Pikesville Prospect

Past Producer in Berks 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153182
MAS/MILS ID 0420110045
Record type Site
Current site name Pikesville Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.69633, 40.42391 (WGS84)
Elevation 229

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berks(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manatawny(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
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.69633, 40.42391

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 Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M50, 1964, PART 3, SHEET 1.

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M43, 1961, PP. 51-53.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REF DESCRIBES AS AN ABANDONED IRON PROSPECT PIT. SEVERAL BANDS TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE ARE LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST END OF T

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.