Mine detail: Grace Iron - Cobalt Mine, Pennsylvania

Previously called 'Morgantown Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.15001, -75.89963

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron, Cobalt
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1948

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metamorphic
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1958

Geology

Host type:	Diabase,Metasedimentary Rock
Tectonic:	Deposit Situated On The Southern Border Of The Triassic Lowlands Section Of The Piedmont Province.
Alteration processes:	The Ore Has Replaced A Cambrian Limestone Lens Isolated Between Triassic Diabase Footwall And Triassic Sedimentary Rock Hanging Wall.

References

MRDS	W006885
DEP	10069386
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDREWS, R.W., 1962, COBALT: OVERSEAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS, MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION, LONDON, HER MAJEST * STATIONERY OFFICE, P.}{Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR., 1972, 1972 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, INC., P. 135}{Deposit:: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, 1975, COMMODITIES DATA SUMMARY.}{Deposit:: SIMS, S.J., 1968, THE GRACE MINE MAGNETITE DEPOSIT, BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS, OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME) V. 1: AM. INST. MINING, METALL., AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 108-124.}{Deposit:: 1948 OTHE}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L.