| Deposit ID | 10299701 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420170031 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Durham Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine Hill Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.21821, 40.57331 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 137 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Bucks(county)
Pennsylvania(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Riegelsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Allentown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)
Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)
Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Bucks |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | Allentown Formation |
|---|
| Area | 150HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1698 |
| Year of first production | 1727 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420170031 |
WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM - THE DURHAM MINES - MAGNETITE 1944
GAULT, H. R., MINERAL RESOURCES (IN) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RES
OF BUCKS CO., PA., BULL. C9, 1959 PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
BASCOM, F., WHERRY, STOSE AND JONAS, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RES
OF THE QUAKERTOWN-DOYLESTOWN DISTRICT PA. AND N. J., USGS BU
1931
BAYLEY, W. S., PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF
AWARE WATER GAP AND EASTON QUADRANGLES, N.J. AND PA., USGS B
0, 1941
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REC 050 COLS 38-39, DIP NEEDLE SURVEYED IN 1944 MINES PROBABLY NEVER USABLE AGAIN DUE TO URBANIZATION AND SM |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.