| Deposit ID | 10135679 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420410015 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Reading Ore Banks Pit |
| Alternate or previous names | White Rocks Mine, Beltzhoover, Ege, Leiding & Hoffe |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.10857, 40.13362 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 168 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cumberland(county)
Pennsylvania(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mechanicsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Carlisle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Susquehanna-Swatara(hydrologic unit)
Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)
Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Cumberland |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | -77.10857, 40.13362 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1776 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Penn Products Corp. |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Philadelphia And Reading Coal And Iron Co. |
| Home office | Pennsylvania |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cleghorn And Mitchell |
| Home office | Massachusetts |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420410015 |
PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M26, 1945, PP 1-35.
PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1886, PART IV, 1887
1467-1481.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. 4436, 1949, PP 1-7.
FOOSE RM 1945 PA GEOL SUR MINERAL RES REPT M27 PLII P74-85
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS AREA WAS MINED AS EARLY AS THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. IT IS REPORTED THAT 700000 TONS OF ORE WERE REMOVED. REFERENCE 700 ESTIMATES RESERVES OF 1,844,670 TONS OF IRON O |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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