Browns Farm Placer

Past Producer 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 10242699
MAS/MILS ID 0240150003
Record type Site
Current site name Browns Farm Placer
Alternate or previous names Cox Chromite Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.97384, 39.71692 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
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

Bay View(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chester-Sassafras(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(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) -75.97384, 39.71692

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
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 Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARRE N HEYL A JR USGS BULL 1082K PGS 787 788 1960

  • Deposit

    JERMAIN G CONFIDENTIAL WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM OF THE COX CH

  • Deposit

    PLACER OF CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND 1943 NO 546

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SAMPLES WERE TAKEN ON THIS PROPERTY BY AN ENGINEER WITH M AND REPORTED IN USBM REG FILE NO 546 ANALYSES OF THE SANDS THE CR2O3 TO BE 0.3% AND 0.4% NO ESTIMATE WAS MADE ON THE OR RESERVES FOR THIS PROPERTY THERE IS NO CR FE RATIO GIVEN THE CHROME SANDS AND GRAVELS WERE 1.5 TO 3 FT THICK. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 Harrison U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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