Foote Mineral Co--Graham, W.Va.

Past Producer in Mason county in West Virginia, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10132020
MAS/MILS ID 0540539002
Record type Site
Current site name Foote Mineral Co--Graham, W.Va.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.93723, 38.97429 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mason(county)

West Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Haven(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ripley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charleston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Ohio-Shade(hydrologic unit)

Upper Ohio-Little Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States West Virginia Mason

Comments on the location information

  • Location was off by one degree latitude. Corrected so that site plots in Mason County WV (using USGS GNIS website).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.93723, 38.97429

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Foote Mineral Co.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-FEB-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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