Limestone Ridge Mines

Past Producer in Perry 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153435
MAS/MILS ID 0420990005
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Ridge Mines
Alternate or previous names Clouser Works, Reeder Works,, North of New Bloomfield.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.16157, 40.44221 (WGS84)
Elevation 213

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Perry(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newport(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 Perry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.16157, 40.44221

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PA., REPORT F2, 1885, PP 96,97.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LOCATION ON REC.030 IS THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF A GROUP MINES ON LIMESTONE RIDGE. THE ORE IS CONCRETIONARY BROWN HEM OCCURRING IN CLAY. THICKNESS VARIES FROM 1 TO 14 FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-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.