Iron Hill Mine

Past Producer in New Castle county in Delaware, United States with commodity Iron
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143325
MAS/MILS ID 0100030007
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Chesnut Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.75543, 39.64082 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Castle(county)

Delaware(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newark West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brandywine-Christina(hydrologic unit)

Lower Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Delaware New Castle

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.75543, 39.64082

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Whitaker Iron Co.
    Year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WMM,1944, IRON HILL AND CHESTNUT HILL MINES-FILE 91.932

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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