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Bethlehem Limestone Quarry

Producer in Adams county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Dolomite, Limestone, General
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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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153555
MAS/MILS ID 0420010049
Record type Site
Current site name Bethlehem Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -77.03027, 39.83332 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McSherrystown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hagerstown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Adams

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Kinzers Formation
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Bethlehem Limestone Co.,Div. Bethlehem Steel Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY USEFUL AS AGRICULTURAL,CONCRETE,AGGREGATE,ROAD MET

  • Deposit

    AL,PAINT,STONE SAND,R.R. BALLAST

  • Deposit

    PGS MINERAL RESOURCE REPORT M50,PART ONE,LIMESTONE AND DOLO-

  • Deposit

    MITES OF PA.,1964,PG.10,MAP8,SITE 6

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 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.

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