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Skaggs Ore Bank

Past Producer in Prince George's county in Maryland, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067993
MRDS ID W000897
Record type Site
Current site name Skaggs Ore Bank
Related records 10243266

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.92578, 38.9942 (WGS84)
Elevation 23
Relative position PRINCE GEORGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince George's(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Prince George's

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION ON 7 1/2 MIN. TOPO SHEET IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE OF THE ORE CONTAINED 40.85 % FE AND .060 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.92578, 38.9942
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NODULES
    Length 36.58M
    Width 22.86M
    Depth to bottom 3.35M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Existence Of Local Swamps

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ARUNDEL IS ONE OF THREE FORMATIONS IN THE POTOMAC GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1880

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Geo. L. Skaggs And Robt. Burgess
  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas Walker

Comments on the production information

  • EXACT PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE. IN 1880 50 TONS PER WEEK WERE SENT TO THE BALTIMORE FURNACES

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCTION FELL OFF AND ENDED DUE TO A LACK OF A STEADY MARKET AT SUFFICIENTLY REMUNERATIVE PRICES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, J.T. JR., 1911, MD. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 9, P. 291

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, N.C., 1961, USGS MAP MR-12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LOWER PROTION OF THE CLAY HAS NODULES COMPOSED OF "WHITE ORE" THE UPPER PORTION HAS NODULES OF "WHITE ORE" WITH LIMONITE SHELLS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey

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