Mine detail: Glyndon

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Location: Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.47585, -76.81745
dep_id: 10038138
mrds_id: M045424
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Platinum, Chromium, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chromite, Magnetite
orebody_fm: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
conc_proc: Entrapment By Irregularities In Stream Bed Or Deposition In Low-Energy Part Of Stream
ore_ctrl: Stream Hydraulics
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Blair, Will N.
hrock_type: Gravel
tectonic: Appalachian Piedmont
References:
  • Deposit:: DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1202-1203.
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1911, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1909, PT. 1, P. 997.
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