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Conestoga Twp Mines

Past Producer in Lancaster county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129751
MAS/MILS ID 0420710044
Record type Site
Current site name Conestoga Twp Mines
Alternate or previous names S.E. of Safe Harbor, North of Colemanville

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.34575, 39.94222 (WGS84)
Elevation 125

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conestoga(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

York(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.34575, 39.94222
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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 Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRAZER, P. (1880) THE GEOLOGY OF LANCASTER CO., 2ND GEOL SUR

  • Deposit

    . REPORT OF PROGRESS IN 1877 CCC

  • Deposit

    GORDEN, SAMUEL (1922) THE MINERALOGY OF PENNA., S.P. NO. 1,

  • Deposit

    DEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANY SMALL PITS LOCATED THROUGHOUT TWP. MAIN PITS 0.5 MILE S FE HARBOR AND 0.5 MILE NORTH OF COLEMANVILLE. LIMONITE AND R GOETHITE. FOR MORE DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF SMALL PITS SEE REFS 700 AND 70

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.

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