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Boyertown

Occurrence in Berks county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Platinum, Lead, Gold, Palladium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038137
MRDS ID M045423
Record type Site
Current site name Boyertown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.57184, 40.4239 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position EAST OF BOYERTOWN NEAR VILLAGE OF SASSAMANSVILLE. NEAR THE LINE BETWEEN MONTGOMERY AND BERKS COUNTIES, Est Imated At Town Of Sassamanville

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berks(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Greenville(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 Berks

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR TOWN OF SASSAMANVILLE. REFERENCE GIVES NO EXACT LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Palladium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OCCURRENCE SAID TO CONTAIN EITHER AU OR PD, NOT BOTH. UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT AND PD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result OXIDIZED PB MINERALS SAID TO HAVE YIELDED 0.5 OZ/TON (17 PPM) PT AND EITHER AU OR PD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.57184, 40.4239
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED AND VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS REPORTEDLY IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED. ALSO REPORTED IN A NEARBY QUARTZ VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer A.W. Johnston

Comments on development

  • NOT ECONOMIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDES PRESENT IN A BLACK SHALE AND SMALL QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-90 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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