Browns Mine

Past Producer in Lancaster county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Chromium
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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10177539
MAS/MILS ID 0420710011
Record type Site
Current site name Browns Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.14714, 39.76502 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wakefield(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 Pennsylvania Lancaster

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.14714, 39.76502

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
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 Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARRE N HEYL A USGS B 1082K PG 783 1960

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE NO CHROMITE ANALYSES FOR THIS DEPOSIT AREA. CHROMITE PRODUCT SUGGESTED FOR CHEMICAL USE THE ORE WAS REPORTED TO BE DISSEMINATED CHROMITE THE MINE IS REPORTEDLY LONG ABANDONED AND FILLED UP. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Harrison U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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