Mine detail: Black Hawk - Blue Hill Zn - Cu

Previously called 'Second Pond'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.36662, -68.68269

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Copper
Secondary:	Lead, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	SERIES OF PARALLEL ORE ZONES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1972

Geology

Host rock:	Ellsworth Formation Altered Schists, Amphibolites
Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist
Structure:	Southern Volcanic Belt, Gently Folded, Southerly Plunging Anticline (Ore At Nose).

References

MRDS	W019044
DEP	10073177
Reference	{Deposit:: YOUNG, R. S., 1968, MINERAL EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN MAINE; IN ORE DEPOSITS OF U. S. 1933 - 1967 V. 1 P. 130}{Deposit:: STAFF, 1975, SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK. P. 326}{Production:: SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK., 1975, P. 326}{Reserve-Resource:: YOUNG, R. S., 1968, IN ORE DEP. OF U. S. 1933 - 67 V. 1, P. 130.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.