Mine detail: Dolfield Placer

Previously called 'Rose Placer'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.40753, -76.81547

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Titanium, Iron, Magnesite, Silica, Aluminum
Other material: Chromite
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1914

Geology

References

MAS240050002
DEP10218536
Reference{Deposit:: PEARRE N HEYL A U S G S BULL 1082K PG 760 1960 PLATE 40 # 16}{Deposit:: PEARRE N HEYL A THE HISTORY OF CHROMITE MINING IN PA & MD PA}{Deposit:: EOL SURVEY I C 14 PGS 15-16 1959}{Deposit:: PEARRE, N. AND A. HEDL. CHROMITE AND OTHER MINERAL DEPOSITS}{Deposit:: IN THE PIEDMONT UPLANDS, MARYLAND. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: CHROMITE PLACER REGIONAL FILE NO 531, USBM, 1943}{Reserve-Resource:: JERMAIN, G., CONFIDENTIAL WAR MINERALS REPORT OF DOLFIELD}{Reserve-Resource:: CHROMITE PLACER REGIONAL FILE NO 531 1943}
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