Medlar Iron Ore Mine

Past Producer in Cumberland county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129677
MAS/MILS ID 0420410043
Record type Site
Current site name Medlar Iron Ore Mine
Alternate or previous names Mt. Holly Hematite Bank

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.18438, 40.09312 (WGS84)
Elevation 201

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Holly Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carlisle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susquehanna-Swatara(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Montalto Member of Harpers Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOTSFORD,G.B., 1944, WMM 91.1264- BIG POND FURNACE

  • Deposit

    PA ANNUAL REPT. 1886, PART IV, P 1463-64.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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