New Galena Mine

Past Producer in Bucks county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153299
MAS/MILS ID 0420170035
Record type Site
Current site name New Galena Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.17741, 40.34171 (WGS84)
Elevation 130

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bucks(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Doylestown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reading(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crosswicks-Neshaminy(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 Bucks

Comments on the location information

  • DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. REC. 030, LOCATION: LATITUDE-LONGITUDE WAS MEASURED FROM LOC GIVEN IN REF. 700 AND RESULTING COORDINATES WERE TRANSFERRED MINUTE QUADRANGLE TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS TO GET ELEVATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.17741, 40.34171

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSE, A.W., (1970), "METAL MINES AND OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLV

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH SERIES, BULL. M-50, PART 3, INCLUDED I

  • Deposit

    P FILES

  • Deposit

    EARL, K.M. (1950C), "INVESTIGATION OF NEW GALENA LEAD DEPOSI

  • Deposit

    S COUNTY, PA." U.S. BUR. OF MINES, R.I. 4703, 7 P. INCLUDED

  • Deposit

    UP FILES

  • Deposit

    MILLER, B.L. (1924), "LEAD AND ZINC ORES OF PENNSYLVANIA", 4

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. M5, 91 PP. INCLUDED IN BACKUP FILES.

  • Deposit

    MONTGOMERY, A. (1962-68), "PENNSYLVANIA MINERALS," MINERALOG

  • Deposit

    CIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, KEYSTONE NEWSLETTER, V.14, NO.11, P.5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.