(Facility) Ontelaunee Smelter--Reading, Pa.

Plant in Berks county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Copper
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10128938
MAS/MILS ID 0420119013
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Ontelaunee Smelter--Reading, Pa.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.94963, 40.41671 (WGS84)
Elevation 100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berks(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Temple(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 Berks

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.94963, 40.41671

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Smelter

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Reading Metals Refining Co.,Div. Reading Ind. Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1978 E/M J DIRECTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-AUG-1993 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.