| Deposit ID | 10153519 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420710042 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Caernarvon Township Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Beartown Pits, Welsh Mountain Pits |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.95024, 40.11721 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 230 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lancaster(county)
Pennsylvania(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Honey Brook(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Reading(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)
Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)
Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Lancaster |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -75.95024, 40.11721 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420710042 |
FRAZER, P. (1880) THE GEOLOGY OF LANCASTER CO., 2ND GEOL.SUR
.REPORT OF PROGRESS IN 1877 CCC
GORDEN, SAMUEL (1922) THE MINERALOGY OF PENNA., S.P. NO. 1,
DEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THERE ARE TWO MAIN MINES NEAR WELSH MOUNTAIN AND BEARTOWN AN SMALL PITS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. FOR A COMPLETE DES N OF THE INDIVIDUAL OPERATIONS SEE REF 700 AND 702. MOST OF THESE PITS ARE OVER 100 YRS OLD. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.