West Cumberland Deposit

Past Producer in Allegany county in Maryland, United States with commodity 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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10169922
MAS/MILS ID 0240010023
Record type Site
Current site name West Cumberland Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -78.78643, 39.65613 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Allegany(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Branch Potomac(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Allegany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -78.78643, 39.65613

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, JR, J T, 1911, MD.G.S. VOL 9, PART 3, P. 300.

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.