Bylers Mine

Past Producer in Berks 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 10201153
MAS/MILS ID 0420110033
Record type Site
Current site name Bylers Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.90183, 40.16191 (WGS84)
Elevation 186

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berks(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgantown(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Berks

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.90183, 40.16191

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 1860

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. G. Brooke Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1976

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING WAS STOPPED BECAUSE OF FLOODING. THE PIT WAS ABOUT 50 IN DIAMETER, AND 70 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M50, 1964, PART 3, SHEET 1.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 891, 1938, P 123.

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.