Dargan Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Maryland, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10194353
MAS/MILS ID 0240430001
Record type Site
Current site name Dargan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.7405, 39.37443 (WGS84)
Elevation 91

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harpers Ferry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Frederick(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Conococheague-Opequon(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park(National Historic Park)

National Historic Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park(National Historical Park)

National Historical Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Chilhowee Group; Antietam Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1908

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shinhan, O. J.
    Interest 100
    Home office West Virginia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1908 TO 1910 60 TONS OF HIGH GRADE AND 90 TONS OF LOW G ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.

External references