| Deposit ID | 10129246 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420930004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Montour Ridge Mines |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -76.56885, 40.98441 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 275 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Montour(county)
Pennsylvania(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Danville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sunbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna(hydrologic unit)
Upper Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)
Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Montour |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -76.56885, 40.98441 |
|---|
| Area | 6500HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1839 |
| District name | Montour |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Reading Iron Co. As Of 1944 |
| Home office | Pennsylvania |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420930004 |
WHITE, CLYDE B., 1944, WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM, MONTOUR RIDG
, MONTOUR AND COLUMBIA CO., PA.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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