Lime Kiln Quarry & Plant

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10218676
MRDS ID W019866
MAS/MILS ID 0240210002
Record type Site
Current site name Lime Kiln Quarry & Plant
Alternate or previous names Alpha Portland Cement Company
Related records 10099749

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -77.42529, 39.35473 (WGS84)
Elevation 85
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

Buckeystown(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
Calcium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -77.42529, 39.35473

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Alpha Portland Cement Co.
    ID 1800001

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT SEPTEMBER 27-29, 19

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LISTS 5/18/81 AND 11/24/80.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT, SEQ. NO. 0240219001.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 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 12/12/2008
MSHA mine ID1800001
Mine name (MSHA)ESSROC
Current operatorEssroc Cement
Current controller (parent)Heidelberg Materials AG
Mine typeFacility (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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