Silver Mine Knob Adit

Occurrence in Huntingdon county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Iron, Lead
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 10274802
MAS/MILS ID 0420610025
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Mine Knob Adit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.9586, 40.33472 (WGS84)
Elevation 442

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huntingdon(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butler Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carlisle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Juniata(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Huntingdon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Lead Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.9586, 40.33472

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH II,R.,1977,PA.G.S. M-72,P.188-207.

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.