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Springfield Mine

Past Producer in Carroll county in Maryland, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Iron
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  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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10267263
MRDS ID W017505
MAS/MILS ID 0240130006
Record type Site
Current site name Springfield Mine
Alternate or previous names Mr. Tysons Mine, Sykesville Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -76.97467, 39.38113 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
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
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Carrollite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Gahnite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Linnaeite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -76.97467, 39.38113
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 90N
    Thickness 183M
    Length 488M
    Width 427M
    Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N25E:90N
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 820616

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1849

Mining district

District name Sykesville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank B Beaseman
    Interest 100
    Home office Maryland
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED WAR MINERAL REPTS, SPINGFIELD MINE,

  • Deposit

    OLL, CO., MD., BU MINES, 1942., MISC. REPTS.

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, GILBERT K., REPT. ON MD COPPER MINES AND PROSPEC

  • Deposit

    USGS UNPUBLISHED CONFID. REPT, AUG 13, 1942

  • Deposit

    HEYL, ALLEN V., AND PEARRE, NANCY C., MD GEOL.SUR. BULL 28,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS 800-824 OF 1976 ENTRY REC 040 OPEN PIT (LOCATION PT) IN SMALL WOODED AREA (7.5 QU MOST OF LAND APPEARS TO BE FARMING OR GRAZING MAX SUR AREA POTENTIALLY DIST. ROUGHLY MEASURED FROM FIG 5 4) AS 1600X700 FT REC 050 MINE OPENED FOR IRON 1849, FOR COPPER 1852. INFO FR 704. PROPERTY EXAMINED BY USGS IN 1942 (REC 702), HEYL IN 19 REC 060 ROCK DENSITY FROM A TABLE FOR CU SULFIDES UP TO 10% WALL RK IN NORTH SHAFTS IS TALC SCHIST, E. SIDE OF PIT CHLOR AMPHIBOLE SCHIST, AND W. SIDE OF PIT QTZ-MICA SCHIST. DUMPS TALC SCHIST, CHLOR AMPH. SCHIST,AND MARBLE. REC 070 OVERALL GRAIN SIZE REC 704 P 17. MINERALOGY OF ORE (DESCRIBED AS QTE-MAGNETITE RK) A GRAB SAMPLE OF TYPICAL CU- ING RK AT DUMP CONTAINED 0.2% COBALT (REC 704 P 49) GAHNITE COBALTIFERROUS. GRAB SAMPLE FROM ADIT DUMP CONTAINED 7.84% 0.22% ZN, AND 28.91% FE. SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS GAVE 0.19% 0.027% NI, AND 1 OZ OF AG/TN. ORE OCCURS IN STEEPLY DIPPING FISSURE VEINS IN SCHIST. IN OP VEINS LIE ALONG CONTACT OF CHLOR-AMPH. SCHIST AND QTZ-MICA S ORE SHOOTS UP TO 1200 FT LONG AND 6-24 FT WIDE RAKE SW. SURF PREDOMINENTLY MAGNETITE & HEMATITE. CO AND CU APPEAR AT DEPT CONCENTRATED ON UPPER SIDES OF BARREN HORSES THAT SPLIT VEIN T MINERALS DISSEMINATED IN DISCRETE GRAINS THROUGH CU-FE ORE ADIT DUMP. LENGTH AND THICKNESS OF MIN ZONE MEASURED FROM FI 704. WIDTH IS LENGTH OF SHAFT (1400 FT) ON THE INCLINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines

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