Pittston

Producer in Luzerne county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Bloating Material
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  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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068401
MRDS ID W001452
Record type Site
Current site name Pittston

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.86824, 41.26917 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luzerne(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pittston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna(hydrologic unit)

Upper Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Luzerne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bloating Material Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • X-RAY DIFF. AND X-RAY FLUOR.

Analytical data

Result PERCENTS: SIO2(35.6) AL2O3(13.2) FE2O3(1.3) MNO(0.0) CAO(0.3) MGO(4.1) K2O(1.7) NA2O(3.6) TIO2(1.4) LOI(38.7)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.86824, 41.26917

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner By-Lite Corp.

Comments on development

  • SINTERING

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Hosterman, John W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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