| Deposit ID | 10291672 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W017506 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0240210016 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Liberty Mine |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.25388, 39.51253 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 186 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Frederick(county)
Maryland(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Woodsboro(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Maryland | Frederick |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Unknown |
| Chalcocite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Tetrahedrite | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -77.25388, 39.51253 |
|---|
| Area | 14HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1750 |
| Year of first production | 1775 |
| District name | Linganore |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | John Stevenson And Stephen Richards |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Alabama |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Liberty Copper Mining Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Alabama |
| Year | 1977 |
| First year | 1864 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Maryland Copper Mining Co., 187 |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Liberty Copper Mining And Milling Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Alabama |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Virginia Consolidated Copper Co. |
| Home office | Alabama |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. Labaw And L. Vogelstein |
| Home office | Alabama |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Isaac Tyson Jr. And Evan T. Ellicot |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Alabama |
| Year | 1977 |
| First year | 1838 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0240210016 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W017506 | MAS references MRDS |
HEYL, A. V. AND N. C. PEARRE. COPPER, ZINC, LEAD, IRON, COBA
BARITE DEPOSITS IN THE PIEDMONT UPLAND OF MARYLAND. MARYLAND
SURVEY BULL. 28, 1965, PP. 5-8, 22-24, 31-32, 64.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | YEAR ENTERED-1977 RECORD 010, FIELD 18-29/ AVERAGE ORE GRADE IN 1906 WAS 2.16% 7 OZ./TON AG, $1.80/TON AU RECORD 010, COLUMN 42/ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION OF METALLIC GREATER THAN 3,000 TONS RECORD 011/LARGEST MINE IN LINGANORE DISTRICT RECORD 020, COLUMN 17/PRESENT OWNER UNDETERMINED RECORD 020/OWNER/OPERATORS FROM 1765 TO AT LEAST 1781 RECORD 021/OWNER/OPERATORS FROM 1838 TO 1864 RECORD 022/BOUGHT PROPERTY IN 1864 RECORD 023/BOUGHT PROPERTY IN 1876 OR 1878 RECORD 024/BOUGHT MINE IN 1899 RECORD 025/REWORKED DUMPS IN 1905AND 1907 RECORD 026/RECOVERED CU FROM TAILINGS IN 1916 AND 1917 REC 050, FIELD 34-37/AFTER 1900 CU WAS PRODUCED ONLY FROM TA REC 060, FIELD 14-36/WAKEFIELD MARBLE UNDERLIES WISSAHICKON FORMATION RECORD 080/SOME ORE PROBABLY REMAINS AND THE WHOLE 1400 FOOT MARBLE LENS MIGHT BE EXPLORED, MIGHT BE MINEABLE BY MASS-PRO OPEN-CUT METHODS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Brocoum, A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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