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Carpenter Mine

Past Producer in Bradford county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium
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  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084773
MRDS ID W102220
Record type Site
Current site name Carpenter Mine
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.44964, 41.6 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position TOWN OF NEW ALBANY, Est, Lat And Long Is For Middle Of Town Of New Albany

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bradford(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dushore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Towanda(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williamsport(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susquehanna-Tunkhannock(hydrologic unit)

Upper Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Bradford

Comments on the location information

  • CARPENTER MINE IS LOCATED 1 1/2 MILES S OF NEW ALBANY ON A TRIBUTARY OF BEAVER CREEK. UNNAMED MINE IS 3/4'S MILE NW OF NEW ALBANY ABOUT 1/8 MI DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM HOLDING THE NEW ALBANY WATER SUPPLY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.44964, 41.6
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Plunge direction 2-3% TO W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Towanda Copper Co In 1854 Opened 20 And 30 Ft Tunnels At Carpenter Mine. Flooded In 1905 But Not Perated. Open 1955.

Mining district

District name New Albany Area

Comments on development

  • UNNAMED MINE HAS A 30 FT ADIT DRIVEN IN 1903. SMALL AMT OF ORE (2 1/2% CU AND LITTLE AG) WAS SHIPPED TO NY FROM HERE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES, USGS BULLETIN 455, 166 PP.

  • Deposit

    MCCAULEY, J.F., 1961, URANIUM IN PENNSYLVANIA, 4TH PA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN M043, 75 PP.

  • Deposit

    ROSE, A.W., 1970, ATLAS OF PENNSYLVANIA MINERAL RESOURCES, PART 3, METAL MINES AND OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA, PA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M-50, PART 3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-86 Cannon, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

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