About this location
Frederick County, Maryland genuinely has fluorite localities — multiple named ones, in fact: the Repp Mine, Unionville Mine, Israel Creek Prospects, the Hammond (Pittinger) Prospect, the New London/Linganore Mine, the Liberty Mine near Libertytown, and a U.S. 40 road cut at Catoctin Mountain near Myersville. What's missing is a source connecting the DB's given coordinate — which sits generally within the city of Frederick itself — to any one of them, or confirming which produces the pink color variety specifically named in this listing. This reads as a generic town-level pin sitting on top of a real, mineral-rich county rather than a single verified site. Worth knowing the county has real fluorite history; not worth treating this exact point as a trailhead.
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Found Here
- Pink Fluorite — Frederick County has multiple documented fluorite localities regionally, but no source checked for this dossier confirmed pink material specifically, or tied it to the DB's exact coordinate.
Difficulty
Getting there
Frederick is the seat of Frederick County in western Maryland. The named fluorite localities in the county (Repp Mine, Unionville Mine, New London/Linganore Mine, Liberty Mine, Catoctin Mountain road cut near Myersville) are scattered several miles in different directions from the city center — none confirmed at this listing's specific coordinate.
Collecting here
UNVERIFIED. No source ties one specific, accessible site to this coordinate; treat any collecting here as general-area inference pending further research into which named locality, if any, corresponds to this DB entry.
Know before you go
Land status is unverified for this exact point. Several of Frederick County's named fluorite mines and prospects are historically private property; Maryland state law (COMAR 08.07.06.13) separately bars removing rock or mineral material from state-managed land without a DNR permit. Confirm ownership and get permission before collecting anywhere in the area — don't assume this coordinate is open ground.
Location on Map
Coordinates: 39.38929, -77.38826
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Frequently asked questions
Is there pink fluorite in Frederick, Maryland?
Frederick County has multiple documented fluorite localities, but no source confirms which one produces pink material or that it matches this listing's exact location.
Can you collect fluorite in Frederick County, Maryland?
Access is unverified for this listing's specific point; several named county localities are historically private property, and Maryland bars removing minerals from state land without a DNR permit.
What are Frederick County, Maryland's named fluorite sites?
The Repp Mine, Unionville Mine, Israel Creek Prospects, Hammond (Pittinger) Prospect, New London/Linganore Mine, Liberty Mine, and a U.S. 40 road cut near Myersville are all documented in the county.
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Sources
- https://www.mindat.org/locentry-356992.html — fluorite entry for Frederick County, Maryland (via WebSearch snippet, lists named localities).
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-17420.html — Frederick County, Maryland locality index.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick,_Maryland — confirms the county's early-19th-century mining history (gold, copper, limestone, marble, iron); does not mention fluorite specifically.
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