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Sawyer Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery county in Maryland, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068005
MRDS ID W000909
Record type Site
Current site name Sawyer Mine
Related records 10145967

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.20385, 38.98836 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position 1.1 MI NE OF CROPLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Falls Church(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Potomac-Catoctin(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM W. GOETZ (ORAL COMMUNICATION, 1972, AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.20385, 38.98836
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Trends: Northeast-Southwest

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1888
Discoverer Senator Sawyer
Year of first production 1889
Production years 1889

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Senator Sawyer

Comments on the production information

  • THE MILL CRUSHED ABOUT 30 TONS OF ORE DAILY FOR A WHILE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: GOLD WAS NOT IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO MAKE MINING POSSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR., 1887, V. 44, P. 455

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR., 1889, V. 48, P. 56

  • Production

    PEARRE NOTES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS VERY LITTLE INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEPOSIT. MOST OF THE DATA COMES FROM UNPUBLISHED NOTES OF N.C. PEARRE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey

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