Birmingham Culp

Past Producer in Blair county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  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 10084772
MRDS ID W102219
Record type Site
Current site name Birmingham Culp
Alternate or previous names Union Furnace Sinking Valley Area, Sinking Valley Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.22471, 40.58334 (WGS84)
Relative position NE FROM ALTOONA, NEAR TOWNS OF BIRMINGHAM AND CULP AND UNION FURNACE, PA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blair(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spruce Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tyrone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pittsburgh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Juniata(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Blair

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.22471, 40.58334

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1750
Discoverer Mining In Area Starated In 1778
Year of first production 1778

Comments on development

  • AT CULP-1500 LBS PB IN 18TH CENTURY; AND AT LEAST 300 TONS OF ORE MINED IN 19TH CENTURY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSE, ARTHUR R., 1970, ATLAS OF PENNSYLVANIA MINERAL RESOURCES, PT 3 METAL MINES AND OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA, PA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH SERIES, 14 PS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Cannon, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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