Us Gypsum/ Baltimore, Md.

Plant in Baltimore county in Maryland, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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 10242264
MAS/MILS ID 0240059002
Record type Site
Current site name Us Gypsum/ Baltimore, Md.
Alternate or previous names Gold Bond Building Products Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.55996, 39.26363 (WGS84)
Elevation 3

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baltimore(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baltimore East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Chesapeake Bay(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Baltimore

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.55996, 39.26363

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crush

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Gold Bond Building Products Co.
    ID 1800575
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/21/1982
MSHA mine ID1800575
Mine name (MSHA)Baltimore Plant
Current operatorGold Bond Building Products
Current controller (parent)Lafarge S A
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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