Caldwell Quarries

Past Producer in Cecil county in Maryland, United States with commodity Feldspar
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 10291791
MAS/MILS ID 0240150016
Record type Site
Current site name Caldwell Quarries
Alternate or previous names Caldwell Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.18635, 39.70112 (WGS84)
Elevation 76

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cecil(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conowingo Dam(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 Cecil

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.18635, 39.70112

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 Owner
    Owner Caldwell, Charles
    Home office Maryland
    Year 1928
  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas Weaver
    Home office Maryland
    Year 1928

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, JR, J T, 1928, MD.G.S. VOL 12, PART 2, PP 107-108

  • Deposit

    # FOR LOC. SEE MAP ATTACHED TO MCVEY QUARRY, CECIL CO.-LIST.

  • Deposit

    NO.5.

  • Deposit

    REF:PEARRE,1960,U.S.G.S.BULL.1082-K,PG.812.

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, NANCY C, 1961, USGS MIN INV RES MAP MR-12.

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.