Monroe Prospect

Prospect in Carroll county in Maryland, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121784
MAS/MILS ID 0240130010
Record type Site
Current site name Monroe Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -76.94777, 39.42583 (WGS84)
Elevation 165
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Tenorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -76.94777, 39.42583

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name Sykesville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V. AND N. C. PEARRE. COPPER, ZINC, LEAD, IRON, COBA

  • Deposit

    BARITE DEPOSITS IN THE PIEDMONT UPLAND OF MARYLAND. MARYLAND

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR ENTERED-1977 RECORD 040, FIELD 50-64/DRAINAGE INTO LIBERTY RESERVOIR, ADJACENT TO STRAWBRIDGE HOME FOR BOYS AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Brocoum, A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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