Mountain View Mine

Prospect in Frederick county in Maryland, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10194680
MAS/MILS ID 0240210012
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Mine
Alternate or previous names Cox Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -77.20248, 39.54722 (WGS84)
Elevation 172
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Frederick(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Union Bridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hagerstown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Monocacy(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Frederick

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -77.20248, 39.54722

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARRE,N.C AND HEYL AV COPPER ZINC LEAD IRON COBALT AND BARI

  • Deposit

    SITS IN THE PIEDMONT UPLAND OF MARYLAND,MARYLAND GEOL SUR BU

  • Deposit

    1965.

  • Deposit

    PEARRE,NC 1961 MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARYLAND,EXCLUDING FUEL,S

  • Deposit

    GRAVEL,MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RES

  • Deposit

    MAP MR 12.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. REC. 030, COL. 47, APPROX. LOCATION, SEE FIG. 2 FROM HEYL A PEARRE, 1965, BACK-UP FILES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.