Bald Mountain

United States· MaineUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
1.40%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1977

Overview

Massive, dissemination. Fault separates orebodies into a main zone and a smaller western zone. Extends to 250 m depth. CL Zone is 400 m to the north and along strike. Underlain by chloritic stringer zone. Ensialic primitive island arc rift basin, calc-alkaline rhyolite, tholeiitic basalt. Stratigraphy given for core CL-36.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-mafic in epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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