Whim Shaft

Past Producer in Montgomery county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226135
MAS/MILS ID 0420910020
Record type Site
Current site name Whim Shaft
Alternate or previous names Charles Erskine Owner, Perkiomen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.43902, 40.13061 (WGS84)
Elevation 34

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Collegeville(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 Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.43902, 40.13061

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH II,R.C.,1977,PA.G.S. M-72,P.247-262.

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.