NJ Zinc Friedensville Concentrator

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153865
MRDS ID W022111
MAS/MILS ID 0420779012
Record type Site
Current site name NJ Zinc Friedensville Concentrator

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -75.40462, 40.55441 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lehigh(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allentown East(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 Lehigh

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -75.40462, 40.55441

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner New Jersey Zinc Co. Div Of Gulf And Western Indsts
    ID 3602627
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1978 E/M J DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    1980 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOC. WITH MINE, SEQ # 0420770001

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/29/1996
MSHA mine ID3602627
Mine name (MSHA)Friedensville Lime Plant #142
Current operatorEastern Industries Inc
Current controller (parent)New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company Inc; New Enterprise Stone & Lime Com
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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