Moro Phillips Mine

Past Producer in Chester county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Chromium
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 10177801
MAS/MILS ID 0420290016
Record type Site
Current site name Moro Phillips Mine
Alternate or previous names Pine Grove Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.01494, 39.73832 (WGS84)
Elevation 135
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chester(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rising Sun(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

York(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chester-Sassafras(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Chester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.01494, 39.73832

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 State Line District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARRE N HEYL A JR USGS BULL 1082K PG 781 PL 41 LOC 83 1960

  • Deposit

    PEARRE N HEYL A THE HISTORY OF CHROMITE MINING IN PA & MD PA

  • Deposit

    TOPOG & GEOL SURV 1C 14 PGS 13 17 1960

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1975 ENTRIES - AREA CHROMITE DEPOSITS SUGGESTED FOR CHEMICAL USES. THERE ARE NO CHROMITE ANALYSES FOR THIS DEPOSIT. WATER WAS CONSTANTLY A MAJOR PROBLEM AT THIS DEPOSIT DURING PRODUCTION AND PUMPING COSTS WERE HIGH. BOTH MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED FINE GRAINED CHROMITE ARE FOUND ON THE DUMP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Harrison U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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