Zimmerman and Weldie Property

Past Producer in Lancaster 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250498
MAS/MILS ID 0420710050
Record type Site
Current site name Zimmerman and Weldie Property
Alternate or previous names Old Chestnut Hill Iron Co. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.45295, 40.06252 (WGS84)
Elevation 200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.45295, 40.06252

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 8HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 910418

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 Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Paul W. Zimmerman In 1944
    Interest 50
    Home office Midway Islands
    Year 1976
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Weldie, William
    Interest 50
    Home office Midway Islands
    Year 1976
    First year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRAZER, PERSIFOR JR., 1880, THE GEOLOGY OF LANCASTER COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    OF PROGRESS IN 1877, SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PENNA., CC

  • Deposit

    BOTSFORD, GEO. B, WAR MINERALS MEMO., 91.1272, THE ZIMMERMAN

  • Deposit

    LDIE PROPERTY, 1944

  • Deposit

    HICKOK, WM., 1939, THE MINERALS OF PENNA., PA. GEOL. SURV. 4

  • Deposit

    , BULL. M 18-B

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.