Mine detail: Alder Pond

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Location

Lat / long:

45.33795, -70.1994

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz, Microcline, Muscovite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Jim Pond Formation
Host type:	Greenschist
Structure:	Folding and faulting
Tectonic:	Northern Volcanic Belt
Alteration processes:	Low Grade Metamorphism

References

DEP	10307224
Reference	{Deposit:: Beck, F.M., 1993, Massive-sulfide deposits of New England: Exploration and Mining Geology, v. 2, p. 402-404.}{Reserve-Resource:: U.S. Geological Survey, 1999, The mineral industry of Maine, in Area reportsuDomestic: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook 1997, v. II, 3 p.}
Reporter	Woodruff, Laurel G.