| Deposit ID | 10153680 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420710004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Pit Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -76.16244, 39.72332 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 137 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lancaster(county)
Pennsylvania(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Lancaster |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Calcium | Tertiary |
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Magnesite | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Titanium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Asbestos | Unknown |
| Chalcedony | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -76.16244, 39.72332 |
|---|
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| 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 |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420710004 |
PEARRE N HEYL A JR USGS BULL 1082K PG 769 1960
GORDON S THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE STATE LINE SERPENTINES
CADEMY OF NAT SCIENCE PROCEEDINGS VOL 73 1921
PEARRE N HEYL A THE HISTORY OF CHROMITE MINING IN PA & MD PA
TOPOG AND GEOL SUR 1C 14 1959
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MINE IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN AT LEAST FT DEEP AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF SHALLOW PITS AND PROSPECTS EAST THE SHAFT EXTENDS ABOUT 340 FT ALONG THE ROAD SOME OF THE LA PITS PROBABLY PRODUCED ORE AT ONE TIME THE MINE WAS REPORTEDLY CLOSED IN 1868 BY AN EXPLOSION AT 40 THE MINE IS REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED MANY THOUSAND TONS OF TER THAN 50% CR2O3 THE CR FE RATIO IS ] 3:1 METALLURGICAL GR A CLEANED CONCENTRATE OF A SAMPLE OF MASSIVE ORE CONTAINED 5 203 AND THE CR FE RATIO WAS 3:1 TABLE 6 USGS BUL 1082K THE O CONSTITUENTS OF THIS SAMPLE WERE AL203 9.7% FEO 17.2% MGO AN COMBINED 12.8% T102 .11% S102 .30% H20 .10%. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Harrison | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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