Mont Alto Mines

Past Producer in Franklin 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 10153463
MAS/MILS ID 0420550012
Record type Site
Current site name Mont Alto Mines
Alternate or previous names Mont Alto No.1, Mont Alto No.3,, Mont Alto No.4 Open Level, Mont, Alto No.8, Smith and Avery,, Mill, Mont Alto No.32, Ruth, Lucy, Jacob Rock, Mcneal, Pond Bank, No.1, Little Pond Bank No.2, Engl, Ish, Hope, Promise, Guilford,, Wiestling, Limekiln, Culliman, Wh, Ite Rocks.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.53799, 39.84442 (WGS84)
Elevation 338

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waynesboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hagerstown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Conococheague-Opequon(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Antietam Formation

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
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mont Alto Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PA. FOR 1886, PART IV,

  • Deposit

    PP 1421- 1435.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LOCATION GIVEN IN RECORD 030 IS FOR ONE OF THE SOUTHERNM BANKS IN THE GROUP. THE REST OF THE BANKS ARE NORTH OF THE G LOCATION, ALONG THE WEST FLANK OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN, WITHIN 5 M MONT ALTO, EXCEPT FOR A FEW BANKS WHICH ARE ABOUT .5 MILES W MONT ALTO. THESE MINES WERE SPORADICALLY ACTIVE IN THE MID TO LATE 1800 PRODUCING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ORE

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.