Mine detail: Big Hill Lead Mine (1906)

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Location: Washington County, Maine, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.96026, -67.21028
dep_id: 10306870
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Discontinuous Stringers And Veins
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Sphalerite, Galena, Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, Chalcocite
Reporter: Woodruff, L. G., Beck, F.
Structure: Tuff, Diabase
References:
  • Deposit:: Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect Evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey Special Economic Studies Series 3, 86 P.Young, R. S., 1963, Prospect Evaluations, Washington County, Maine: Maine Geological Survey Special Economic Studies Series 3, 86 P.
  • 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.
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