Eiler Prospect

Prospect in Frederick county in Maryland, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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 10243301
MAS/MILS ID 0240210019
Record type Site
Current site name Eiler Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -77.20328, 39.54142 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
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

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
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -77.20328, 39.54142

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mining district

District name Linganore

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES, SULFUR SURVEY, MD., P. 5.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V. AND N.C. PEARRE. MARYLAND GEOL. SURV. BULL. 28,

  • Deposit

    1965, PP. 38-39.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR ENTERED/1977 RECORD 010 FIELD 18-37/ASSAY .46% CU, .12 OZ/TON AG, .01 OZ/ 10.2% PB, .40% ZN

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.