Coatsville-West Chester District

Occurrence in Chester county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Kyanite
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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001697
MRDS ID W007506
Record type District
Current site name Coatsville-West Chester District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.74963, 39.91672 (WGS84)
Relative position COVERED BY 7 1/2 FT. SHEETS, 1953 - 54; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WILMINGTON 1:250000

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
Kyanite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.74963, 39.91672

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic

Mining district

District name COATSVILLE-WEST CHESTER DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MC KINSTRY, HUGH, 1949, MINERAL ISOGRADS IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: AM. MINERALOGIST V. 34, P. 874 - 892.

Beyond USGS

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