| Deposit ID | 10226007 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420290007 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kirk Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Wilson Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -76.04994, 39.73082 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 137 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Chester |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -76.04994, 39.73082 |
|---|
| Strike | N35E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 45S | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 15.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4.6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 0.3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| 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 |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mr Ross Kirk |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Pennsylvania |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mr J A Wilson |
| Home office | Pennsylvania |
| Year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420290007 |
PEARRE N HEYL A PA GEOL SUR I C 14 PG 3 1959
PEARRE N HEYL A USGS B 1082K PG 733 PL 41 AND PG 780 1960
KNOPF E. USGS BUL. 725B PG. 98, 1921.
USBM CONFIDENTIAL WAR MINERALS REPORT REGIONAL FILE NO E 124
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PEARRE IN USGS BULL 1082K SUGGESTS THAT THE LENS AT THIS MIN NOT OF COMMERCIAL QUALITY EXCEPT POSSIBLY AS A LOW GRADE CHE REC 020 OWNER OPERATOR DATA TAKEN FROM WMR REG FILE NO E 124 ACCORDING TO WMR REG FILE NO 124 ABOUT 8 TONS OF CHROMITE OR NING 30 TO 40% CR2O3 AND APPROX 100 TONS W 5 TO 15% CR2O3 WE PRESENT ON THE DUMPS REC 080 COLS 53 58 & 63 68 THE LENS IS NARROW RANGING FROM 4 ES TO 2 FT IN WIDTH AND FROM 15 TO 30 FT IN LENGTH WHEN TH WAS VISITED IN 1943 THE LENGTH OF THE LENS WAS ABOUT 15 FT A E WIDTH SEEMED TO BE INCREASING WITH DEPTH AN ESTIMATE IN THE WMR ASSUMING AN EXTENSION OF 50 FT IN DEP D AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 1 FT AND A LENGTH OF 15 FT THE LENS MA ODUCE ANOTHER 75 TONS OF CHROMITE ORE BEFORE EXHAUSTION REC 020 THE CURRENT OWNER OPERATOR NAMES UNDETERMINED 1975 COMENTS 800 814 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Harrison | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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