Weiant Workings

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Location: On the slopes down to the Susquehanna River.

The Maryland Geological Survey 1928 map designates these workings as part of the Bald Friar quarries but is contradicted by the text below. - MB

Farther south in the same hill slope as the Bald Friar quarries, F. S. Weiant has been extracting feldspar from a number of small openings. The largest quarry is on a pegmatitic dike striking N. 50° W. and dipping 50° S. in talc schist country rock. The quarry has followed the strike of the dike 100 feet. At the northwest end the dike terminates against the schist but at the southeast end it continues beyond the limits of the opening. The maximum width of the dike is about 20 feet. The feldspar is white and carries some black mica and black tourmaline. The mica is more widespread than the tourmaline but neither mineral occurs in such quantity as to impair the value of the spar. Mr. Weiant has been operating the Deland Mining and Milling Company property since 1922 and has produced about 7000 tons of feldspar. The operations are carried on under the name of The Maryland Mineral Company. (Maryland Geological Survey, 1928)