Mine detail: Patapsco Mines

Previously called 'Finksburg MineWildesen MineOrchard Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.48922, -76.87717

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Nickel
Other material: Actinolite, Bornite, Carrollite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Epidote, Gahnite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Serpentine, Siegenite, Steatite, Talc

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1849

Geology

References

MRDSW000713
MAS240130005
DEP10145484
Reference{Deposit:: CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED WAR MINERAL REPT FILES, PATAPSCO MI}{Deposit:: CARROLL CO., MD., MISC REPTS INCLUDING REGIONAL FILE NO 290}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, GILBERT K., REPT. ON MD COPPER MINES AND PROSPEC}{Deposit:: USGS UNPUBLISHED REPT, AUG 13, 1942 P 5}{Deposit:: HEYL, ALLEN V., AND PEARRE, NANCY C., MD GEOL. SURV. BULL 28}
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