Mine detail: Big Hill Lead Mine (1906)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.96026, -67.21028

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Discontinuous Stringers And Veins
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Structure:

Tuff, Diabase

References

DEP	10306870
Reference	{Deposit:: Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect Evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey Special Economic Studies Series 3, 86 P.Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect Evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey Special Economic Studies Series 3, 86 P.}{Deposit:: Li, C. Y., 1942, Genesis Of Some Ore Deposits Of Southeastern Maine: Geological Society Of America Bulletin, V. 53, P. 15-51.Li, C. Y., 1942, Genesis Of Some Ore Deposits Of Southeastern Maine: Geological Society Of America Bulletin, V. 53, P. 15-51.}
Reporter	Woodruff, L. G., Beck, F.