Stubbs Sand-Chrome Property

Prospect in Cecil county in Maryland, 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 10194239
MAS/MILS ID 0240150012
Record type Site
Current site name Stubbs Sand-Chrome Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.18965, 39.71782 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cecil(county)

Maryland(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Cecil

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Ultramafic Rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
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 Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JERMAIN G CONFIDENTIAL WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM STUBBS SAND C

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY REGIONAL FILE NO 797 1943

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SAMPLES WERE TAKEN ON THIS PROPERTY IN 1943 BY AN ENGINE THE USBM AND REPORTED IN THE WMR REGIONAL FILE NO 797 THE AS SHOWED THAT THE CR2O3 WAS 0.1% THIS LOW GRADE DID NOT WARRENT ESTIMATE OF THE ORE RESERVES NOR A CR FE RATIO. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Harrison U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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