Mont Alto Ore Banks & 2 Additional

Past Producer in Franklin county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084206
MRDS ID W101278
Record type Site
Current site name Mont Alto Ore Banks & 2 Additional

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.55663, 39.85558 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waynesboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hagerstown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Conococheague-Opequon(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.55663, 39.85558

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRAZER, 1877, PA GS REPT. CC

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.