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Patapsco

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105495
MRDS ID W000713
Record type Site
Current site name Patapsco
Related records 10145484

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.87884, 39.48613 (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

Comments on the commodity information

  • INACCESSIBLE OLD COPPER MINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carrollite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Wissahickon Formation (Undivided)
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK PROBABLY METAGABBRO IN QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST.

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 reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • INACCESSIBLE OLD COPPER MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., AND PEARRE, N.C., 1965, MARYLAND GEOL. SUR. BULL. 28, 71P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OVERBECK, R.M., 1916, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 11, NO.2,P. 158-159.

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, J.T., JR., 1946, MARYLAND DEPT. GEOL., MINES AND WATER RESOURCES, CARROLL AND FREDERICK CO., REPT. P. 132-162.

  • Production

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CO-NI MAP SYMBOLS INDICATED LOW(LESS THAN 0.1%)NI CONTENT AND MEDIUM(0.1-0.5%)CO CONTENT. ; 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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