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October 21, 2007, Sunday:
Liberty Lake, Carroll Co., MD.
This is a family
friendly field trip for DMS and EFTA members to collect the
spoil piles at Liberty Lake outside of Sykesville, MD from 11:00
AM to 3:00 PM. Note: It is approximately a ¾ mile hike
form the parking area to the spoil piles. The Sykesville copper
district occurs within a narrow band of metamorphosed
Precambrian sedimentary rocks (schists and marbles) in Carroll
County, Maryland with the ore likely representative of an
ancient hydrothermal deposit. The mines in this district were
operational in the 18th and 19th centuries. Minerals that have
been found at the old tailings piles associated with these mines
include talc, actinolite, bornite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and
malachite.
Please signup by Friday October 19th if you would
like to attend!
April 9,
2006, Saturday: Liberty Lake, Sykesville, MD. Members of DMS
will be visited the spoil piles at Liberty Lake outside of Sykesville, MD from 9:30 AM to
1:00 PM. The Sykesville copper district occurs within a narrow band of metamorphosed
Precambrian sedimentary rocks (schists and marbles) in Carroll County, Maryland with the
ore likely representative of an ancient hydrothermal deposit. The mines in this
district were operational in the 18th and 19th centuries. Minerals that have been
found at the old tailings piles associated with these mines include talc, actinolite,
bornite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and malachite. Please signup by April 5th if you would
like to attend!OUT IN THE FIELD
On April 9th 6 DMS members made the trip to Liberty
Lake just north of Sykesville, Maryland to pick through the tailings piles of the Liberty
Lake Mine, which was once part of the Sykesville copper district. The mines in this
district were operational in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.
The group included: Ed Murphy, Karissa D.
Hendershot, and yours truly, along with new members Bill Hatzell, and Tom and Joy
Piscitelli. The morning started off a little on the cool and breezy side but turned
out to be quite a spectacular spring day by afternoon. We all combed the tailings
piles for several hours and each carried out hand-sized to cabinet-sized mineral
specimens, which included talc, actinolite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, and magnetite.
December 11, 2004, Saturday: Libertyville
Mines, Sykesville, MD. The Sykesville copper district occurs
within a narrow band of metamorphosed Precambrian
sedimentary rocks (schists and marbles) in Carroll County, Maryland with the ore
likely representative of an ancient hydrothermal deposit. The mines in this district
were operational in the 18th and 19th centuries. Minerals that have been found at
the old tailings piles associated with these mines include talc, actinolite, bornite,
chalcopyrite, pyrite and
malachite. [Bob Asreen]
Libertyville Mine
Sykesville, MD -December 11, 2004
On December 11, 6 DMS members braved the inclement weather
and made the trip to Liberty Lake just north of Sykesville, Maryland to pick through the
tailings piles of the Libertyville Mine, whichwas once part of the Sykesville copper
district. The mines in this district were operational in the 18th, 19th and early 20th
centuries.
The group included Ken Casey, Tim Cretien, Reuben Evans,
Karissa D. Hendershot, John Osoinach and yours truly. We combed the old tailings piles
associated with the mine for several hours and each carried out hand sized to cabinet
sized mineral specimens, which included talc, actinolite, bornite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and malachite. [Bob
Asreen]
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