[Rockhounds] chromium and other mining in Lancaster County

[Dorothy Merritts]

Dear Rockhound folks:

 

I am a geology professor at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA,
and I am intrigued by the history of mining in Lancaster County.  I saw a
reference to the Woods Chrome mine on the Rockhound list.  I am looking for
a place to take 16 geology and environmental studies students on a short,
fun field trip near Lancaster next Thursday (Nov 1).  Do any of you know if
there are any features related to mining, such as tailings piles, or mill
pond sediments that contain sediment from upstream mining, and that are
relatively accessible for a short hike?  A scientist from Johns Hopkins, now
at Univ of Pittsburgh, has worked on stream deposits in MD that contain
sediments from historic chromium mines, and he uses the chromium in the
sediments as a tracer to date the various historic sedimentary deposits.
I'd like to find something comparable in Lancaster to show my students and
this scientist, as he is visiting next week. 
Many thanks,


Dorothy

 



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