Valentine Ore Bank

Past Producer in Allegany county in Maryland, United States with commodity Iron
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 10267350
MAS/MILS ID 0240010013
Record type Site
Current site name Valentine Ore Bank

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -78.73363, 39.68193 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Allegany(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Evitts Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Branch Potomac(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Allegany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -78.73363, 39.68193

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John F. Valentine
    Interest 100
    Home office Maryland
    Year 1911

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, JR, J T, 1911, MD.G.S. VOL 9, PART 3, P. 182.

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, NANCY C, 1961, USGS MIN INV RES MAP MR-12.

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.