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Chromite from
Cherry Hill Chrome Sand Placer (Yinger Farm Prospect; Road Pit), Jarretsville-Dublin Mining District, Harford County, Maryland, USA


Locality type:Placer
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cherry Hill Chrome Sand Placer (Yinger Farm Prospect; Road Pit), Jarretsville-Dublin Mining District, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:860505
Long-form Identifier:1:3:860505:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘCherry Hill Mine, Jarretsville-Dublin Mining District, Harford County, Maryland, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘAyres Mine, Jarretsville-Dublin Mining District, Harford County, Maryland, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘBirdseye Mine (Birdseye Pit), Jarretsville-Dublin Mining District, Harford County, Maryland, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘWilkins Mine (Wilkens Mine; John W. Carman Property), Jarretsville-Dublin Mining District, Harford County, Maryland, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘReed Mine, Jarretsville-Dublin Mining District, Harford County, Maryland, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘPreston Farm Pits, Cecil County, Maryland, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘWest Placer Area (Preston Placer; Sweigarts Run; Swaggarts Run; West Placer; Thornbottom Run), Cecil County, Maryland, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘSouthwest Rock Springs Pits (Prospects Near Rock Springs), Cecil County, Maryland, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) ⓘLine pit (Lowe's Mine), Cecil County, Maryland, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) ⓘLine pit (Lowe's Chromite Mine), Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
Pearre, N. & A. V. Heyl (1960) Mineral deposits in serpentine rocks of the Piedmont Upland, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware: U. S. Geological Survey: Bulletin 1082K: 766.
 
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