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Damp pit, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 43' 25'' North , 76° 9' 27'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
39.72378,-76.15775
GeoHash:
G#: dr1cfzrxg
GRN:
N27W42
Type:
Prospect
Köppen climate type:
Cfa : Humid subtropical climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Wakefield609 (2017)5.8km
Little Britain372 (2017)7.1km
Rising Sun2,859 (2017)8.6km
Darlington409 (2011)10.1km
Port Deposit659 (2017)13.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
307388
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:307388:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


The Peoples tract is an area southwest of Rock Springs Church in Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pa.; it embraces Lowe's mine and the Red Pit, Wet, North Rock Springs, and "Jenkins" mines. Lowe's mine has been discussed as a part of the Line Pit mine. The other four were field checked and the surface workings mapped in 1955. Some trenches are evident in the area between the Red Pit and North Rock Springs mines, dating back either to the time the mines were active or to a period of exploration about 1919. Two shallow shafts or prospect pits, the "Damp" pits, are in a swamp 0.2 mile east of the Red Pit mine, on the northeast side of the road and alined parallel to it. The dump of the eastern one contains much disseminated chromite. At least 1 and probably 2 or more additional mines have been reported nearby in the densely wooded parts of the Peoples tract. The mine names that survived have been thoroughly confused in the literature.

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pubs.usgs.gov (n.d.) https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1082k/plate-41.pdf
[1]Pearre, N. C.; Van Heyl, A. (1960) Chromite and other mineral deposits in serpentine rocks of the Piedmont Upland, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Bulletin 1082k. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b1082k
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