| Deposit ID | 10067832 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W000685 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gap Nickel Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -76.08297, 39.95641 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lancaster(county)
Pennsylvania(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
York(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)
Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)
Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Lancaster |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pentlandite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite |
| (1) | Chickies Formation |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1718 |
| Year | 1893 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1853-1893 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | NI | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^1 - 3 % Ni, 0.4 - 0.9 % Cu | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 900000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W000685 |
CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, USGS BULL. 1223, P. 52-53
PHEMISTER, T.C., 1924, JOUR. GEOLOGY, VOL. 32,NO. 6, P. 498-510
KNOPF, E.B., AND JONAS, A.I., 1929, USGS BULL. 799, 156 P.
USGS MINERAL RESOURCES, 1882-1891, 1901
CORNWALL, H.R., 1973, NICKEL (CHAPTER IN): U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 820, P.440 ; CORNWALL, H.R., 1973, NICKEL (CHAPTER IN): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 820, P.440; VHAY, JOHN S., BROBST, DONALD A., AND HEYL, ALLEN V., 1973, COBALT (CHAPTER IN): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 820, P.143
REFERENCE(1)
UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT; REFERENCE(1)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GAP DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF LENSES OF MASSIVE SULFIDES SURROUNDED BY ZONES OF DISSEMINATED SULFIDES NEAR THE BASE OF A TROUGH-SHAPED INTRUSION OF NORITE OR GABBRO, 2000 FT. LONG AND AS MUCH AS 800 FT. WIDE, THAT HAS BEEN METAMORPHOSED TO AMPHIBOLITE AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO MINE COPPER, IN 1852, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT PYRRHOTITE, THROWN ON THE DUMPS AS WORTHLESS, CONTAINES MORE THAN 1% NICKEL. : UPDATE BY GLENN L. SHAFFER-1/75, RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES. FURTHER UPDATE ON 7/75 TO SAME FIELDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1972 | Coury, Anny B. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1975 | Shaffer, Glenn L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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