Calvin Guths Mine

Past Producer in Lehigh 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 10129039
MAS/MILS ID 0420770018
Record type Site
Current site name Calvin Guths Mine
Alternate or previous names No. 169

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -75.56132, 40.63421 (WGS84)
Elevation 128
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lehigh(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cementon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lehigh(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Lehigh

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -75.56132, 40.63421

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bethlehem Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH SERIES, BULLETIN C39, 1941, P 281

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LIMONITE ORE WAS ARENACEOUS AND CELLULAR. THE PIT WAS AB FT. DEEP. F.PRIME CALLS THIS MINE 1 OF A GROUP ALONG THE NOR EDGE OF THE LIMESTONE. SEE ALSO SAMUEL SIEGERS MINE.

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.