Webbs Prospect

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 10201657
MAS/MILS ID 0420290003
Record type Site
Current site name Webbs Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.73993, 39.88922 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
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

Unionville(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 Pennsylvania Chester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.73993, 39.88922

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West Chester

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1975 ENTRIES - SEVERAL TONS OF CHROMITE WERE PRODUCED FROM THE DEPOSIT BEF AT THIS SITE THERE IS NO ANALYSES OF CHROMITE OR CR FE RATIOS FOR THIS DE REC 010 TYPE OF PAST MINING NOT DESCRIBED HOWEVER IT WAS PRO A SURFACE OPERATION AREA CHROMITE DEPOSITS SUGGESTED FOR CHEMICAL USES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Harrison U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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