Carroll Mine

Past Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145941
MAS/MILS ID 0240130008
Record type Site
Current site name Carroll Mine
Alternate or previous names Florence Mine, New Burra Mine, Springfield Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -76.97107, 39.38783 (WGS84)
Elevation 162
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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -76.97107, 39.38783

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1840

Mining district

District name Sykesville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

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

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULL. 28, 1965, PP. 41-45, 54-55.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR ENTERED 1977 FOR MAS CU STUDY BY A. BROCOUM RECORD 010 FIELD 18-21/ESTIMATED TOTAL CU PRODUCTION 3-5 TON RECORD 040, FIELD 50-64/NEAR FLOHRVILLE, SYKESVILLE AND SPRI STATE HOSPITAL

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.