| Deposit ID | 10201993 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420710009 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wood Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -76.10574, 39.72942 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 73 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lancaster(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)
Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)
Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)
Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Lancaster |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Calcium | Tertiary |
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Magnesite | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Titanium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Antigorite | Unknown |
| Brucite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Clinochlore | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Magnesite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Penninite | Unknown |
| Uvarovite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -76.10574, 39.72942 |
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| Strike | E00W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 45S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1828 |
| District name | State Line District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420710009 |
MCINTOSH F MOSIER M USBM R I 4383 PGS 2 3 1948
LAPHAM D PA GEO SUR PROG REPT 153 PG 1 1958
PEARRE N ALLEN H PA GEOL SUR I C 14 PG 3 1959
PEARRE N HEYL A USGS B 1082K PG 719 737 & 775 779 1960
KNOPF E USGS B 725B P 97 1921
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE CHROMITE AVERAGED ABOUT 48% CR2O3 BUT THE GRADE VARIED N FROM USGS BULL. 1082K PG. 778.THE CR:FE RATIO RANGED FROM 1. TO 2.9:1.0 THE TYPE OF CHROMITE WOULD PROBABLY BE CLOSEST TO REC 050 COLS 42 45 & 50 53 WORK DONE BETWEEN 1932 & 1937 REC 070 ADDITIONAL MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPOSIT INCL DEWEYLITE HYDROMAGNESITE ZARATITE GENTHITE AND KAMMERERITE REC/080 COLS. 59-62 & 69-71 THE OUTCROP OF MASSIVE CHROMITE FT. LONG AND 6 FT. WIDE, STRIKING APPROX. EAST. AT A DEPTH O . THE ORE BODY NARROWED, BUT IT BROADENED AGAIN TO 120 FT. L -TEN TO 35 FT. WIDE. THE ORE PLUNGED 60 DEG. TO 40 DEG. TO T H AND VARIED CONSIDERABLY IN LENGTH AND WIDTH; THE GREATEST WAS 300 FT. MINING REACHED A DEPTH OF 720 FT. ON THE PLUNGE. -LOWEST LEVELS THE STRIKE OF THE ORE BODY IS NORTH. WATER MAY HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM -IN 1878, THE MINE SUPT. REPORT THE RATE OF ACCUMULATION OF H20 WAS 60 TO 110 GALLONS PER MINUTE. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Harrison | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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