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Honeybrook Anorthosite

Prospect in Chester county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Aluminum, Calcium, Iron, Potassium, Sodium
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299369
MAS/MILS ID 0420290001
Record type Site
Current site name Honeybrook Anorthosite
Alternate or previous names Wagontown Anorthosite

Comments on the site names

  • DEPOSIT NAME GIVEN AS WAGONTOWN IN BUMINES IC 8335.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.82963, 40.09001 (WGS84)
Elevation 448
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chester(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wagontown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reading(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(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
Aluminum Critical Primary
Calcium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Potassium Tertiary
Sodium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andesine Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Labradorite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.82963, 40.09001
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 59M
    Length 9700M
    Width 5380M
    Area 1238HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1238
    Date of Last Modification 830302

Comments on the geologic information

  • SUBSEQUENT DEFORMATION OCCURRED IN THE PENNSLYVANIAN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1938
Mining method Bench (Berm)
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • AS REFERRED TO IN IC 8648, PAGE 24. THE PERCENT RECOVERY WAS CALCULATED FROM THE MATERIAL BALANCE GIVEN ON PAGES 23 & 29 IN RI 7068.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX RECORD 1/ALUMINA CONTENT WAS OBTAINED FROM BUMINES IC 8335. MATRIX RECORD 1/GRADE & TONS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR MOISTURE ANORTHOSITE(ORE) COMPOSED OF SODA-LIME FELDSPARS (SILICATES) WITH 26-35 PERCENT AL2O3, 46-59 PERCENT SIO2, 1-7 PERCENT NA2O, AND 8-18 PERCENT CAO.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 59HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 2.3
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 2
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 60
    Capacity 19152
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 22
    Unit Production Cost .57
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1975

Comments on the workings information

  • PRIMARY LAND USE AGRICULTURE; DAIRY FARMS. MINING WOULD AFFECT VEGETATION. TOURISM IS AN ECONOMIC RESOURCE LOCALLY AND WOULD ALSO BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79

  • Deposit

    BASCOM F. AND STOSE G.W. 1938 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    HONEYBROOK AND PHOENIXVILLE QUADS. PENN.

  • Deposit

    PERSONS/ ARTHUR A SOCOLOW STATE GEOL. OF PA.& HEAD OF PA. GE

  • Deposit

    PERSONS/ DAVIS M. LAPHAM CHIEF MINERALOGIST PENN. GEOL. SURV

  • Deposit

    MAPS/ WAGONTOWN PA. QUAD 1/24000 1969 AND GEOL. MAP PA. 1/25

  • Deposit

    60

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-FEB-95 Pk-Pk-Tql U.S. Bureau of Mines

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