Shoemakersville Pit

Past Producer in Berks county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Clay
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 10201380
MRDS ID W021907
MAS/MILS ID 0420110008
Record type Site
Current site name Shoemakersville Pit
Alternate or previous names Glen Gery Corporation
Related records 10075343

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.96103, 40.48441 (WGS84)
Elevation 104

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berks(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Temple(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reading(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Schuylkill(hydrologic unit)

Lower Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Berks

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.96103, 40.48441

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Glen Gery Corp
    ID 3600624
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REFERENCE: PA DEPT NAT RES 1976 & HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT 1

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ NO. 0420119001

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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.