Dolomite Prospect

Occurrence in Berks county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Dolomite
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 10250291
MAS/MILS ID 0420110139
Record type Site
Current site name Dolomite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.96773, 40.40111 (WGS84)
Elevation 88
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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
Dolomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITY USEFUL AS AGRICULTURAL DOLOMITE,CONCRETE, ROAD METAL MAGNESIUM LIME

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Allentown Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PGS MINERAL RESOUURCE REPORT MM50,PART ONE, LIMESTONES AND DOLOMITES OF PA.,1964,PG.13,MAP 9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 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.