Big Pond Bank

Past Producer in Cumberland 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299098
MAS/MILS ID 0420410014
Record type Site
Current site name Big Pond Bank

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.41278, 40.05892 (WGS84)
Elevation 256

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walnut Bottom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carlisle(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 Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.41278, 40.05892

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1774

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Philadelphia And Reading Coal And Iron Co.
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • BETWEEN 100000 AND 150000 TONS OF BROWN IRON ORE WERE MINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT 91.1264, 1944, 12P.

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PA. FOR 1886, PART IV,

  • Deposit

    PP 1441,1442.

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.