| Deposit ID | 10153673 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420290012 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Reisler Placer |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.93104, 39.73862 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 100 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chester(county)
Pennsylvania(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bay View(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wilmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wilmington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Chester-Sassafras(hydrologic unit)
Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Chester |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -75.93104, 39.73862 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 284.5M | ||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 284.5M | ||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | State Line District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | James Reisler |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | National Minerals Co |
| Year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420290012 |
PEARRE N HEYL A USGS BULL 1082K PG 788 PLATE 41 NO 90 1960
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 1975 ENTRIES - DURING WWI 15 TONS OF CONCENTRATES ASSAYING 53.9% CR2O3 WERE CED HERE NO CR FE RATIO IS AVAILABLE IN GENERAL HOWEVER THE AND MD ORES ARE TOO RICH IN IRON TO MEET METALLURGICAL STAND HOWEVER MOST OF THE DEPOSITS COULD BE USED FOR CHEMICAL PURP REC 020 OWNER OPERATOR DATA INFORMATION FROM WWI CURRENT NAM OWNER UNDETERMINED THIS PLACER CHROMITE HAS THE HIGHEST CR2O3 CONTENT REPORTED DISTRICT REC 080 COLS 21 22 SUBSEQUENT WEATHERING HAS FREED FINELY DI CHROMITE THROUGH DISINTEGRATION OF THE SERPENTINES THE CHROM HAS ACCUMULATED AS MINEABLE SAND AND GRAVEL PLACERS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Harrison | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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