Simon and Coles Manganese Deposit

Past Producer in Bedford county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10128476
MAS/MILS ID 0420090001
Record type Site
Current site name Simon and Coles Manganese Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.24781, 40.09222 (WGS84)
Elevation 335

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bedford(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wells Tannery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnstown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pittsburgh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raystown(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Bedford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.24781, 40.09222

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1919
Year of first production 1919

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner H. Simon
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. C. Coles
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: 1919- SIMON COLES SHIPPED 400 TONS OF 10 PERCENT 1940- SIMON AND COLES SHIPPED 2 CARLOADS OF MN ORE. 1942- E LAVINE OF SHERIDAN,PA., SHIPPED 1 CARLOAD OF MN ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUMINES RI 4312.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.