Perkiomen Mine

Past Producer in Montgomery county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silica, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274905
MAS/MILS ID 0420910017
Record type Site
Current site name Perkiomen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.44132, 40.13751 (WGS84)
Elevation 46

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Collegeville(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 Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Lockatong Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSE, A.W., (1970), "METAL MINES AND OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLV

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH SERIES, BULL. M-50, PART 3, -- INCLUDE

  • Deposit

    CKUP FILES.

  • Deposit

    EARL, K.M. (1950B), "INVESTIGATION OF PERKIOMEN CREEK COPPER

  • Deposit

    TS, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA.," U.S.BUR. OF MINES, R.I. 4666, 1

  • Deposit

    - INCLUDED IN BACKUP FILES.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, B.L. (1924), "LEAD AND ZINC ORES OF PENNSYLVANIA" 4T

  • Deposit

    EOL. SURVEY, BULL. M5, 91 PP. -- INCLUDED IN BACKUP FILES.

  • Deposit

    WHERRY, E.T. (1908), "THE NEWARK COPPER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEAS

  • Deposit

    NNSYLVANIA," ECON. GEOL. V.3, P. 726-738.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. REC. 030, LOCATION: LATITUDE-LONGITUDE WAS MEASURED FROM LOC GIVEN IN REF. 700 AND RESULTING COORDINATES WERE TRANSFERRED MINUTE QUADRANGLE TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS TO GET ELEVATION. QUARTZ IS A NON-RECOVERABLE GANGUE MINERAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.