Griffith Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery county in Maryland, United States with commodities Aluminum, Chromium, Iron, Silica

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10291511
MAS/MILS ID	0240310002
Record type	Site
Current site name	Griffith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-77.13608, 39.26783 (WGS84)
Elevation	168
Location accuracy	100(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Maryland	Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum	Tertiary
Chromium	Tertiary
Iron	Tertiary
Silica	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-77.13608, 39.26783	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Underground
Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
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

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0240310002

Bibliographic references

Deposit

PEARRE N HEYL A JR USGS BULL 1082K PG 755 1960

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	AN ANALYSES OF THE ORE ASSAYED 35 TO 45 % CR2O3 BUT WAS RICH ONE ANALYSIS GIVEN IN USGS B 1082K INDICATES CR2O3 45.5% AL2 % FE203 45.0% S102 2.5% THE CR FE IS 1:1 COMES CLOSEST TO CH AL GRADE ORE. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975.

Reporter information

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