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Widow Clark Bank

Past Producer in Adams county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274647
MAS/MILS ID 0420010013
Record type Site
Current site name Widow Clark Bank

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.05827, 39.75282 (WGS84)
Elevation 189

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McSherrystown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hagerstown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Monocacy(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Adams

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.05827, 39.75282
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 2.59HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2.5899
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Se Adams Co.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A LARGE AMOUNT OF BROWN ORE, MAINLY LIMONITE, WAS REMOVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN C1 1932 PP. 139-145

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M50, 1964, PART 3, SHEET 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-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.

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