Etchison Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery county in Maryland, United States with commodities Aluminum, Calcium, Chromium, Iron, Magnesite, Silica
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10243171
MAS/MILS ID 0240310001
Record type Site
Current site name Etchison Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.15638, 39.25533 (WGS84)
Elevation 165
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Damascus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Frederick(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(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
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.15638, 39.25533

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montgomery Co.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 1950 THE WORKINGS WERE BULLDOZED. OVER CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CHROMITE FROM ETCHISON MINE IS AS FOLLOWS 3 20.56% AL203 17.88% FEO 17.62% MGO 20.98% CAO 1.08% S102 1 42% H20 6.64% FROM USGS BULL 1082K TABLE 6 CR FE 1:1 SAMPLE ANALYSIS AS GIVEN IN USGS BULL 1082K TABLE 6 DOES NOT CURRENT GSA SPECS FOR DETERMINING THE TYPE GRADE ORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS DISTRICT IS SPARSE. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Harrison U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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