Mine detail: Unnamed Pge Occurrence

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.19724, -76.86522

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Nickel, Thorium, Gold, Tellurium
Orebody form: UNKNOWN BUT PROBABLY DISSEMINATED

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Diabase
Tectonic:Mesozoic Basins - Gettysburg Basin

References

MRDSMP00247
DEP10048643
Reference{Deposit:: GOTTFRIED, DAVID, FROELICH, A.J., RAIT, NORMA, AND ARUSCAVAGE, P.J., 1990, FRACTIONATION OF PALLADIUM AND PLATINUM IN A MESOZOIC DIABASE SHEET, GETTYSBURG BASIN, PENNSYLVANIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR MINERAL EXPLORATION: JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, V. 37, P. 75-89.}{Deposit:: GOTTFRIED, DAVID, FROELICH, A.J., ARUSCAVAGE, P.J., AND RAIT, NORMA, 1989, ANOMALOUS PALLADIUM-PLATINUM OCCURRENCES IN MESOZOIC QUARTZ-NORMATIVE THOLEIITIC SUITES IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES, IN SCHINDLER, K.S., ED., USGS RESEARCH ON MINERAL RESOURCES - 1989, PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 1935, P. 23-25.}{Deposit:: GOTTFRIED, DAVID, AND FROELICH, A.J., 1988, VARIATIONS OF PALLADIUM AND PLATINUM CONTENTS AND RATIOS IN SELECTED EARLY MESOZOIC THOLEIITIC ROCK ASSOCIATIONS IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES, IN, FROELICH, A.J., AND ROBINSON, G.R., JR., EDS., STUDIES OF THE EARLY MESOZOIC BASINS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1776, P. 332-341.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.