Grantham Mines

Past Producer in York 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299673
MAS/MILS ID 0421330020
Record type Site
Current site name Grantham Mines
Alternate or previous names Landis Or Fuller, Porter, Shelley

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.99717, 40.15282 (WGS84)
Elevation 134

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lemoyne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susquehanna-Swatara(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania York

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.99717, 40.15282

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    4TH PA.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN C-67, 1939, PP 183,184.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 359, 1908, PP 96-98

  • Deposit

    PA.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (2ND), REPORT CC, 1877, PP 220-222.

  • Deposit

    PA.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M50, 1964, PART3, SHEET2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LOCATION ON RECORD 030 IS APPROXIMATE, AS NO EXACT LOCAT FOUND FOR ANY OF THE 3 MINES. A SMALL OF AMOUNT OF MAGNETIC MINED IN THIS VICINITY.

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.