Fairville Mica Occurrence

Occurrence in Chester county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Mica
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10201830
MAS/MILS ID 0420290051
Record type Site
Current site name Fairville Mica Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Dupont Farm

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.62903, 39.83812 (WGS84)
Elevation 116

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chester(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kennett Square(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brandywine-Christina(hydrologic unit)

Lower Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Chester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.62903, 39.83812

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM,REGIONAL FILE NO E-308,OCTOBER,1

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY OWNED BY MRS PHILIP DUPONT AS OF 1943

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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