Henry Goetzs Mine

Past Producer in Northampton 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153649
MAS/MILS ID 0420950030
Record type Site
Current site name Henry Goetzs Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -75.39521, 40.67561 (WGS84)
Elevation 113
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northampton(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Catasauqua(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lehigh(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Northampton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -75.39521, 40.67561

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1841

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Coleraine Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • 98,486 TONS OF LIMONITE, AVERAGING 43.59 % IRON, WERE PRODUC 1841 TO 1888.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN C48, 1939, P 334.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-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.