CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
826 United States (Maine) 45.55.12 N -- 068.46.48 W Mount Chase Cu; Pb; Zn; Ag
 
Database name: World Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits
Custodial agency: Society of Economic Geologists & Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: J. M. Franklin, H. L. Gibson, I. R. Jonasson, and A. G. Galley
Release date: 2015-03-23
   
Deposit name(s): Mount Chase (deposit name)
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Maine
Deposit clan (type): Volcanogenic massive sulphide
Deposit (sub) types: Bimodal mafic; 1
Geologic province: Appalachian
Geologic subprovince: Central
Commodities: Cu; Pb; Zn; Ag
Geological ages: Middle Ordovician (host rocks)
Radiometric ages: Age - Ma: 467; Event dated: mineralization; Interpretive comment: approximate age reported in SEG Centennial Volume appendix
References:
Seal II, R. R.; Wandless, G. A., 2003
Sulfur Isotope Evidence for Sea-floor Mineralizing Processes at the Bald Mountain and Mount Chase Massive Sulfide Deposits, Northern Maine
in Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick and Northern Maine, Edited by Goodfellow, W. D.; McCutcheon, S. R.; Peter, J. M., Monograph, Society of Economic Geologists , Society of Economic Geologists, Inc., Littleton, Colorado, 11, 930 p., 1 disks, p. 567 - 587

Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

2.9 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.45 percent
Pb: 4.83 percent
Zn: 11.25 percent
Ag: 127 grams/metric ton
Reference: Franklin, J. M.; Gibson, H. L.; Jonasson, I. R.; Galley, A. G., 2005: Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits; Appendices on CD-ROM, Section [Franklin] Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits, in Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Special Volume, Society of Economic Geology, 1146 p., 1 disks
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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