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Frederick Gold Mine

Past Producer in Frederick county in Maryland, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084775
MRDS ID W102222
Record type Site
Current site name Frederick Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Clifton Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.49136, 39.4167 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI WEST OF THE TOWN OF FREDERIC, MD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Frederick(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frederick(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Frederick(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Monocacy(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Frederick

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED JUST S OF ALT RTE 40 - JUST TO THE WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 40 AND ALT 40.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.49136, 39.4167
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1935

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harry D Baumgartner

Comments on development

  • 250 TONS OF ROCK W MINED IN 1935 BY GORMAN KIND AND CHARLES CARPENTER ASSAY: 0.22 OZ/TON ($7.70 THEN) AND 0.38 OZ AG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALTIMORE SUN, AUG 4, 1935

  • Deposit

    PEARRE, NANCY, 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARYLAND..., M.I.R. MAP MR12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Cannon, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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