George's Creek Coal Basin
The George's Creek Basin lies between Big Savage Mountain on the west and Dan's Mountain
on the east and is about 21 miles long by five miles wide. The northern boundary is the
Pennsylvania being called the Wellersburg Basin. The Savage River forms the boundary line
between the George's Creek Basin and the Upper Potomac Basin which lies to the south along
the same synclinal axis. The Allegany/Garrett County boundary passes diagonally across the
basin, with about three fourths of the basin lying in Allegany County. Most of the post coal
mining production in Maryland took place in this basin.
(See source)
Summary
DESCRIPTION |
Over 125 underground mine maps exist in the Georges Creek Coal Basin. Mined areas are in red. |
SCALE |
1:24,000 |
LOCATION |
Allegany and Garrett Counties, Maryland |
ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION |
Maps, Seam Names, Mine Name, Year, Link to Image |
DATA SOURCE LINEAGE |
In 2004-2005 mine boundaries were delineated on USGS 1:24,000-scale Topographic Maps and then digitized by the Maryland Bureau of Mines, Frostburg, MD office. In cooperation with Frostburg State University, the Maryland Bureau of Mines is updating and validating this GIS coverage. |
COORDINATE SYSTEM |
Projected Coordinate System: State Plane Maryland FIPS 1900 Meters
Datum: North American Datum 1983
Geographic Coordinate Sysem: GCS North American 1983 |
FILE FORMAT |
ESRI polygonal shapefile |
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION |
This is not a final version of the dataset. Please contact the Maryland Bureau of Mines for the latest version. |
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