Renshaw Chromite Placer Deposit

Prospect in Chester 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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10178017
MRDS ID WO21988
MAS/MILS ID 0420290002
Record type Site
Current site name Renshaw Chromite Placer Deposit
Alternate or previous names Black Run Placer
Related records 10153750

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAME: BLACKRUN PLACER.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.04934, 39.73942 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chester(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rising Sun(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 Chester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.04934, 39.73942

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M
    Length 1524M
    Width 61M
    Area 9HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 9
    Date of Last Modification 830302

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLACER CHROMITE IS DERIVED FROM CHROMITE IN A PALEOZOIC SERPENTINE WHICH INTRUDES PALEOZOIC GLENARM SERIES ROCKS .

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Electrostatic

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Renshaw
    Interest 100
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1975
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • CONCENTRATE WILL GRADE 40% CR2O3, AND BE SUITABLE FOR REFRACTORY AND CHEMICAL PURPOSES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Indicated 209000mt ore
    Demonstrated 209000mt ore
    Total resources 209000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 1.6799 wt-pct Chromium Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE TONNAGE SHOWN IS RAW ORE. THE GRADE 1.68 % CR2O3 IS TAKEN FROM PG. 5 OF WMR 549
  • QUANTITY FIGURE OF 209000 TONNES BASED ON ORE BODY DIMENTIONS ROUNDED TO EVEN FEET AND CONVERTED TO METRIC. M9C4 = M1C1.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 9HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .8
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 1.85
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    HUNTER W.L., AND SULLIVAN G.V., UTILIZATION STUDIES ON

  • Production

    CHROMITE FROM SEIAD CREEK, CALIFORNIA, BUMINES RI 5576,1960,

  • Production

    37 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    JERMAIN G CONFIDENTIAL WAR MINERAL REPORT RENSHAW CHROMITE

  • Reserve-Resource

    PLACER DEPOSIT REGIONAL FILE NO. 549

  • Deposit

    PEARRE N HEYL A USGS BULL 1082 K PG 787

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    1980 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-MAR-1995 Mf,Cpm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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