Pine Swamp Schoolhouse Pits

Past Producer in Chester county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Iron
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10128726
MAS/MILS ID 0420290037
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Swamp Schoolhouse Pits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.75903, 40.19781 (WGS84)
Elevation 149

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chester(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elverson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reading(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Schuylkill(hydrologic unit)

Lower Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Chester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.75903, 40.19781

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1895

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Phoenix Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 891, 1938, P.122.

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT 91.883, 1944, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M50, 1964, PART 3, SHEET 2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS A SECOND PIT WHOSE LOCATION IS: 4448890 NORTHING, 4 EASTING. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

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.