Delight Quarry

Producer in Baltimore county in Maryland, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145473
MRDS ID W019841
MAS/MILS ID 0240050020
Record type Site
Current site name Delight Quarry
Alternate or previous names Arundel Corp.
Related records 10073704

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.82857, 39.43972 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baltimore(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reisterstown(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 Baltimore

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.82857, 39.43972

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Arundel Corp.
    ID 1800004
    Interest 100
    Home office Maryland
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDWARDS, JR., J., 1971, MARYLAND I.C. 11, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT SEPTEMBER 5 AND 6,

  • Deposit

    # PLANT RECORDED ON SEQ. NO. 0240059031.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-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 04/01/2003
MSHA mine ID1800004
Mine name (MSHA)Delight Quarry
Current operatorPatuxent Aggregate Processors LLC
Current controller (parent)Francis E Gardiner III
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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