Lynch Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery county in Maryland, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068007
MRDS ID W000911
Record type Site
Current site name Lynch Mine
Related records 10121444

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.19107, 38.98697 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position 0.8 MI. S. OF INTERSECTION OF PERSIMMON TREE AND HERZOG RDS

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
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.19107, 38.98697

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, S.F., 1890, TRANS. AIME, V. 18, P. 404

  • Production

    EMMONS REF

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.