Unnamed Pge Occurrence

Occurrence in Cumberland county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Platinum, Palladium, Copper, Nickel, Thorium, Gold, Tellurium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048643
MRDS ID MP00247
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pge Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.86522, 40.19724 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI SOUTH OF NEW CUMBERLAND AND THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steelton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susquehanna-Swatara(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Cumberland

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. AT REESERS SUMMIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Thorium Primary
Gold Primary
Tellurium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result NUMEROUS SAMPLES: PT=2.4-21 PPB, PD=8.8-165 PPB, CU=91-360 PPM, NI=5-73 PPM, TH=1.88-4.81 PPB, AU=0.6-54 PPB, TE MAX=26 PPB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.86522, 40.19724

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN BUT PROBABLY DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic Segregation

Comments on the geologic information

  • DURING DIFFERENTIATION PT IS ENRICHED RELATIVE TO PD IN CUMULATE LAYERS. PD IS ENRICHED RELATIVE TO PT IN LATER DIFFERENTIATES. GREATEST ENRICHMENT TAKES PLACE IN FERROGABBRO AND FERRODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING ONLY, FROM SURFACE AND TWO CORES

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED DURING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AND ECONOMIC CONCENTRATIONS HAVE NOT YET BEEN FOUND IN MESOZOIC BASINS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: MAGMATIC SEGREGATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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