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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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Taylor Friend Deposit (Past Producer)Falkner Deposit + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Unnamed Gravel Pits (Past Producer)Ed. Friend Deposit + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Coddington Deposit + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Hoyes Quarry and Plant (Producer)Louis A Morgart Clay Deposit (Prospect)Hansel Deposit (Past Producer)Tilly Field Deposit/Hansel/Deposit Sw of Koontz (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
9 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 1 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Louis A Morgart Clay Deposit

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as prospect. Minerals mentioned: Quartz. Approx. location 39.622, -79.187. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

13
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

1
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Limonite 4Siderite 3

Commodities

Iron 13Flagstone 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Coddington DepositIronLimonitePast Producer39.643, -79.401
Taylor Friend DepositIronLimonite, SideritePast Producer39.656, -79.466
Falkner DepositIronLimonite, SideritePast Producer39.629, -79.473
Tilly Field Deposit/Hansel/Deposit Sw of KoontzIronLimonite, SideritePast Producer39.593, -79.016
Ed. Friend DepositIron—Past Producer39.673, -79.402
Louis A Morgart Clay Deposit——Prospect39.622, -79.187
Unnamed Gravel PitsIron—Past Producer39.669, -79.452
Friendsville Furnace DepositIron—Past Producer39.658, -79.396
Tilly Field DepositIron—Past Producer39.559, -79.018
Ed.Friend DepositIron—Past Producer39.671, -79.400
Hoyes Quarry and PlantFlagstone—Producer39.583, -79.383
Coddington DepositIron—Past Producer39.645, -79.402
Hansel DepositIron—Past Producer39.549, -79.029
Falkner DepositIron—Past Producer39.631, -79.475
East Friendsville DepositIron—Past Producer39.664, -79.396

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 13 fossil collection records in Garrett County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Allegany County · Washington County · Frederick County · Montgomery County · Carroll County

Maryland mineral guides

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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