Woodsboro Quarry

Producer in Frederick county in Maryland, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073730
MRDS ID W019871
Record type Site
Current site name Woodsboro Quarry
Related records 10243481

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.30607, 39.52725 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Frederick(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hagerstown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Monocacy(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Frederick

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.30607, 39.52725

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lehigh Portland Cement Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT SEPTEMBER 21-23, 1971.

  • Deposit

    SHALE QUARRY IS OPERATED BY LEHIGH PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY.

  • Deposit

    SHALE IS MINED FROM THE FREDERICK FORMATION.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A PLANT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1971 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.