Preston Farm Pits

Past Producer in Cecil county in Maryland, United States with commodity Chromium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Mineral rights holdings
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10243697
MAS/MILS ID	0240150009
Record type	Site
Current site name	Preston Farm Pits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-76.18324, 39.71862 (WGS84)
Elevation	97
Location accuracy	100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cecil(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conowingo Dam(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	Maryland	Cecil

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium Critical	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-76.18324, 39.71862	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
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	Unknown

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0240150009

Bibliographic references

Deposit

PEARRE N HEYL A JR USGS BULL 1082K PG 782 1960

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THERE ARE NO CHROMITE ANALYSES FOR THIS DEPOSIT AREA. CHROMITE PRODUCT SUGGESTED FOR CHEMICAL USE THE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ABOUT 15 SHALLOW PITS 3.5 FT TO 23 EP ONE 20 FT DEEP WITH A BODY OF MASSIVE FOLIATED CHROMITE R EDLY 3 INCHES WIDE IN THE UPPER 12 FT WIDENING TO 4 FT AT TH BOTTOM OTHER SEAMS OR POCKETS OF CHROMITE REPORTED FROM 1 IN 2 FT IN WIDTH THE ORE IS REPORTEDLY BOTH MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED MAGNESITE AND FELDSPAR WERE ALSO MINED HERE. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

THERE ARE NO CHROMITE ANALYSES FOR THIS DEPOSIT AREA. CHROMITE PRODUCT SUGGESTED FOR CHEMICAL USE THE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ABOUT 15 SHALLOW PITS 3.5 FT TO 23 EP ONE 20 FT DEEP WITH A BODY OF MASSIVE FOLIATED CHROMITE R EDLY 3 INCHES WIDE IN THE UPPER 12 FT WIDENING TO 4 FT AT TH BOTTOM OTHER SEAMS OR POCKETS OF CHROMITE REPORTED FROM 1 IN 2 FT IN WIDTH THE ORE IS REPORTEDLY BOTH MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED MAGNESITE AND FELDSPAR WERE ALSO MINED HERE. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	27-FEB-1984	Harrison	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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