Mine detail: Blue Hill Mine (1880s)

Previously called 'Blue Hill Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.39516, -68.61328

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead, Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, Galena, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound Exhalative
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1972
Last production ended: 1977

Geology

Structure:Quartzite, Gneiss, Amphibolite

References

MRDSW016556
DEP10072164
Reference{Deposit:: Bouley, B.A., 1978, Volcanic Stratigraphy, Stratabound Sulfide Deposits, Relative Age Relationships In The East Penobscot Bay Area: Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University Of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 168 P.Bouley, B.A., 1978, Volcanic Stratigraphy, Stratabound Sulfide Deposits, Relative Age Relationships In The East Penobscot Bay Area: Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University Of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 168 P.}{Deposit:: Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., Ii; Compiler), 1958, Maine Metal Mines And Prospects: Maine Geological Survey Minerals Resources Index 3, 53 P.Maine Geological Survey (Hussey, Arthur M., Ii; Compiler), 1958, Maine Metal Mines And Prospects: Maine Geological Survey Minerals Resources Index 3, 53 P.}{Production:: 1-3 USBM. MINE CLOSED. 1977.}
ReporterWeeks, Robert, Beck, F., Sutphin, David M., Woodruff, Laurel G.