Mine detail: Unnamed Old Granite Quarry Near Potomac Heights

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Location: District of Columbia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.92725, -77.10829
dep_id: 10067718
mrds_id: W000526
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Granite
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A.
hrock_type: Granite
References:
  • Deposit:: DARTON, N.H., AND KEITH, A., 1901, USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF US, FOLIO 70, ECON. GEOL. SHEET
  • Deposit:: HIGGINS, M.W., 1972, GSA BULL., VOL. 83, NO. 4, FIG. 1.
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