| Deposit ID | 10226701 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420770019 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Jobst Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.47462, 40.51691 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 190 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lehigh(county)
Pennsylvania(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Allentown East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Allentown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lehigh(hydrologic unit)
Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)
Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Lehigh |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | Allentown Formation |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mr. And Mrs. R. Sponeybarger |
| Home office | Pennsylvania |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mr. And Mrs. Allen Smith |
| Home office | Pennsylvania |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mr. And Mrs. Joseph Katrick |
| Home office | Pennsylvania |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mr. And Mrs. Joseph Hichar |
| Home office | Pennsylvania |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hellertown Iron Co. (Formerly) |
| Home office | Pennsylvania |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420770019 |
PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M50, 1964, PART 3, SHEET 2.
PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH SERIES, BULLETIN C39, 1941, P 323
WAR MINERALS REPORT 91.1171, 1944, PP 1-11.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN INTO THE HILL 411 FT. THE FRONT VEIN WAS CROSSED AT 150 FT., AND THE BACK VEIN AT 411 FT. ONLY THE BA WAS WORKED. FROM THE BACK VEIN A VERTICAL RAISE OF 135 FT. W DRIVEN TO THE SURFACE, AND WAS SUNK 75 FT. BELOW THE TUNNEL. STOPED ALONG THE STRIKE OF THE BACK VEIN FOR 300 FT. AT TUNN LEVEL, THE BACK VEIN WAS 6 FT. THICK, BUT AT THE BOTTOM OF T SHAFT IT WAS 8 TO 15 FT. THICK. THE FRONT VEIN IS 4 FT. THIC SOME 40000 TONS OF MAGNETITE ORE WERE SHIPPED, ABOUT 42 % IR THE ENTIRE AREA BETWEEN THE TWO VEINS MAY BE VALUABLE LOW GRADE SEE ALSO WICKERT, WIEAND, MOYER, AND EMAUS IRON CO.S MINES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-83 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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