Hammond Prospect

Past Producer in Frederick county in Maryland, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10218617
MAS/MILS ID 0240210020
Record type Site
Current site name Hammond Prospect
Alternate or previous names Pittinger Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -77.24888, 39.47283 (WGS84)
Elevation 128
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Frederick(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Libertytown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Frederick(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
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -77.24888, 39.47283

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1840
Year of first production 1854

Mining district

District name Linganore

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V. AND N. C. PEARRE. COPPER, ZINC, LEAD, IRON, COBA

  • Deposit

    BARITE DEPOSITS IN THE PIEDMONT UPLAND OF MARYLAND. MARYLAND

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULL. 28, 1965, PP. 7, 9, 29-34

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR ENTERED 1977 RECORD 010 FIELD 18-25/1941 ASSAY 1.12% CU, .12 OZ/TON AG RECORD 010 COL. 42/AT LEAST 3 TONS CU PRODUCED, TOTAL ESTIMA SMALL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Brocoum, A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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