Line Pit Mine

Past Producer in Cecil county in Maryland, United States with commodities Aluminum, Calcium, Chromium, Iron, Magnesite, Silica, Titanium

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10121601
MAS/MILS ID	0240150010
Record type	Site
Current site name	Line Pit Mine
Alternate or previous names	Lowe:S Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-76.17324, 39.72172 (WGS84)
Elevation	122
Location accuracy	100(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Maryland	Cecil

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum	Tertiary
Calcium	Tertiary
Chromium	Tertiary
Iron	Tertiary
Magnesite	Tertiary
Silica	Tertiary
Titanium	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Antigorite	Unknown
Chromite	Unknown
Clinochlore	Unknown
Serpentine	Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-76.17324, 39.72172	ListMap

Ore body information

Field	Value
Type of Orebody #1	DISSEMINATED
Shape of Orebody #1	PIPELIKE
Shape of Orebody #2	MASSIVE
Primary mode of Origin	MAGMATIC DIFFER
Secondary mode of Origin	METAMORPHISM
Primary Ore Control	IGNEOUS
Secondary Ore Control	CONTACT ZONE
Date of Last Modification	780213

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Underground
Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Both metallic and non-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

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0240150010

Bibliographic references

Deposit

PEARRE N HEYL A JR USGS BULL 1082K PG 767 768 1960

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MINE EXTENDS INTO LANCASTER COUNTY PA ANALYSES OF SAMPLE TAKEN FROM THIS MINE INDICATED THAT SOME CHROMITE IS METALLURGICAL GRADE TABLE 6 USGS BUL 1082K PG 74 CR FE RATIO WAS 3.5:1 REC 080 COLS 63 68 AVG DIAMETERS OF THE ORE BODY IN THE LOWE OF THE MINE WERE 5 AND 8 FEET REC 080 COLS 59 71 AT THE SURFACE WORKINGS THE CENTRAL MASS MBELL SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION AND PLUNGED VERTICALLY WHEREAS HE BOTTOM OF THE MINE IT WAS ELLIPTICAL IN CROSS SECTION AND ED EASTWARD A CLEANED CONCENTRATE OF MASSIVE ORE ANALYZED THE FOLLOWING 59.2% AL203 10.2% FEO 14.7% MGO AND CAO COMBINED 14.7% T102 SI02-.58%, H20-.21% FROM TABLE 6 USGS BUL. 1082K. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

MINE EXTENDS INTO LANCASTER COUNTY PA ANALYSES OF SAMPLE TAKEN FROM THIS MINE INDICATED THAT SOME CHROMITE IS METALLURGICAL GRADE TABLE 6 USGS BUL 1082K PG 74 CR FE RATIO WAS 3.5:1 REC 080 COLS 63 68 AVG DIAMETERS OF THE ORE BODY IN THE LOWE OF THE MINE WERE 5 AND 8 FEET REC 080 COLS 59 71 AT THE SURFACE WORKINGS THE CENTRAL MASS MBELL SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION AND PLUNGED VERTICALLY WHEREAS HE BOTTOM OF THE MINE IT WAS ELLIPTICAL IN CROSS SECTION AND ED EASTWARD A CLEANED CONCENTRATE OF MASSIVE ORE ANALYZED THE FOLLOWING 59.2% AL203 10.2% FEO 14.7% MGO AND CAO COMBINED 14.7% T102 SI02-.58%, H20-.21% FROM TABLE 6 USGS BUL. 1082K. DATE OF COMMENTS 1975.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	27-FEB-1984	Harrison	U.S. Bureau of Mines