Dublin Quarries

Past Producer in Harford county in Maryland, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145258
MRDS ID W019881
MAS/MILS ID 0240250007
Record type Site
Current site name Dublin Quarries
Alternate or previous names Maryland Ceramic & Steatite Co, Inc
Related records 10073737

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -76.26685, 39.65142 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harford(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

York(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Harford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -76.26685, 39.65142

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Harford Talc Co.
    ID 1800214
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDWARDS, J. JR. MARYLAND IC 11, 1971, P. 16, ADDENDA, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    PERRE, N.C., AND A.V. HEYL, JR. USGS BULL. 1082-K, PP. 722,

  • Deposit

    797-799, PLATE 41.

  • Deposit

    # MARYLAND CERAMICS AND STEATITE CO., INC.'S NAME WAS

  • Deposit

    # CHANGED TO HARFORD TALC CO. ACCORDING TO MARYLAND

  • Deposit

    # IC 14 ADDENDA P. 7.

  • Deposit

    # THIS DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF 5 QUARRIES NEAR THE TOWN OF

  • Deposit

    # DUBLIN, SO LAT AND LON ARE GIVEN FOR DUBLIN.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/21/1982
MSHA mine ID1800214
Mine name (MSHA)Harford Talc Company Quarry And Mill
Current operatorHarford Talc Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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