B.G. Mush and Co. Mine

Past Producer in Perry 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 10202001
MAS/MILS ID 0420990006
Record type Site
Current site name B.G. Mush and Co. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.16747, 40.55281 (WGS84)
Elevation 207

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Perry(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millerstown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

State College(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Juniata(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Perry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.16747, 40.55281

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 Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner B. G. Mush And Co. (Formerly)
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PA., REPORT F2, 1885, PP 93-96.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REF 700 DESCRIBES LOCATION AS- ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TUSC MT., ONE FOURTH OF A MILE NORTH OF MILLERSTOWN. THE ORE IS C FOSSIL ORE AND SAND VEIN ORE. THERE ARE SEVERAL MINES NEARBY

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.