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Kirk Sand Chrome Property

Prospect in Chester county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Chromium
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  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. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226372
MAS/MILS ID 0420290013
Record type Site
Current site name Kirk Sand Chrome Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.04404, 39.72222 (WGS84)
Elevation 111
Location accuracy 10(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 Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.04404, 39.72222
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.6M
    Length 240M
    Width 150M
    Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 820616

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CHROME BEARING SAND HAD ITS ORIGIN IN AN AREA OF SER- PENTINE. SUBSEQUENT WEATHERING AND EROSION FREED FINELY DIVIDED CHROMITE PARTICLES. THE CHROMITE ACCUM- ULATED AS A MINABLE SAND AND GRAVEL PLACER ALONG BLACK RUN STREAM. CHROMITE GRAINS AVERAGE 1/25 INCH IN DIA- METER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Alluvial Mining
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name State Line District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. E. Kirks
    Interest 100
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1943
    First year 1943

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Indicated 43700mt ore
    Demonstrated 43700mt ore
    Total resources 43700mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 2.8999 wt-pct Chromium Major 1943

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE QUANTITY RESOURCES ARE ROUNDED DOWN FROM THE SUMMARY FILE FIGURE. Q MATRIX REFLECTS TONNAGE & GRADE DERIVED FROM THE WASHED SAMPLE REPORTED IN R MATRIX. R MATRIX: .029 CR2O3 X 43,700 TONNES SAND=1,267 TONNES CR2O3 Q MATRIX: CHROMITE ORE CONSISTS OF 43,700 TONNES SAND AND 4,400 TONNES GRAVEL WHICH CONTAIN 1,267 TONNES CR2O3. TOTAL CHROMITE ORE = 43,700 + 4,400 = 48,000 TONNES (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST 1,000 TONNES). OVERALL GRADE = 1,267 TONNES CR2O3 / 48,000 TONNES ORE = 2.6% CR2O3 M9C4 = M1C1.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.7HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ALLUVIAL MINING
    Swell Factor .88
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.62
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    JERMAIN G.D. KIRK SAND CHROME PROPERTY, BUMINES WAR

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERALS REPORT, FILE NO. 791, 1943, 14 PP.

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, W.L. AND G.V. SULLIVAN. UTILIZATION STUDIES ON

  • Deposit

    CHROMITE FROM SEIAD CREEK, CALIFORNIA. BUMINES RI

  • Deposit

    5576, 1960, 37 PP.

  • Deposit

    PEARRE,N., AND A.HEYL. CHROMITE AND OTHER MINERAL DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    IN SERPENTINE ROCKS OF THE PIEDMONT UPLAND OF MARYLAND,

  • Deposit

    PENNYSLVANIA, AND DELEWARE. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.

  • Deposit

    1082-K, P.707.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-96 Jah / Mf / Mishra, C.P. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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