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Bethesda 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068003
MRDS ID W000907
Record type Site
Current site name Bethesda Mine
Alternate or previous names Miller Minefrom W. Goetz Oral Comm. 1972
Related records 10291527

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.12718, 38.9967 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position ABOUT 200 FT. NE OF INTERSECTION OF BRADLEY BLVD. AND WOODHAVEN BLVD

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.12718, 38.9967
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK(SCHIST) IS MICACEOUS. NO SULFIDES IN THE ORE AT 102 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years PRE-1895

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bethesda Mining Co

Comments on the production information

  • NO INFORMATION ON THE AMOUNT OF GOLD IN OUNCES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 31.09M

Comments on development

  • IN THE WINTER AND SPRING OF 1895 THE OLD SHAFT WAS DEEPENED TO 102 FT. THE ORE-SHOOT WAS FOUND TO PINCH OUT ; ECON.COM: DIFFICULT TO FIND SUFFICIENT WATER FOR SLUICING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, N.C., 1961, USGS MAP MR-12

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H.B., AND WILKENS, A.A.J., 1895, AM INST. MINING ENGINEERS, TRANS.25, P. 689

  • Production

    NITZE REF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION ON THE MINE IS 1895 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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