Shoemakersville Pit

Past Producer in Berks county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Clay
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10075343
MRDS ID W021907
Record type Site
Current site name Shoemakersville Pit
Related records 10201380

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.96102, 40.48445 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berks(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Temple(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.96102, 40.48445

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REFERENCE: PA DEPT NAT RES 1976 & HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT 1972

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    JUNE 26, 1975.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OPERATED BY BURROWS MINING, INCORPORATED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.