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Springfield

Past Producer in Carroll county in Maryland, United States with commodities Copper, Cobalt, Nickel
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067843
MRDS ID W000710
Record type Site
Current site name Springfield

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.97745, 39.38336 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Finksburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gunpowder-Patapsco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Carroll

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carrollite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.97745, 39.38336
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT IS PART OF THE EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY COPPER BELT AND THEREFORE PROBABLY CARRIES COBALT(AS CARROLLITE).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN

Mining district

District name Sykesville

Comments on the production information

  • INACCESSIBLE, OLD, IMPORTANT COPPER MINE; PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN; STUDY NEEDED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, N., 1961, USGS MINERAL INV. RESOURCES MAP MR-12.

  • Deposit

    OVERBECK, R.M., 1916, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 11, NO.2, P.153-165.

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, J.T., JR., 1946, MARYLAND DEPT. GEOL. MINES AND WATER RES., CARROLL AND FREDERICK CO. REPT. P.159-160

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, G.H., 1893, MINES AND MINERALS IN MARYLAND, ITS RESOURCES INDUSTRIES, AND INSTITUTIONS, PREPARED FOR BOARD OF WORLD'S FAIR(CHICAGO, 1893)MANAGERS, P. 112-113.

  • Production

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPLORATION INADEQUATE AS FAR AS COBALT IS CONCERNED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

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