Kirk 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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226007
MAS/MILS ID 0420290007
Record type Site
Current site name Kirk Mine
Alternate or previous names Wilson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.04994, 39.73082 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
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)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Chester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.04994, 39.73082

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 15.2M
    Length 4.6M
    Width 0.3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Strike And Dip N35E:45S
    Date of Last Modification 820616

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr Ross Kirk
    Interest 100
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr J A Wilson
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARRE N HEYL A PA GEOL SUR I C 14 PG 3 1959

  • Deposit

    PEARRE N HEYL A USGS B 1082K PG 733 PL 41 AND PG 780 1960

  • Deposit

    KNOPF E. USGS BUL. 725B PG. 98, 1921.

  • Deposit

    USBM CONFIDENTIAL WAR MINERALS REPORT REGIONAL FILE NO E 124

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEARRE IN USGS BULL 1082K SUGGESTS THAT THE LENS AT THIS MIN NOT OF COMMERCIAL QUALITY EXCEPT POSSIBLY AS A LOW GRADE CHE REC 020 OWNER OPERATOR DATA TAKEN FROM WMR REG FILE NO E 124 ACCORDING TO WMR REG FILE NO 124 ABOUT 8 TONS OF CHROMITE OR NING 30 TO 40% CR2O3 AND APPROX 100 TONS W 5 TO 15% CR2O3 WE PRESENT ON THE DUMPS REC 080 COLS 53 58 & 63 68 THE LENS IS NARROW RANGING FROM 4 ES TO 2 FT IN WIDTH AND FROM 15 TO 30 FT IN LENGTH WHEN TH WAS VISITED IN 1943 THE LENGTH OF THE LENS WAS ABOUT 15 FT A E WIDTH SEEMED TO BE INCREASING WITH DEPTH AN ESTIMATE IN THE WMR ASSUMING AN EXTENSION OF 50 FT IN DEP D AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 1 FT AND A LENGTH OF 15 FT THE LENS MA ODUCE ANOTHER 75 TONS OF CHROMITE ORE BEFORE EXHAUSTION REC 020 THE CURRENT OWNER OPERATOR NAMES UNDETERMINED 1975 COMENTS 800 814

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Harrison U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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