1956. | 46.095115335765 | -67.9980741855647 | N | Antimony, Lead, Sulfur | Sulfur | Antimony | Lead | Occurrence | none | sulfides; Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Manganese Ox-Hydrous | hornfels, marble | Contact Metamorphic, Vein | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Houston, R. S., 1956, Genetic study of some pyrrhotite deposits of Maine and New Brunswick: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 7, p. 104-115; Pavlides, L., 1971, Geologic map of the Houlton [15-minute] quadrangle, Aroostook County, Maine: U. S. Geological Survey, Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-920, scale 1:62,500; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 17, 52; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 38 | nonmetal | S | contact metamorphic, vein | Pyrite and pyrrhotite originated as residual emanations from the Meduxkeneag intrusion. Houston 1956. | 98 10 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Massive pyrite, pyrrhotite along hornfels-marble contact; milky qtz w/galena, chalcopyrite; milky qtz veinlets w/stibnite. | |||||||||||
| 1291 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306773 | ARO-011 | Drew Lake Manganese Prospect | New Limerick | Aroostook | Meduxnekeag Lake | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Miller, 1947. Located on shore at E end of Drew (Meduxnekeag) Lake, near outlet to Meduxnekeag River. | 46.098934447956 | -68.0025331977552 | M | Iron, Manganese | Manganese | Iron | Occurrence | none | oxides; Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Manganese Ox-Hydrous | slate | Chemical Sediment, Marine | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Miller, R. L., 1947, Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 4, p. 77, Plate 4 | Mn (Fe) | S | chemical sediment, marine | 98 10 | Published literature | occurrence | Southern Aroostook Mn District | Two small magnetite bodies near contact between siliceous limestone and granite | ||||||||||||||
| 662 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218519 | 0230030009 | Dudley Farm | Mapleton | Aroostook | Presque Isle | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from Miller, 1947, Plate 2 (corrected by Maine Geological Survey, 11/12/08) | 46.7321250410072 | -68.0946712523627 | M | Iron, Manganese | Manganese | Iron | Prospect | Surface | Hartos | Miller, R. L., 1947, Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 4, p. 61; White, W. S., 1943, Occurrence of manganese in eastern Aroostook County, Maine, in Strategic mineral investigations, 1943: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 940-E, p. 125-161 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1469 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10084656 | W102077 | W102077 | Dudley Manganese Prospect | Dudley | Castle Hill | Aroostook | Mapleton | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 46.6836370883555 | -68.1916393533496 | M | Iron, Manganese | Manganese | Iron | Surface | oxides; Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Manganese Ox-Hydrous | slate | stratabound concordant; Chemical Sediment, Marine | Beck, F., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G. | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 17, 53; Miller, R. L., 1947, Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 4, p. 55-58, Plates 2, 3, 6, 9, 13-16; Eilertsen, N. A., and Earl, K. M., 1957, Bulk sampling by diamond drilling, Dudley manganese deposit, northern district, Aroostook County, Maine: U. S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 5303, 26 p. | Mn (Fe) | M | chemical sediment, marine | Manganese Ore Co., 1942-1943. 26 diamond drill holes, 17 prospecting trenches, three 50' shafts, one large test pit, many small test pits. | USGS | 83 11 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 09 | Published literature | inactive prospect | Northern Aroostook Mn District | Highest grade and largest of all manganese prospects/deposits in Northern Aroostook Manganese District. | |||||||||
| 593 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194049 | 0230090207 | Dunbar Brothers Quarry | Sullivan | Hancock | Sullivan | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5455999998268 | -68.2374999996453 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 13, 50; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 46, 73; Rand, John R., 1957, Mineral resources of Maine - Bangor sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 1, MRRM-1 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1381 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10145586, 10306810 | 10306810 | HAN0019 | Dunham Silver Mine | Ellsworth | Hancock | Ellsworth | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location based on Young, 1962. 1.1 mi W of Union River at Ellsworth Falls on Rte 1 alt; approx .2 mi S of road. | 44.5703503664009 | -68.4643950742577 | M | Silver | Silver | Past Producer | S | pyrrhotite, pyrite | quartz-biotite-chlorite schist | vein; quartz stringer zone | 85: Polymetallic veins | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 96; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 17, 48; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 24, 69 | precious metal | 22C | One pit estimated 25 feet deep. | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | Pit sunk on zone of quartz stringers in quartz-chlorite-biotite schist; similar to Brimmer Prospect, nearby. | ||||||||||||||
| 221 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194070 | 0230230025 | Dunn Prospect | Bowdoinham | Sagadahoc | Brunswick | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 10. | Unknown | USGS MRDS location corrected using published literature (Maine Geological Survey, 11/03/08) | 43.9938614112614 | -69.918635773959 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 10, 39; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1851 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242735 | 0230170040 | Dunn Quarries | Dunn Mine | Norway | Oxford | Greenwood | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.265360903401 | -70.6680668455555 | B | Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica | Feldspar | Mica | Beryllium | Past Producer | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 9, 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1551 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10145679, 10306761, 10073640 | 10306761 | OXF-009 | Dunton Quarry | (Ellery) Abbott Mine; Dunton Gem Mine; General Electric (Newry) Pollucite Mine; (W. D.) Nevel Pollucite Mine; (W. D.) Nevel Tourmaline Mine; Neville Tourmaline Mine; Newry Gem Mine; Plumbago Gem Mine; Upper Newry Mine; Hall's Ridge | Newry | Oxford | East Andover | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). On Plumbago Mountain. | 44.542789 | -70.723322 | B | Beryllium, Cesium, Feldspar, Gemstone, Lithium, Mica, Niobium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Tantalum, Tin, Uranium, Zirconium | Cesium, Feldspar, Gemstone, Lithium, Mica, Silica, Tantalum, Zirconium | Beryllium, Uranium, Niobium, Tantalum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Tin | Past Producer | Surface | Surface | pollucite spodumene amblygonite beryl uraninite columbite - tantalite | pegmatite | Pegmatite | Beck, F., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 10, 31; Perham, J. C., 1987, Maine's treasure chest, gems and minerals of Oxford County: Quicksilver Publications, West Paris, Maine, p. 126-150; Shainin, V. E., and Dellwig, L. F., 1954, Pegmatites and associated rocks in the Newry Hill area, Oxford County, Maine: U. S. Geological Survey, Trace Elements Investigations Report TEI 478, 71 p.; Cameron, E. N., Larrabee, D. M., McNair, A. H., Page, J. J., Stewart, G. W., and Shainin, V. E., 1954, Pegmatite investigations 1942-45, New England: U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 255, p. 80-83; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | S | Quarry. | 98 10 | Published literature | little developed producer, inactive | Newry area | On Newry Hill; pollucite mined 1926-1929; 3500 lbs recovered. | ||||||||||||
| 486 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145947 | 0230170070 | Durgin Mt. Area Prospect | Stoneham | Oxford | Speckled Mtn | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.297199999604 | -70.9300000001573 | M | Beryllium | Beryllium | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 10, 37; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1609 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194214 | 0230050067 | Dwelley Feldspar Quarry | Brunswick | Cumberland | Lisbon Falls South | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 43.9300634237653 | -70.0741301149473 | N | Feldspar | Feldspar | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p.10, 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1086 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291280 | 0230290064 | Dyer Black Granite Quarry | Milbridge | Washington | Cherryfield | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5458000000529 | -67.8907999998122 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 14, 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 396 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145317 | 0230050065 | E B Mallett Quarry | Freeport | Cumberland | Lisbon Falls South | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.8753000001944 | -70.0855999997605 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 17, 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 981 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267014 | 0230090131 | Eagle Brook Mine | Sedgwick | Hancock | Sargentville | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.2918999999077 | -68.6311000003371 | M | Lead, Silver | Lead | Silver | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 17; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 44, 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1560 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267194 | 0230170120 | Eagle Gray Granite Quarry | Osgood Quarry | Fryeburg | Oxford | Fryeburg | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.0027427891689 | -70.9777461164562 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 14, 49; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 18, 78; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1347 | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | WAS005 | Eagle Island | Addison | Washington | Harrington | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | Location from Fred Beck. Location is for center of small island. Actual shaft location unknown. | 44.5031526034889 | -67.7542354477491 | M | Lead | Lead | U | galena pb | unknown | vein | F.M. Beck Inc. | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 17; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 3 | base metal | unknown | vein | Shaft | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | "Galena vein" per Morrill & Hinckley | Very little information. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1472 | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | HAN0020 | Early Dawn Silver Mine | Early Dawn Prospect | Hancock | Hancock | Bar Harbor | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | Location from Thompson and others (2000). North shore of Jellison Cove, Crabtree Neck. | 44.4937980050276 | -68.221406623837 | M | Silver | Silver | U | native Ag | area mapaped as Ellsworth Fm | unknown | F.M. Beck Inc. | Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 97; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 17, 49; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 31, 75 | precious metal | unknown | One shaft reported 200' deep, with drifts on two levels that extend under the bay (Young, 1962). | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | Main shaft covered; dump destroyed | |||||||||||||||||
| 1179 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291421 | 0230090047 | East Surry Prospect | Surry | Hancock | Ellsworth | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5002999998774 | -68.4721999996689 | M | Copper, Lead, Silver | Copper, Lead, Silver | Unknown | Underground | Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 17, 48; Mt. Desert 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 531 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169958 | 0230090126 | Eastern Belle Mine | Penobscot | Hancock | Penobscot | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.4983000003144 | -68.6461000002072 | M | Gold, Silver | Gold | Silver | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 17; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 630 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194325 | 0230090174 | Eastern Mine | Bucksport | Hancock | Bucksport | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.6231000002048 | -68.8238999997585 | M | Lead, Silver | Lead | Silver | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 17; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 849 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242354 | 0230210014 | Eastern Quarry | General Electric Quarry | Monson | Piscataquis | Monson West | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.2891999995857 | -69.5061000002531 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 37, 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1383 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10194362, 10306812 | 10306812 | HAN0021 | Eastern Star Mine | Ellsworth | Hancock | Ellsworth | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location based on Young, 1962. West of Ellsworth, between Rtes 1/3, Old Bangor Rd, Deadman Brook, and Infant St. Directions from Morrill & Hinckley: go W on Rte 1 3/4 mi from bridge in Ellsworth village. Turn N 1 mi. Turn W 100' to first house on road. Park. Go S across pasture and 50' into woods to barbed wire fence. Go W along fence to shaft and dump (dangerous). | 44.547247913916 | -68.4526472728571 | M | Gold, Silver | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Underground | U | native Au | quartz-chlorite schist | vein | 85: Polymetallic veins | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 96; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 23, 69; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 18, 49 | precious metal | 22C | a 6 x 8' shaft inclined 35 deg. SE. | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | Quartz vein reportedly bearing free gold (or silver depending on source) in contorted quartz-chlorite schist. . . .dump rocks reveal neither sulfides nor native metals (Young, 1962). | |||||||||||||
| 1781 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10145349, 10194006 | 10145349 | Eastman Quarry | Eastman Prospect; Deer Hill Area Prospect | Stow | Oxford | Center Lovell | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.2301 | -70.992417 | N | Feldspar, Garnet, Gemstone, Mica, Sulfur | Gemstone, Feldspar | Garnet, Mica, Sulfur | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 9, 32; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 49, 77; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 661 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218501 | 0230090065 | Eclipse Prospect | Blue Hill | Hancock | Penobscot | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.3964000002317 | -68.632799999561 | M | Copper, Iron, Lead, Silver | Copper, Iron, Lead, Silver | Unknown | Underground | Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 18; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 8; Blue Hill 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1678 | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | W101700 | Edgemoggin Silver Mine | Eggemoggin Silver Mine (1876) | Sedgwick | Hancock | Sargentville | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | Location from Thompson and others (2000). SW shore of Byard Point, .5 mi W of N end of bridge to Little Deer Isle. | 44.3004952935851 | -68.6926170553568 | M | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Gold | U | chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, galena, native silver | rhyolite breccia | stratabound exhalative | ?Kuroko massive sulfide | Whitlow, S. | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 18, 46; Bouley, B. A., 1978, Volcanic stratigraphy, stratabound sulfide deposits, and relative age relationships in the East Penobscot Bay area, Maine: Ph.D. dissertation, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, p. 88-90; Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 64; Emmons, W. H., 1910, Some ore deposits in Maine and the Milan Mine, New Hampshire: U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 432, p. 36-37; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 44, 72 | base, precious | S | ?28A | Two shafts known as Shore Mine and Upper Mine. Now mostly bulldozed over. Dump material on beach. | USGS | 83 12 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 07 | Published literature | inactive mine | Dense network of silca and sulfide bearing veinlets appears to terminate at old shaft. Assumed formerly overlain by massive ore, suggested by rare sulfide boulders. | Used WT location, added model, host rock, work. | ||||||||||
| 1346 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10170173, 10306879 | 10306879 | WAS011 | Edwards & Walker Gold Mine | Wesley | Washington | Round Lake | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location is based on directions given in Forsyth, 1955: 1.1 mi N of Northfield-Wesley town line on Rte 192. | 44.8850025212002 | -67.6191668108625 | M | Gold | Gold | S | native gold | granite with quartz phenoctysts | vein, shear zone | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Forsyth, W. T., 1955, Airborne magnetometer investigations in eastern Maine, in Trefethen, Joseph M., Report of the State Geologist, 1953-1954: (Maine Geological Survey), Maine Development Commission, p. 31-45; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 51; Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 3, p. 63; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 18 | precious metal | unknown | Scattered shallow pits. (Young, 1963) | 98 09 | Published literature | inactive mine | Silicified shear zone 600' wide in granite high in quartz phenocrysts. druzy quartz coated with iron oxide, fragments of altered granite. | ||||||||||||||||
| 857 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242442 | 0230310028 | Eldorado Mine | Acton | York | Milton | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.4928000003597 | -70.9156000000661 | M | Silver | Silver | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 18, 52; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 1, 62; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1805 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10194532 | 0230170160 | Ellingwood Quarry | Paris | Oxford | Oxford | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.2304900334573 | -70.4530997335258 | N | Feldspar, Gemstone | Feldspar, Gemstone | Past Producer | Surface-Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 38, 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1594 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218472 | 0230090031 | Elliot Mine | Custer Extension Mine | Hancock | Hancock | Hancock | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.5619864781742 | -68.2937559290627 | M | Copper, Silver | Copper, Silver | Unknown | Underground | Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 14, 49; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 30-31, 74; Ellsworth 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1541 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10121824 | 0230170028 | Elliot Quarry | North Rumford Mica Mine | Rumford | Oxford | East Andover | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.5301382340675 | -70.697385356149 | B | Beryllium, Feldspar, Garnet, Gemstone, Mica, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Feldspar | Mica | Garnet, Beryllium, Gemstone, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 10, 31; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 45, 79; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000); additional commodity - gemstones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1135 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169822 | 0230150009 | Elmer Heath Quarry | Whitefield | Lincoln | North Whitefield | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.1897000003852 | -69.60109999973 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1464 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306868 | SOM-001 | Embden Mine | Embden | Somerset | Embden Pond | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | +/-1000m? | USGS MRDS location corrected. Unlocated. Location given by Morrill: 2 mi N of bridge to Solon Rte 16. | 44.962896687229 | -69.877462419261 | M | Lead, Silver? | Lead, Silver? | Past Producer | unknown | galena | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 16 | base metal | S | unknown | Ore was boxed and shipped off. Morrill, 1958, p. 16. | 98 11 | Published literature | inactive mine | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1522 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Record combined from USGS MRDS DEP_ID's - 10100490, 10242796, 10242443 | 10242796 | 0230090132 | Emerson Mine | Castine | Hancock | Castine | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). Located along W shore of Bagaduce River, 2 km NE of Castine, approx. 250m N of N end of Negro Island, on small point of land. | 44.4104173765709 | -68.7714526838466 | M | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Zinc, Lead, Copper | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Underground | Underground | sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite | volcanic tuff and agglomerate | Stratabound Exhalative | 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko | Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G., Dunn, George, Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | base, precious | S | stratabound exhalative | 28A | Emerson: 2 compartment shaft, flooded (MRI-3) Young (1962) shows 2-compartments at both shafts. | USGS | 83 12 | F.M. Beck Inc. | 98 07 | Published literature | inactive mine, drilled prospect | Drilled by Denison Mines Ltd, 1964; vein strikes N45E, vertial dip; outcrop on shore | ||||||||
| 544 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10170032 | 0230090139 | Emma Albina Mine | Penobscot | Hancock | Orland | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.5223815383974 | -68.6606837093059 | M | Silver | Silver | Prospect | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 18; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1004 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267201 | 0230310046 | Emmons Quarry | Biddeford | York | Biddeford | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.4814000000627 | -70.4550000000744 | N | Granite | Granite | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 14, 47; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 8; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1581 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145238 | 0230170042 | Emmons Quarry | Thomas Mine; Uncle Tom Mine; Uncle Tom Mtn Mine | Greenwood | Oxford | Greenwood | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.323436 | -70.695622 | B | Beryllium, Gemstone, Lithium | Gemstone | Beryllium, Lithium | Past Producer | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Caldwell, Dabney W., and Austin, Muriel B.; compilers), 1957, Maine pegmatite mines and prospects and associated minerals: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 1, p. 20, 36; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 20, 74; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Lewiston sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resource Reference Map Series, No. 2, MRRM-2 (scale 1:250,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1481 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10170153 | 0230090138 | Empire Mine | Old Mispickle Mine | Verona Island | Hancock | Bucksport | Thompson, W. B., Wintringham, N. A., and King, V. T., 2000, Maine mineral locality index, in King, V. T., Mineralogy of Maine; Vol. 2: Mining history, gems, and geology: Maine Geological Survey, p. 355-426. | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Thompson and others (2000). | 44.5444873244379 | -68.7857203262181 | M | Gold | Gold | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 18; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 49, 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 927 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10243007 | 0230130087 | Engine Quarry | Rockland | Knox | Thomaston | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.111099999663 | -69.1349999998159 | N | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 42, 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 209 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10073670 | W019806 | Eric W Kelly Peat Moss Co | Centerville Twp | Washington | Columbia Falls | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.7161099996804 | -67.6605600003338 | Peat | Peat | Past Producer | Surface | Small | Peat | Unknown | MESA inspector | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 796 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10266793 | 0230310047 | Estate Of Capt. Wm. Hill Quarry | Biddeford | York | Biddeford | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.4716999998889 | -70.4328000001588 | N | Granite | Granite | Prospect | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Austin, Muriel B., and Hussey, Arthur M., II; compilers), 1958, Maine granite quarries and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 2, p. 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1028 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267385 | 0230030040 | Estford Hills | Prospects Between Henderson And W | Hodgdon | Aroostook | Houlton South | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 46.0567000002828 | -67.8105999999792 | M | Manganese | Manganese | Prospect | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Miller, R. L., 1947, Manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Bulletin 4, p. 38, 70; Eilertsen, N. A., 1958, Investigation of manganese areas, Hammond Plantation and Hodgdon Townships, southern district, Aroostook County, Maine: U. S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 5392, 38 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 725 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218222 | 0230090045 | Eureka Mine | Lamoine | Hancock | Salsbury Cove | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.4921999997137 | -68.3039000000654 | M | Copper, Silver | Copper, Silver | Unknown | Underground | Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 18, 49; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 33, 75; Mount Desert 15' USGS map, Mine Map Repository | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1401 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306825 | HAN0034 | Eureka Mining Co. | Hall Copper Mine, Gray Mine?; Hall Mine | Blue Hill | Hancock | Penobscot | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 300m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location scaled from Morrill & Hinckley, p. 70. NE toe of Sedgwick Ridge, S of Carlton Stream, just W of Rte 176. | 44.397201944571 | -68.6420254625735 | M | Copper?, Lead?, Silver?, Zinc? | Copper?, Lead?, Zinc?, Silver? | Past Producer | unknown | sulfides | Stratabound Exhalative | 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 8, 70; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 22, 47 | base metal | S | stratabound exhalative | 24B? | unknown | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | Just w of Blue Hill Mining District. Assume same deposit type and model. | Shown on plate 2 of MRI-3, but not described in list of mines and prospects. do not confuse with eureka mine in lamoine. hall and gray mines may be the same according to MRI-3. Listed separately by Morrill & Hinckley. | ||||||||||||
| 987 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10267067 | 0230210018 | Eureka Quarry | Monson | Piscataquis | Monson West | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.292499999719 | -69.5002999999915 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 37, 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1366 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291709 | 0230090178 | HAN0004 | Excelsior Copper Mine | Phoenix | Blue Hill | Hancock | Blue Hill | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 500m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from MRI-3, plate 2. | 44.3990127285776 | -68.6174020389011 | M | Copper, Lead, Silver | Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | U | argentiferous galena | quartzites, gneisses, amphibolites | stratabound | Besshi massive sulfide | F.M. Beck Inc., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 18, 47; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 8, 70 | base metal | stratabound exhalative | 24B | Shaft 71' deep (MRI-3). | 98 08 | Published literature | inactive mine | Blue Hill District | |||||||||||
| 1101 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10291525 | 0230190039 | Exeter Occurrence | Exeter | Penobscot | Stetson | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 44.9653000003466 | -69.1417000001956 | M | Lead | Lead | Occurrence | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 64 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10145791 | 0230190023 | Exeter Prospect | Exeter | Penobscot | Stetson | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 25. | Unknown | USGS MRDS location corrected using published literature (Maine Geological Survey, 11/03/08) | 44.9649490830921 | -69.1881883004226 | M | Gold, Lead, Silver | Lead | Gold, Silver | Prospect | Underground | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 19; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 580 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10184080 | 0230050030 | Falmouth Copper Deposit | Falmouth | Cumberland | Portland West | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 43.7418999995751 | -70.2714000002617 | M | Copper, Nickel | Copper, Nickel | Unknown | Underground | Uhrin | Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 19; Morrill, Philip, and others, 1958, Maine mines and minerals: Vol. 1 - Western Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 16; Doyle, Robert G., 1959, Mineral resources of Maine - Portland-Bath sheet: Maine Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Reference Map Series, No. 3, MRRM-3 (scale 1:250,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1410 | combined - F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished); U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10306834 | HAN0043 | Fannuel Hall & Sullivan | Faneuil Hall & Sullivan; Fanueil Hall Silver Mining Co.; West Sullivan Group | Sullivan | Hancock | Sullivan | F.M. Beck, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Metallic Mineral Deposit Database, 2001 (unpublished). | 100m | USGS MRDS location corrected. New location from Young, 1962. Located large dump during site visit. 0.4 mi W of bridge. Take Rte 1 to W Sullivan. After crossing singing bridge over Taunton Bay take l onto Shore Road. Maine Geological Survey (1958) MRI-3 shows different location, farther to W, for mine by this name. | 44.5309377970021 | -68.2379631343026 | M | Gold, Silver | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | U | sulfides | Ellsworth Fm | vein | 85: Polymetallic veins | F.M. Beck Inc., Woodruff, L. G. | Young, R. S., 1962, Prospect evaluations, Hancock County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Special Economic Studies Series 2, p. 97, 99, 104; Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 46, 73; Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., II; compiler), 1958, Maine metal mines and prospects: Maine Geological Survey, Minerals Resources Index 3, p. 19, 49; Site visit, 11/21/97 | precious metal | vein | 22C | Shaft nearly all timbered and completed to 165' depth. crosscut 269'. (MRI-3) | 98 08 | Published literature; site visit | inactive mine | Sullivan vein | Site visit 11/21/97. Large dump forms N shoreline of Taunton Bay. Vein 20' wide (MRI-3). Qtz vein with no wall rock alteration; related to major struct break. | ||||||||||||
| 915 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10242871 | 0230210034 | Farm Quarries Nos. 3 & 4 | Monson | Piscataquis | Monson East | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.2811000003214 | -69.4643999998768 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 37, 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1130 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10169570 | 0230210032 | Farm Quarry No. 1 | Monson | Piscataquis | Monson East | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.2774999998489 | -69.4717000000354 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine, p. 37, 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 743 | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | 10218305 | 0230210033 | Farm Quarry No. 2 | Monson | Piscataquis | Monson East | U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System, downloaded July 2008. | Unknown | Location from USGS MRDS database. NAD27 projected to WGS84. | 45.2794000001982 | -69.467499999784 | N | Slate, Dimension | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | Morrill, P., and Hinckley, W. P., 1959, Maine mines and minerals; Vol. 2 - Eastern Maine: Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, |