Toms Run Quarry

Producer in Montgomery county in Maryland, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110574
MRDS ID W019898
Record type Site
Current site name Toms Run Quarry
Related records 10170158

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.16885, 38.99531 (WGS84)

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
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.16885, 38.99531

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Toms Run Quarries

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDWARDS, JR., J., 1971, MARYLAND I.C. 11, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    GNESS QUARRY IS OPERATED BY TOMS RUN QUARRIES.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION PRODUCES SILICA SAND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1971 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references