Bryson Mine

Past Producer in Centre 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 10177550
MAS/MILS ID 0420270015
Record type Site
Current site name Bryson Mine
Alternate or previous names Pennsylvania Ore Bank

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.9855, 40.71171 (WGS84)
Elevation 354

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Centre(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

State College(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Juniata(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Centre

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.9855, 40.71171

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
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 Operator
    Owner Carnegie Brothers And Co. (Formerly)
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PA., REPORT T4, 1884, PP 229-235

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE IS PIPE ORE. PRODUCTION WAS ANYWHERE FROM 200000 TO TONS.

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.