Orchard Mine

Past Producer in Bucks 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. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226421
MAS/MILS ID 0420170033
Record type Site
Current site name Orchard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.20151, 40.57861 (WGS84)
Elevation 165

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bucks(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riegelsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Bucks

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.20151, 40.57861

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 100HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1849

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GAULT, H. R., MINERAL RESOURCES (IN) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RES

  • Deposit

    OF BUCKS CO. PA., PG. 214, BULL. C9, PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1959

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, W. S., PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    AWARE WATER GAP AND EASTON QUADRANGLES, N. J. AND PA., USGS

  • Deposit

    20, PG. 87, 1941

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.