Perkiomen/Wetherill/Ecton Mines

Past Producer in Montgomery county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083631
MRDS ID W100416
Record type Site
Current site name Perkiomen/Wetherill/Ecton Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.44406, 40.1389 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Collegeville(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 Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Lockatong Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PA GS BULL. M50 PT.3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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